Jim Caviezel
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About
Portrayed Jesus in The Passion of the Christ in 2004 and Private Witt in the 1998 WWII epic film The Thin Red Line. He also starred in the 2000 sci-fi film Frequency alongside Dennis Quaid and the 2002 crime thriller High Crimes alongside Ashley Judd. In 2011, he began playing John Reese on the CBS sci-fi series Person of Interest.
Before Fame
He was a basketball star in high school until a foot injury derailed his professional aspirations. He debuted in the 1991 film My Own Private Idaho as an Airline Clerk.
Trivia
He appeared as the character Bobby Riddle in a 1992 episode of the TV series The Wonder Years.
Family Life
His father was a UCLA basketball player who played for the one and only Coach John Wooden. His mother was a former stage actress. He married Kerri Browitt Caviezel in 1996 and he has two sons named Bo and David and a daughter named Lyn.
Associated With
In 2002, he starred as Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo alongside Richard Harris.
