---
name: "Jim Caviezel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-caviezel"
fi1m_id: "jim-caviezel"
imdb_id: "nm0001029"
tmdb_id: 8767
wikidata_id: "Q200841"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 September 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-19T04:25:34.833399+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jim Caviezel

## Identity

Jim Caviezel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-caviezel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-caviezel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001029
- **TMDB ID:** 8767
- **Wikidata ID:** Q200841
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Caviezel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200841, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001029/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8767

Actor. Born 26 September 1968 in Mount Vernon, Washington, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 September 1968, Mount Vernon, Washington, USA
- **Active:** 1988–present
- **Also known as:** James Caviezel, James Patrick Caviezel Jr. , James Patrick Caviezel
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 83 (2), 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 47 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $355m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Caviezel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200841, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001029/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8767

## Coming up

- *Ghost Soldier* (2026-11-04), as Henry 'Fitz' Fitzgerald — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-soldier.md)
- *Dark Horse* (2026-11-19), as Jair Bolsonaro
- *Zero A.D.* (2026-12-03), as King Herod
- *The Resurrection of the Christ: Part Two* (2028-05-25), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Person of Interest*](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sound of Freedom*](https://film.one/film/sound-of-freedom.md) (47)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Jim Caviezel

> Jim Caviezel is persuasive when a character’s convictions have to register without much talk. We rate the sincerity he brings to *The Thin Red Line*; the danger is being cast as someone whose chief task is to suffer.

Caviezel conveys feeling through his eyes with little need for dialogue. As Private Robert Witt in *The Thin Red Line* (1998), he gives us a reason to stay with Terrence Malick’s wandering war film. Witt is searching for meaning, but Caviezel makes him seem sincere rather than impressed by the questions he is asking. We were moved by that sincerity, especially when Malick’s writing threatened to become self-important. There is someone worth listening to beneath the solemn words.

It helps that Caviezel is part of an ensemble, with Sean Penn’s First Sergeant Edward Welsh and Elias Koteas’s Captain James Staros keeping the film close to recognisable people. He does not have to make every question matter on his own. Malick gives the soldiers so much thinking that some barely emerge as individuals, but Witt survives that problem. We want to know more about him, which is no small achievement in a film so willing to turn its attention elsewhere.

His breakthrough as Witt was followed by leading roles, including Edmond Dantès in *The Count of Monte Cristo* (2002). The larger turn came with Jesus in Mel Gibson’s *The Passion of the Christ* (2004), which brought him international attention. His physical commitment there is clear, though a performance built around prolonged suffering gives an actor fewer ways to make a person particular. The ordeal can leave little else for us to consider.

Television then gave him a sustained lead as John Reese in *Person of Interest* (2011–2016). Across his work, characters prepared to sacrifice themselves for a cause recur. His restrained facial acting gives such men a way to show feeling without a speech. We would still like to see that restraint put to uses beyond solemn conviction.

We would welcome more directors giving him a character with room to think, rather than another test of endurance. There is more to ask of an actor than how much punishment he can make convincing. Start with *The Thin Red Line*, provided a patient war film appeals.

## Biography

Jim Caviezel is an American actor. Born on 26 September 1968 in Mount Vernon, Washington, he began his career with minor film roles including one in *My Own Private Idaho* (1991).

