Jim Caviezel
Jim Caviezel
James Patrick "Jim" Caviezelis an American actor, best known for portraying Jesus Christ in the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ. Other notable roles include Private Witt in The Thin Red Line, Detective John Sullivan in Frequency, Catch in Angel Eyes, Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo, golfer Bobby Jones in Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, and Carroll Oerstadt in Déjà Vu. From 2011 until 2016, he starred as John Reese on the CBS science-fiction crime drama...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth26 September 1968
CountryUnited States of America
Jim Caviezel quotes about
I really enjoy talking to actors or filmmakers that enjoy that process of creating and how they go about doing it.
What actor wouldn't want to work with Mel Gibson?
I didn't want to be an actor.
You know, my point in being an actor is to get people to believe that this is not about me, but something else.
At the worst it was eight hours of makeup, and I couldn't sit down; I was in this crouched position. [on the traumas of being an actor in full make up]
I'm a craftsman. I'm an actor.
Everyone was thinking it was going to be a bust. I felt redeemed.
I look at this as a service. I enjoy that.
I'm a film rat. I love being in front of a camera. I love being behind a camera. I love talking to the director. I love talking film.
I was a basketball player. I'm a gym rat. I'm always in the gym playing.
I married a woman who is much better than me, I'm very fortunate to be with her and I know I'll be happy with her the rest of my life.
I don't really prepare for each role the same way.
Conversion is a daily thing.
In my 33rd year, I was called to play Jesus.