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James Patrick Caviezel (born September 26, 1968 in Mount Vernon, Washington) is an American movie actor who is often credited as Jim Caviezel. Although bearing a Romansh Swiss surname, Caviezel is of mixed Irish, Swiss and Slovak ancestry. After appearances in Wyatt Earp and G.I. Jane
, Caviezel scored a breakthrough performance in Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line.

He is perhaps best associated with his role, in 2004, as Jesus in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ
, but he has also starred in such mainstream Hollywood films as Angel Eyes, Frequency and The Count of Monte Cristo.

Caviezel is adamant in expressing his Roman Catholic faith and has publicly spoken at religious venues since the release of The Passion. On March 19, 2005 he was the main speaker at the first Catholic Men's Conference in Boston. Caviezel stated that he only chose to speak at the conference because he liked Boston Archbishop Sean O'Malley.

His wife Kerri, also a devout Roman Catholic, is a teacher and an accomplished flutist.

They are both active in their parish in the Conejo Valley in California. Kerri supports a charity for single women with children and also volunteers with the Detention Ministry at a camp for incarcerated youth in Malibu, California.

Points of interest

Caviezel is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and is also a Minnesota Vikings fan. He prays the Rosary daily and has a strong devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

He was originally cast to play Cyclops/Scott Summers in X-Men (2000) but dropped out due to a scheduling conflict with his other film, Frequency.

In 2004 Caviezel expressed interest in gaining the role of Superman/Clark Kent for the upcoming Superman Returns (2006) film, but he was rejected by director Bryan Singer, who complained that Caviezel was too well known and too famous after starring as Jesus in The Passion of the Christ (2004). The part went to newcomer Brandon Routh instead.

Was offered to be the spokesman for a fashion line called "Heavenly" after the success of The Passion of the Christ but he refused, citing that it would be an insult to people who felt the film had something meaningful to offer audiences.

Filmography

Madison (2005)
The Passion of the Christ
(2004)
The Final Cut (2004)
Bobby Jones: A Stroke of Genius (2004)
Highwaymen (2003)
I Am David (2003)
High Crimes
(2002)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Angel Eyes (2001)
Madison (2001)--released in 2005
Pay It Forward
(2000)
Frequency (2000)
Ride with the Devil
(1999)
The Thin Red Line
(1998)
G.I. Jane
(1997)
The Rock (1996)
Ed (1996)
Wyatt Earp (1994)
Diggstown (1992)
My Own Private Idaho
(1991)

In production (working titles)

Deja Vu (2006) (Pre-Production)
Unknown (2006) (Post-Production)
Rebels (2006)
Journey Into The Unknown (2006)

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Actors - James Caviezel

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