James Caviezel Net Worth And Biography

James Patrick Caviezel Jr. is an American actor born on September 26, 1968. He is best known for playing Jesus in the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ. He also starred as John Reese on the CBS television series Person of Interest from 2011 to 2016.

Some of Caviezel's other notable roles include Slov in the 1997 film G.I. Jane, Private Witt in the 1998 film The Thin Red Line, Detective John Sullivan in the 2000 film Frequency, Catch in the 2001 film Angel Eyes, and Edmond Dantès in the 2002 film The Count of Monte Cristo.

More recently, Caviezel has publicly expressed support for QAnon conspiracy theories.

Caviezel was raised in a devout Catholic family in Conway, Washington. His father is of Swiss and Slovak descent while his mother is Irish.

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James Caviezel Net Worth

James Caviezel, an American actor whose full name is James Patrick Caviezel Jr. has a net worth of $15 million.

Parents

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His parents are Margaret (née Lavery), a homemaker and former stage actress, and James Caviezel, a chiropractor.

He has a younger brother, Timothy, and three sisters, Ann, Amy, and Erin.

Career

Mr. Caviezel began his acting career in theatrical productions in Seattle, Washington. He obtained his Screen Actors Guild membership card with a minor role in the 1991 film My Own Private Idaho. Mr. Caviezel subsequently relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a profession in acting. Upon deciding to move, he stated that people thought I was out of my mind. He was offered a scholarship to study acting at the esteemed Juilliard School in New York City in 1993, but declined in order to portray Warren Earp in the 1994 cinematic production Wyatt Earp. Mr. Caviezel later guest-starred in episodes of Murder, She Wrote and The Wonder Years. After performing in G.I. Jane (1997), he had a breakthrough supporting performance in Terrence Malick's critically acclaimed 1998 World War II film The Thin Red Line. He played the role of Black John, a Missouri bushwhacker, in the 1999 American Civil War picture Ride with the Devil.

Mr. Caviezel was originally cast in the role of Cyclops in X-Men (2000), but withdrew owing to a scheduling conflict with the film Frequency (2000). He headlined the mainstream films Pay It Forward (2000), Angel Eyes (2001), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), and Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004). In 2000, he starred as the lead role in Madison, a picture about hydroplane racing in Madison, Indiana, which was completed in 2001 but did not premiere until a limited release in 2005. In 2002, he had a pivotal role in I Am David.

Mr. Caviezel famously portrayed Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson's 2004 biblical drama The Passion of the Christ. He experienced pneumonia, hypothermia, an accidental flagellation, a shoulder dislocation, and lightning strike while filming. Mr. Gibson had purportedly cautioned Mr. Caviezel that depicting Jesus could be deleterious to his career. In 2011, Mr. Caviezel stated that prestigious roles had been sparse since, but described it as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The film garnered over $600 million globally.

Mr. Caviezel had starring roles in Unknown (2006) and Déjà Vu (2006). He provided the voice of Jesus in the 2007 New Testament audio production The Word of Promise and portrayed Kainan in Outlander (2008). In 2008, he headlined Long Weekend. In 2009, Mr. Caviezel depicted an Iranian journalist in The Stoning of Soraya M., set in 1980s Iran. That same year, he reprised Jesus in The Word of Promise audio series. In November 2009, he starred in The Prisoner, a remake of the esteemed British television program.

From 2011 to 2016, Mr. Caviezel played former CIA operative John Reese on the critically acclaimed CBS dramatic series Person of Interest, which enjoyed high ratings. He received People's Choice Award nominations for his performance in 2014 and 2016. In 2014, Mr. Caviezel headlined the sports drama When the Game Stands Tall as a high school football coach. He appeared in 2013's Escape Plan as a prison warden overseeing the world's most secretive and secure penitentiary.

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In 2016, Mr. Caviezel narrated two Christian documentaries, Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism and The Face of Mercy. In 2017, he was cast in CBS's Navy SEAL dramatic series SEAL Team but departed prior to production over creative differences. In 2018, Mr. Caviezel portrayed the apostle Luke in the religious biopic Paul, Apostle of Christ, which garnered mixed reviews.

In January 2018, it was announced that Mr. Caviezel would reprise the role of Jesus in Mr. Gibson's sequel to The Passion of the Christ, entitled The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection. In September 2020, Mr Caviezel stated the film was still in development and would be the highest-grossing picture in history. In 2018, he signed on to depict anti-human trafficking activist Tim Ballard in Sound of Freedom, which premiered in July 2023. In 2020, Mr. Caviezel headlined the political thriller Infidel.

James Caviezel Wife

Mr. Caviezel is married to Kerri Browitt, a high school English educator, and they have adopted three children from China.