About
James Norman Beaver Jr. (born August 12, 1950) is an American actor, writer, and film historian. He portrayed Bobby Singer in Supernatural. He also played Whitney Ellsworth on the HBO Western drama series Deadwood, which brought him acclaim and a Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for Ensemble Acting, Sheriff Shelby Parlow on the FX series Justified, and Robert "Dakota Bob" Singer on the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys. His memoir Life's That Way was published in April 2009.
Filmography
No More Time2022 · Radio Host
Nightmare Alley2021 · Sheriff Jedediah Judd
Blindfire2020 · Sergeant Ward
Mama Bear2019 · Doctor
Deadwood: The Movie2019 · Whitney Ellsworth (archive footage)
Hospitality2018 · The Boss
Billy Boy2018 · Crabtree
Remember the Sultana2018 · Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)
The Frontier2016 · Lee
Injection2016 · Pops
Crimson Peak2015 · Carter Cushing
The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster2015 · The Captain
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy2011 · J. Wright Mooar
Dark and Stormy Night2009 · Jack Tugdon
Reflections2008 · Franck
Next2007 · Wisdom
Wheelmen2005 · Agent Hammond
The Life of David Gale2003 · Duke Grover
Adaptation.2002 · Ranger Tony
Joy Ride2001 · Sheriff Ritter