
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.

Sister Act
1992 · as Clarkson

Sliver
1993 · as Detective Ira

Magnolia
1999 · as Smiling Peanut Patron #1

Next
2007 · as Wisdom

Nightmare Alley
2021 · as Sheriff Jedediah Judd

Crimson Peak
2015 · as Carter Cushing

Bad Girls
1994 · as Pinkerton Detective Graves

Joy Ride
2001 · as Sheriff Ritter

Adaptation.
2002 · as Ranger Tony

The Life of David Gale
2003 · as Duke Grover

Turner & Hooch
1989 · as Plant Manager

Geronimo: An American Legend
1993 · as Proclamation Officer

Blue Chips
1994 · as Ricky's Father

Deadwood: The Movie
2019 · as Whitney Ellsworth (archive footage)

Hospitality
2018 · as The Boss

Semi-Tough
1977 · as B.E.A.T. Member (uncredited)

Injection
2016 · as Pops

Twogether
1992 · as Oscar