Jim Beaver

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Job Title

Actor, Writer

Born

James Norman Beaver on August 12, 1950 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA

Career Milestones

1977

First minor film role in "Semi-Tough," starring Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson

1981

Appeared in "Nighthawks," which starred Sylvester Stallone and Rutger Hauer

1983

Cast as the plant manager in the award winning film "Silkwood," starring Meryl Streep and directed by Mike Nichols

1985

Wrote two episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (NBC)

1987

Played a postal worker in Robert Townsend's "Hollywood Shuffle"

1988

Co-scripted the HBO anthology series "Vietnam War Story," featuring accounts of the men and women who fought in Vietnam

1989

First gain recognition as Bruce Willis's best friend in Norman Jewison's acclaimed film "In Country"

1991

Played Mark Harmon's partner, Detective Earl Gaddis on NBC's critically acclaimed drama "Reasonable Doubts"

1992

Cast as a Detective in the comedy hit "Sister Act," starring Whoopi Goldberg

1994

Had a small role as a Detective in the western "Bad Girls"

1994

Starred as Edward Asner's sidekick Leland, on the ABC comedy "Thunder Alley"

1996

Appeared as Father Tim Jansen on NBC's popular daytime drama "Days of Our Lives"

1997

Starred in the USA movie "Divided by Hate" with Dylan Walsh and Tom Skerritt

1999

Had a small role in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia"

2001

Cast as Admiral Daniel Leonard in "Star Trek: Enterprise" (UPN)

2001

Starred in the Showtime movie "Warden of Red Rock," with James Caan and David Carradine

2002

Starred in Spike Jonze's "Adaptation," with Nicolas Cage

2003

Cast opposite Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet in Alan Parker's "The Life of David Gale"

2004

Played Ellsworth on the HBO drama "Deadwood"

Awards

2007

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Deadwood