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James Patrick Caviezel, Jr. (born September 26, 1968 in Mount Vernon, Washington) is an American film and television actor.

He is best known for having portrayed [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]] in Creator/MelGibson's ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''. Other notable roles include Bobby Jones in ''Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius'', Detective John Sullivan in ''Frequency'', Edmond Dantès in ''The Count of Monte Cristo'', Catch in ''Angel Eyes'', Carroll Oerstadt in ''Déjà Vu'' and Private Witt in ''The Thin Red Line''. He starred as John Reese on the CBS crime drama ''Person of Interest'' from September 2011 to June 2016.

Off-screen, he has been married to his wife Kerri since 1996, and they have adopted three Chinese children.
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!!Works he has appeared in:
* ''Film/WyattEarp'': Warren Earp
* ''Film/{{Ed|1996}}'': Dizzy Anderson
* ''Film/TheRock'': Rear F-18 Pilot
* ''Film/GIJane'': Slovnik
* ''Film/TheThinRedLine'': Pvt. Witt
* ''Film/{{Frequency}}'': John Sullivan
* ''Film/AngelEyes'': Steven 'Catch' Lambert
* ''Film/PayItForward'': Jim [=McCormick=]
* ''Film/{{The Count of Monte Cristo|2002}}'': Edmund
* ''Film/HighCrimes'': Tom Kubik/Ron Chapman
* ''Film/TheFinalCut'': Fletcher
* ''Film/{{Highwaymen}}'': James 'Rennie' Cray
* ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'': Jesus
* ''Film/BobbyJonesStrokeOfGenius'': Bobby Jones
* ''Film/{{Unknown 2006}}'': Jean Jacket
* ''[[Film/DejaVu2006 Déjà Vu]]'': Carroll Oerstadt
* ''Film/{{Outlander|2008}}'': Kainan
* ''Series/ThePrisoner2009'': 6
* ''Film/{{Transit}}'': Nate
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': John Reese
* ''Film/EscapePlan'': Hobbes
* ''Film/PaulApostleOfChrist'': Luke
* ''Film/SoundOfFreedom'': Tim Ballard

!!This actor's work provides examples of:
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* ButIPlayOneOnTV: In case you were wondering, no, he is not actually Jesus; he just played him in a movie. However, he happily admits to actually being Film/{{The Count of Monte Cristo|2002}} and [[Series/PersonOfInterest John Reese]].
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