His breakthrough came with the part of Pvt. Robert Witt in Terrence Malick's *The Thin Red Line* (1998). Subsequent credits include *Frequency* (2000), *The Count of Monte Cristo* (2002) and the lead role of John Reese in the CBS series *Person of Interest* (2011–2016). He portrayed Jesus Christ in *The Passion of the Christ* (2004) and Tim Ballard in *Sound of Freedom* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org, jimcaviezel.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Sound of Freedom* (2023), Fi1m 47, as Tim Ballard — [page](https://film.one/film/sound-of-freedom.md)
- *Person of Interest* (2011), Fi1m 78, as John Reese — [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *The Thin Red Line* (1998), Fi1m 84, as Pvt. Robert Witt — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-red-line.md)
- *My Own Private Idaho* (1991), Fi1m 82, as Airline Clerk — [page](https://film.one/film/my-own-private-idaho.md)
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), Fi1m 82, as Bobby Riddle — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Resurrection of the Christ: Part Two* (2028), Producer
- *Zero A.D.* (2026), as King Herod
- *Dark Horse* (2026), as Jair Bolsonaro
- *Ghost Soldier* (2026), as Henry 'Fitz' Fitzgerald · Executive Producer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-soldier.md)
- *The Resurrection of Christ* (2026), Actor
- *Sound of Freedom* (2023), as Tim Ballard — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/sound-of-freedom.md)
- *Sweetwater* (2023), as Sports Writer
- *Infidel* (2019), as Doug Rawlins
- *Onyx: Kings of the Grail* (2019), as Narrator (voice)
- *Running for Grace* (2018), as Reyes
- *Paul, Apostle of Christ* (2018), as Luke
- *The Ballad of Lefty Brown* (2017), as Jimmy Bierce
- *The Face of Mercy* (2016), as Narrator (voice)
- *Guadalupe: el milagro y el mensaje* (2015), Actor
- *When the Game Stands Tall* (2014), as Bob Ladouceur
- *Escape Plan* (2013), as Willard Hobbes
- *Savannah* (2013), as Ward Allen
- *Transit* (2012), as Nate
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as John Reese — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *The Prisoner* (2009), series, as 6 / Michael
- *Kabul 24* (2009), as Narrator (voice)
- *Long Weekend* (2009), as Peter
- *The Stoning of Soraya M.* (2009), as Freidoune
- *Facing Extinction: Christians of Iraq* (2009), as Narrator (voice)
- *Outlander* (2008), as Kainan
- *By His Wounds We Are Healed: Making 'The Passion of the Christ'* (2007), Actor
- *Déjà Vu* (2006), as Carroll Oerstadt
- *America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions* (2006), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *Unknown* (2006), as Jean Jacket
- *Madison* (2005), as Jim McCormick
- *The Final Cut* (2004), as Fletcher
- *Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius* (2004), as Bobby Jones
- *The Passion of the Christ* (2004), as Jesus
- *Highwaymen* (2004), as James 'Rennie' Cray
- *I Am David* (2003), as Johannes
- *High Crimes* (2002), as Tom Kubik
- *The Count of Monte Cristo* (2002), as Edmond Dantes
- *Angel Eyes* (2001), as Steven "Catch" Lambert
- *Pay It Forward* (2000), as Jerry
- *Frequency* (2000), as John Sullivan
- *Ride with the Devil* (1999), as Black John
- *The Thin Red Line* (1998), as Pvt. Robert Witt — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-red-line.md)
- *G.I. Jane* (1997), as Slovnik
- *The Rock* (1996), as Rear F-18 Pilot — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)
- *Ed* (1996), as Dizzy Anderson
- *Children of the Dust* (1995), series, as Dexter
- *Wyatt Earp* (1994), as Warren Earp
- *Blue Chips* (1994), as Basketball Player (uncredited)
- *Diggstown* (1992), as Billy Hargrove
- *My Own Private Idaho* (1991), as Airline Clerk — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/my-own-private-idaho.md)
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), series, as Bobby Riddle — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Darryl Harding
- *Syndicate*, as Patrick O'Malley
- *St. Vincent*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Jim Caviezel](https://film.one/media/person/87608/gallery-0242f8c822a5.jpg) Jim Caviezel — Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Jim_Caviezel_in_May_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Jim_Caviezel_in_May_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![James Caviezel at the Prisoner remake panel on 24th July 2009.](https://film.one/media/person/87608/gallery-5a729728cca3.jpg) James Caviezel at the Prisoner remake panel on 24th July 2009. — Ewen Roberts, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/James_Caviezel3.jpg/1280px-James_Caviezel3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/87608/gallery-6cbec2b41b6d.jpg) Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson (2012) — Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Jim_Caviezel%2C_Michael_Emerson_%287137569049%29.jpg/1280px-Jim_Caviezel%2C_Michael_Emerson_%287137569049%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jim Caviezel at the SDCC 2013](https://film.one/media/person/87608/gallery-6ee39b14cb2a.jpg) Jim Caviezel at the SDCC 2013 — Thibault, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Jim_Caviezel%2C_SDCC_2013.jpg/1280px-Jim_Caviezel%2C_SDCC_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jim Caviezel](https://film.one/media/person/87608/gallery-36c166de9bc8.jpg) Jim Caviezel — Image via TMDB
- ![Jim Caviezel](https://film.one/media/person/87608/gallery-d42bc67f1d86.jpg) Jim Caviezel — Image via TMDB
- ![Jim Caviezel](https://film.one/media/person/87608/gallery-38028b52dd09.jpg) Jim Caviezel — Image via TMDB
- ![Jim Caviezel (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/87608/gallery-c9c1b9e12f00.jpg) Jim Caviezel (2012) — Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Jim_Caviezel.jpg/1280px-Jim_Caviezel.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jim Caviezel (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/87608/gallery-b900a2c235f3.jpg) Jim Caviezel (2012) — Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Jim_Caviezel_%286991495712%29.jpg/1280px-Jim_Caviezel_%286991495712%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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