Jim Caviezel

Jim Caviezel

  • Born: 1968-9-26
  • Birthplace: Mount Vernon, Washington
  • Height: 6' 1½" (1.87 m)
  • Profession: actor
  • Nationality: America
  • Graduate School: Washington University
  • Representative Works: The Passion of the Christ, Escape Plan, Person of Interest, Savannah, The Thin Red Line
  • Jim Caviezel (Jim Caviezel) , formerly known as Jim Caviezel ( James Patrick Caviezel ), was born on September 26, 1968 in Mount Vernon, Washington, USA. He is an American actor and graduated from the University of Washington.
    In 1991, he officially entered the entertainment circle because of his participation in the romantic movie " My Own Private Idaho ". In 1994, the drama film " Blue Chip " starred by him was released. In 1998, with the war film " The Thin Red Line ", he was nominated for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for the Most Promising Actor Award. In 2001, starred in the suspense film " Frequency ". In 2004, with the religious film " The Passion of the Christ ", he was nominated for the Best Actor Award in the 13th MTV Film Awards. In 2008, the action movie " Outlander " starred in was released [1]  .
    In 2011, with the suspense drama " Person of Interest ", he was shortlisted for the 40th People's Choice Awards for the Most Popular Drama TV Actor Award [2]  . In 2013, the action film " Escape Plan " starred by him was released [3]  . In 2017, the starring western movie " The Ballad of Lefty Brown " was released in the United States. On March 28, 2018, the historical drama film " Paul, the Apostle of Christ " starring him was released in North America [4]  .

    Early Experience

    Jim Caviezel grew up in a strict Catholic family. When   he was a boy, he would consciously go to church every week to participate in Mass. He spent his childhood with his brothers and sisters in the basketball court attached to the church near his home. Both he and his brothers and sisters are athletes. Among the Jim Caviezel clan, Jim Caviezel's sports prospects are not very promising, so Jim Caviezel double the effort. He was very active when he was a child, and his interests gradually focused on sports and religion.
    In his youth, Jim Caviezel dreamed of playing in the NBA. During school, he played for different teams. He studied at Mount Vernon High School for two years, and then moved to Seattle to live with family friends in order to play basketball at Catholic O'Dea High School. Subsequently, he transferred from O'Dea High School to the Kennedy Catholic High School in Brien and played there; later, he became a star of the basketball team. In 1987, after graduating from high school, he entered Bellevue Community College and continued to play in this school. At the same time, he occasionally did some small theater performances and part-time modeling work. However, due to a foot injury in his sophomore year, his NBA basketball career hopes were shattered   . After transferring to the University of Washington, Jim Caviezel shifted his career focus to acting and became a member of the SigmaChi Brotherhood.

