<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Kerri Browitt (m . 1996) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> James Patrick Caviezel (born September 26, 1968) is an American actor, best known for portraying Jesus Christ in the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ . Other notable roles include Private Witt in The Thin Red Line (1998), Detective John Sullivan in Frequency (2000), Jim McCormick in Madison, Catch in Angel Eyes (2001), Johannes in I Am David, Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), golfer Bobby Jones in Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004), and Carroll Oerstadt in Déjà Vu (2006). From 2011 until 2016, he starred as John Reese on the CBS science - fiction crime drama series Person of Interest . </P> <P> Caviezel was born in Mount Vernon, Washington, the son of Margaret (née Lavery), a former stage actress and housewife, and James Caviezel, a chiropractor . He has a younger brother, Timothy, and three sisters, Ann, Amy, and Erin . He was raised in a tightly - knit Catholic family in Conway, Washington . His surname is of Romansh origin . His father is of Slovak and Swiss descent, while his mother is of Irish descent . His father attended UCLA and played basketball for coach John Wooden, prompting all the Caviezel siblings to play the sport . </P>

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