About
James Norman Beaver Jr. (born August 12, 1950) is an American actor, writer, and film historian. He portrayed Bobby Singer in Supernatural. He also played Whitney Ellsworth on the HBO Western drama series Deadwood, which brought him acclaim and a Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for Ensemble Acting, Sheriff Shelby Parlow on the FX series Justified, and Robert "Dakota Bob" Singer on the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys. His memoir Life's That Way was published in April 2009.
Known for
Breaking BadSeries • 2008
NCISSeries • 2003
The MentalistSeries • 2008
SupernaturalSeries • 2005
Criminal MindsSeries • 2005
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries • 2000
BonesSeries • 2005
DexterSeries • 2006
The X-FilesSeries • 1993
Young SheldonSeries • 2017
MonkSeries • 2002
The BoysSeries • 2019
Better Call SaulSeries • 2015
PsychSeries • 2006
The West WingSeries • 1999
The MiddleSeries • 2009
Melrose PlaceSeries • 1992
Crossing JordanSeries • 2001
Star Trek: EnterpriseSeries • 2001
That '70s ShowSeries • 1998
Home ImprovementSeries • 1991
3rd Rock from the SunSeries • 1996
Six Feet UnderSeries • 2001
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanSeries • 1993