James Patrick Caviezel, Jr. (pronounced /kəˈviːzəl/; born September 26, 1968) is an American film actor, sometimes credited as Jim Caviezel. He is perhaps best known for the roles of Jesus Christ in the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, Bobby Jones in Bobby Jones: A Stroke of Genius, Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo, Catch in Angel Eyes and Private Witt in The Thin Red Line.
Caviezel is a devout Roman Catholic[11] and has been a featured public speaker 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 chose to speak at the conference only because he liked Boston Archbishop, Seán Patrick O'Malley. His wife Kerri Browitt Caviezel, also a devout Roman Catholic, is a teacher and an accomplished flautist. The two are active in their Conejo Valley, California parish. Kerri supports a charity for single mothers and also volunteers with their church's Detention Ministry at a camp for incarcerated youth in Malibu, California.
In 2006, Caviezel enrolled in at least one class at University of Notre Dame.[12] He was not enrolled as a full-time degree seeking student.
In 2007, he and his wife adopted Bo, a baby Chinese boy with a brain tumor; the Caviezels have also adopted a second child with a brain tumor, a young girl, from the Guangzhou region of China.[13]
On July 17, 2009 Caviezel was involved in a motorcycle accident about 14 miles southeast of Leavenworth, Washington in which someone threw a bicycle in his path. Suffering cuts and bruises, Caviezel was taken to Cascade Medical Center in Leavenworth; Caviezel was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.[14]
Caviezel is a devout Roman Catholic[11] and has been a featured public speaker 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 chose to speak at the conference only because he liked Boston Archbishop, Seán Patrick O'Malley. His wife Kerri Browitt Caviezel, also a devout Roman Catholic, is a teacher and an accomplished flautist. The two are active in their Conejo Valley, California parish. Kerri supports a charity for single mothers and also volunteers with their church's Detention Ministry at a camp for incarcerated youth in Malibu, California.
In 2006, Caviezel enrolled in at least one class at University of Notre Dame.[12] He was not enrolled as a full-time degree seeking student.
In 2007, he and his wife adopted Bo, a baby Chinese boy with a brain tumor; the Caviezels have also adopted a second child with a brain tumor, a young girl, from the Guangzhou region of China.[13]
On July 17, 2009 Caviezel was involved in a motorcycle accident about 14 miles southeast of Leavenworth, Washington in which someone threw a bicycle in his path. Suffering cuts and bruises, Caviezel was taken to Cascade Medical Center in Leavenworth; Caviezel was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.[14]
Fans of acclaimed action thriller Person of Interest (Thursdays 9/8c CBS) — the new hit television series from creator/executive producer Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight, the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises, The Prestige, Memento) and J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot Productions (Fringe, Lost, Super 8, the upcoming Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) — can see it on the big screen this weekend as the show makes its New York Comic Con debut with a screening at NYCC 2011.
Warner Bros. Television will present a special screening of an episode of the series on Saturday, October 15, from 12:15–1:15 p.m. in the IGN Theater.
The episode screening will feature an exclusive introduction by series star Michael Emerson (Lost) that was shot specifically for the New York Comic Con audience on the show’s location in New York City this week.
For continuing information about the Studio’s plans at New York Comic Con, please follow us on Twitter @TheWBdotcom and use the #WBNYCC hashtag.
Warner Bros. Television will present a special screening of an episode of the series on Saturday, October 15, from 12:15–1:15 p.m. in the IGN Theater.
The episode screening will feature an exclusive introduction by series star Michael Emerson (Lost) that was shot specifically for the New York Comic Con audience on the show’s location in New York City this week.
For continuing information about the Studio’s plans at New York Comic Con, please follow us on Twitter @TheWBdotcom and use the #WBNYCC hashtag.