Jim Caviezel Biography, Age, Family, Height, Passion of the Christ: Resurrection, Sound of Freedom, Net Worth

Jim Caviezel Biography

Jim Caviezel, born James Patrick Caviezel, is an American actor. His most notable performance was in the 2004 film, The Passion of Christ, where he played the role of Jesus.

He has also had other notable roles in films like Children of The Dust, G.I. Jane, Frequency, Ride With The Devil, High Crimes, When The Game Stands Tall, Ballad of Lefty Brown, Paul, Apostle of Christ, among many others. 

Sound of Freedom is a 2023 American film, and stars Jim as Tim Ballard, a former government agent who embarks on a mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia. Sound of Freedom was released on July 4, 2023.

He is also well-known for his portrayal of the star, John Reese on the CBS science-fiction crime drama series Person of Interest.

Jim Caviezel Age | Early Life

Jim was born on the 26th of September 1968 in Mount Vernon, the county seat of the Skagit County of Washington in the United States.He is 55 years old as of 2023.

Early Life

Despite this, he was raised in Conway, Washington in a strict Catholic family. He attended the Mount Vernon High School and studied there for about 2 years.

After this, his family moved to Seattle and he was transferred to the O’Dea High School, an all-boys high school in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood.

At the school, he played basketball. About a year later, he transferred to the John F. Kennedy Memorial High School located in Burien, a suburban city in the King County of Washington.

He continued his basketball in the school until his graduation in 1987.

Over the time he was playing basketball, he developed a liking to the sport and aspired to be a professional NBA player in his future. He attended the Bellevue College after his application to the U.S. Naval Academy was denied three times.

In college, he still played basketball. However, in his second year, he succumbed to a foot injury. This laid to waste his aspirations to play professional basketball in the NBA.

He then transferred to the University of Washington and started focusing on acting instead. After a while, he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.

Jim Caviezel’s Height

He stands at 6 ft 1.88 in (1.87 m/187 cm).

Jim Caviezel Family

His parents are Margaret Caviezel and James Caviezel. His mother is a homemaker and former stage actress of Irish descent whereas his father is a Chiropractor of Swiss and Slovak descent. He has one brother, Timothy, and three sisters, Ann, Amy and Erin.

Jim Caviezel Wife

Jim is married to Kerri Browitt, a high school teacher of English. The couple officially got married on the 20th of July 1996.

Both of them are devout Catholics who believe that all people are the same. They also are strong opposers to abortion altogether.

His wife, Kerri is the sister to former St. Louis Rams head coach Scott Linehan’s wife, Kristen Linehan. Since their time of marriage up to date, the couple has been together in a seemingly happy marriage.

Jim Caviezel Children | Kids

The couple has three children. All three children were adopted from China. They adopted the children saying “They are people, just like we.”

Two of the children were adopted while suffering from brain tumors while the other had sarcoma. The children underwent treatment and they were cured with time.

The children are named Lyn Elizabeth, David, and Bo. They chose the three sickly children because they knew they had the least possibility of getting a family compared to healthy children.

Jim Caviezel Career

Early Career

He started acting way back around 1991 when he earned his Screen Actors Guild Award for playing a minor role in the film, “My Own Private Idaho”.

Before this, he had played some roles as a play actor based in Seattle. He then moved to Los Angeles in search of more acting jobs.

He turned down a Scholarship to study at the Juilliard School in New York in order to take on the role of Warren Earp in the 1994 film of the same name.

After this, he played in many other roles. He got his breakthrough with a performance in the 1998 World War II film “The Thin Red Line”.

Sound of Freedom

Sound of Freedom is an American action film that was released on July 4, 2023. It is written and directed by Alejandro Monteverde.

Jim Caviezel stars in the film and he plays Tim Ballard, a former government agent turned vigilante who embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia.

Passion of Christ

His performance in the 1998 film booted his career as he got many other roles after this. His next notable performance was in the 2004 film, The Passion of Christ as the star, Jesus Christ.

As the filming was ongoing, he was struck by lightning, accidentally scourged, had his shoulder dislocated, and succumbed to pneumonia and hypothermia.

Before taking the role, he was warned by the film’s director, Mel Gibson, that portraying Jesus would hurt his acting career. Despite that, he took the role anyway since it would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

After The Passion of Christ

After The Passion of Christ, he has still been performing in several films and TV series. Since then, he has appeared in such films as The Prisoner (remake), When The Gane Stands Tall, Escape Plan, Paul, Apostle Of Christ, Unknown, Deja Vu, and many more.

In addition, he has also most notably starred in the CBS Drama series Person Of Interest as John Reese. In January 2018, it was announced that there would be a Passion of Christ sequel once again directed by Mel Gibson. He would reprise his role as Jesus Christ in the sequel to be named, The Resurrection of Christ.

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Jim Caviezel Net Worth

Jim Caviezel’s net worth as of 2023 is estimated to be about $ 25 million. This was earned through his various works in, out, and around the film and television industry.

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Testimony

He admitted that there was nothing glamorous about his role as Jesus in the film ‘The Passion Of Christ’ by Mel Gibson. An accidental scourge gave him a 14-inch gash on his back.

His walk to Golgotha was emotionally challenging for him. After the scene, he was accidentally struck by lightning, had a dislocated shoulder and suffered from Pneumonia and Hypothermia.

He then claims that he felt an evil presence come over him, telling him that he would die. At that moment, according to him, he felt that his death would turn a lot of people to God.

He claims then to have had no worries over dying as it would also take him to Heaven. After completing filming, he had to endure two heart surgeries including open heart surgery in order to fully recover from the impact.

Jim Caviezel Religion

He was born into a tightly knit Catholic family, went to two consecutive Catholic high schools, O’Dea high school, and John F. Kennedy Memorial High School.

His wife, Kerri, is a devout Christian. We, therefore, can assume that he has been a Catholic all his life.

Jim Caviezel Quotes

• I try to be the best man I can for the day.
• I was freezing in that loincloth. Jim Caviezel
• I meditate on God’s life and I read the scriptures. I read something about Him, go through it and spend a lot of time by myself.
• A woman in Mexico wanted me to heal her. But I can’t heal anybody. I just put my hand on her and said, ‘Thank you for seeing the film.’
• I don’t want people to see me – I want them to see Jesus.

Jim Caviezel Resurrection

It has been years since Mel Gibson’s, The Passion Of Christ, appeared. Mel has been considering producing a follow up for long while Randy Wallace, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, has been working on a script that focuses on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The film will still use Jim as Jesus.

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