Jim Caviezel

James Patrick Caviezel Jr born September 26 1968 is an American actor known for his starring role as John Reese on the CBS series Person of Interest 20112016 Private Witt in The Thin Red Line 1998 Slovnik in GI Jane 1997 Detective John Sullivan in Frequency 2000 Catch in Angel Eyes 2001 Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo 2002 and his portrayal of Jesus Christ in Mel Gibsons The Passion of the Christ 2004 He began acting in plays in Seattle WA He earned his Screen Actors Guild card with a minor role in the 1991 film My Own Private Idaho He then moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting He was offered a scholarship to study acting at NYs Juilliard School in 1993 but turned it down to portray Warren Earp in the 1994 film Wyatt Earp He later appeared in episodes of Murder She Wrote and The Wonder Years After appearing in GI Jane 1997 he had a breakthrough performance in the 1998 Terrence Malick World War II film The Thin Red Line He was originally cast to play Scott Summers Cyclops in XMen 2000 but dropped out due to a scheduling conflict with the film Frequency 2000 He starred in the mainstream films Pay It Forward 2000 The Count of Monte Cristo 2002 and Bobby Jones Stroke of Genius 2004 He portrayed Jesus Christ in Mel Gibsons 2004 film The Passion of the Christ During filming he was struck by lightning accidentally scourged had his shoulder dislocated and suffered from pneumonia and hypothermia Prior to filming Gibson reportedly warned Caviezel that playing Jesus in his controversial film would hurt his acting career In 2011 Caviezel claimed that good roles had been hard to come by since but stated that the movie in particular the role of Jesus Christ was a onceinalifetime experience He had leading roles in the 2006 films Unknown and Déjà Vu He played Kainan in Outlander 2008 and provided the voice of Jesus on the 2007 New Testament audio dramatization The Word of Promise In 2008 he starred in Long Weekend and in November 2009 he starred in The Prisoner a remake of the British scifi series The Prisoner From 2011 to 2016 Caviezel starred in the CBS drama series Person of Interest as John Reese a former CIA agent who now works for a mysterious billionaire as a vigilante The show received the highest ratings in 15 years for a series pilot Caviezel was nominated for the Peoples Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic TV Actor in 2014 and again in 2016 for his work on Person of Interest In 2017 Caviezel signed on as lead character of CBSs SEAL Team series however he left the project due to creative differences before production began and was replaced by David Boreanaz He has also narrated multiple documentaries