    Performing Experience

    In 1991, he officially entered the entertainment circle because of his participation in the romantic movie " My Own Private Idaho ". In 1992, he participated in the drama film " Diggstown " directed by Michael Rich . In 1993, Jim Caviezel received the admission notice from the Juilliard School of the Arts, and at the same time received the opportunity to perform in the biographical film " Wyatt Earp " starring Kevin Costner . In order to play the role of Kevin Costner's brother, he had to give up The Juilliard School of Art that continues to study . 
    On February 18, 1994, the drama " Blue Chip " starred by him was released in the United States. In 1995, he participated in the western drama "Son of the Wind and Dust" directed by David Greene . In 1996, the action movie " The Rock " co-starred with Thomas Sean Connery and Nicolas Kim Coppola was released; in the same year, he co-starred in the baseball movie " Ed " with Matt LeBlanc .
    In 1997, he co-starred in the action movie " GI Jane " with Demi Moore and others . In 1998, he starred in the war film " The Thin Red Line " adapted from the novel of the same name by James Jones , as the soldier Witt from Kentucky. With this film, he was nominated for the Chicago Film Critics Association's Most Promising Actor Award. In 1999, he starred in the war movie " Ride with the Devil " directed by Ang Lee , as Missouri guerrilla Blake John ; in the same year, he co-starred in the drama film " Any Given Sunday " with Al Pacino and others .  
    In 2000, starred in the sci-fi film " Frequency " directed by Gregory Hoblit ; on October 12, the love film "Let Love Pass Out" starring Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunter was released in the United States; in the same year, the short film starred by him "Resurrection" was released in the United States. In 2001, he starred in the biographical film "Madison" adapted from a real story; in the same year, he co-starred in the romantic film " Angel Eyes " with J.Lo , playing sensitive, charming and full of mystery Cage . 
    In 2002, he co-starred in the crime film "The Mystery of the Case " with Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman ; in the same year, the drama film " The Count of Monte Cristo " starring him and Guy Pearce was released in the United States. In 2003, he co-starred with John Nice in the drama " I Am David " and played the role of Johannes who transformed the prisoner. The film was adapted from Anne Holm's 1963 novel of the same name.
    On February 13, 2004, the action crime movie " Highwaymen " co-starring with Lorna Mitra and Frankie Faison was released; on March 19, the religious film " The " co-starring with Monica Anna Maria Bellucci and Maya Morgenstern "Passion of the Christ " was released in mainland China. He played Jesus the Savior in the film . With this film, he was shortlisted for the Best Actor Award in the 13th MTV Film Awards; on April 30, a biography starring with Jeremy Northam and Claire Forlani The movie " Bobby Jones " was released, playing golf legend Bobby Jones, based on the story of American golfer Bobby Jones in the 1920s ; September 24, with Robert Peter Maximillian Williams and Mira Katherine Davis Sorvino co-starred in the sci-fi movie " Desperate Makeover "; in the same year, he appeared in the documentary "VH1 Big in 04".  
    In 2005, he appeared in the documentary "Tsunami Relief Charity Performance". On November 3, 2006, the suspense film " Unknown " co-starring with Gregory Greg Kinnear and Joe Pantoriano was released in the United States ; on November 26, the drama film " Deja Vu " co-starred with Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. "Released, as the terrorist who made the bombing .  
    On September 7, 2008, the drama film " The Stoning of Soraya M. " co-starred with Mozhan Marnò and Shohreh Vaziri-Tabar was released; on October 9, the horror film " Long Holiday " starring with Claudia Karvan was released; 12 On the 18th, starred in the action movie " Outlander " written and directed by Howard McCain ; in the same year, he appeared in the documentary "Hollywood Passion". On November 15, 2009, the suspense drama " The Prisoner " co-starring with Ian McKellen was broadcast on AMC in the United States .  
    On September 22, 2011, he co-starred in the suspenseful crime drama " Person of Interest " with Michael Emerson and Louise Acker . He played the role of former U.S. Air Force Special Forces member and former CIA agent John Riiser . He was nominated for the 40th People's Congress by virtue of this drama. choice Award for Most popular TV Drama Actor Award ; the same year, and Tilman Valentin Schweiger co-starred in the adventure film " William Tell legend " . In 2012, the crime movie " Transit " co-starring with Sterling Knight was released in the United States. In the same year, he starred in the biographical film " Flying Man " directed by Hudson and played the British Olympic champion Li Airi .    
    On August 23, 2013, the drama film " Savannah " starring him was released. The film was adapted from a real story. In the film, he played the aristocratic but romantic and unrestrained hunter Ward Allen   ; in October, Jim Caviezel The action movie " Escape Plan " co-starring with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger was released in North America. In the film, he played Willard Hobbs, the ruthless watchman . 
    On August 22, 2014, the drama film " When the Game Stands Tall " co-starring with Alexander Ludwig was released in the United States . In 2016, he participated in the independent film "Jo, the Medicine Runner" written and directed by David Cunningham. 
    On March 11, 2017, the western movie "The Ballad of Lefty Brown" co-starring with Bill Pullman was released in the United States. On March 28, 2018, the historical drama " Paul, the Apostle of Christ " co-starring James Faulkner and Olivier Martinez was released in North America . 

    Personal Life

    Jim Caviezel family situation

    Jim Caviezel's mother, Margaret, is a Housewife and has worked as a stage actor; his father, Jim Caviezel , is a chiropractor. He has a younger brother, Tim, and three sisters, Ann, Amy, and Irene. Jim Caviezel grew up in a strict Roman Catholic family in Conway, Washington, and his surname is derived from Romansh . His father is of Swiss Confederation (from the father's side) and The Slovak Republic (from the mother's side) , while his mother is of Irish descent   . When Jim Caviezel's father was studying at the University of California, Los Angeles, he played basketball under coach John Wooden. Under the influence of his father, the five brothers and sisters of Jim Caviezel will also play basketball.

    Jim Caviezel relationship status

    In 1993, Jim Caviezel followed the introduction of his sister Amy and fell in love with Kelly Brouwer at first sight   . She was a high school English teacher (resigned shortly after marriage to become a full-time housewife) , a basketball player, and a Catholic at the same time. .
    On July 20, 1996, the two got married; subsequently, Kylie Brouwer was pregnant but miscarried by accident. In 2003, the couple adopted a boy from the Taiyuan Welfare Institute in China and cured the boy with a brain tumor, named Bo. In February 2007, another girl named Lyn was adopted in Lanzhou, Gansu. In 2011, through a charity, the two greeted an abandoned baby from the Zhengzhou Welfare Institute to treat leg tumors in the United States as a sponsor, and formally went through the adoption procedures in July 2012, named David   .

    Character Evaluation

    Jim Caviezel has a neat skill and a sexy scum . He is vicissitudes and vigorous . He can always bring the warmth of human nature to any of his roles. He is incredible in life. Kind and kind . His performance in the movie "Escape Plan" is very brilliant. Whenever he starts to perform, he bursts out with a cold and insidious atmosphere . He plays an elegant and cold-blooded role as the warden. It is very similar to the Nazi officer in "Shameless Bastard", a performance with great personality and charm .         
    Extended Reading

    Blue Chips quotes

    • Pete Bell: You took the purest thing in your life and corrupted it, for what? For what?

    • [Slick talking about Neon]

      Slick: I'm not going to bullshit you Pete. He ain't no brain surgeon all right. He took the SAT recently and scored a 520 out of a possible 1600.

      Pete Bell: 520? You get 400 for just spelling your name correctly.

      Slick: That's it, he messed up on his name.