Jim Caviezel is an American actor, born on September 26, 1968, in Mount Vernon, Washington. He initially pursued basketball before turning to acting, making early appearances in film and television during the 1990s.
Caviezel gained wider recognition for his role in Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line and later appeared in films including Frequency, Angel Eyes, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Déjà Vu. He became internationally known for portraying Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.
On television, Caviezel is best known as former CIA operative John Reese in the CBS crime drama Person of Interest, which ran from 2011 to 2016. His later film work includes Escape Plan, Paul, Apostle of Christ, and Sound of Freedom.
