Jim Caviezel eventually rose to fame and success to fame after he starred in the 2004 movie The Passion Of The Christ, where he played the role of Jesus Christ. The Passion of the Christ garnered a whopping $612.1 million at the box office. The actor went on to star in the television show Person Of Interest and The Prisoner, along with movies like Outlander and Thin Red Line.
It has been reported that The Passion Of Christ co-star Mel Gibson warned Caviezel that playing Jesus in the controversial film might put a damper on his acting career. Later in an interview in 2011, Jim revealed that good roles have not been coming since he starred in The Passion Of The Christ while calling the role of Jesus Christ a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The actor recently starred in the movie Sound of Freedom, as the movie has already garnered a whopping $85.7 million just within 13 days of its release. The movie has been widely applauded as Jim plays the role of the Operation Underground Railroad founder Tim Ballard.
What Happened To Jim Caviezel In 2009?
The actor met with a serious accident while riding his beloved Harley-Davidson motorcycle. As Caviezel encountered a shocking incident that left him with a few minor injuries, the accident surely caused a stir in the media, and some tabloids even started a false rumor about the actor being dead. However, that was a hoax, and the actor is doing well.
This is not the first time that the actor got into an unfortunate accident as he was struck by lightning when he was filming the movie, The Passion of the Christ. The lightning accident led to the actor’s shoulder getting dislocated while he also suffered from Pneumonia.
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Is Jim Caiezel’s Sound of Freedom, A True Story?
Jim Caviezel stars in the newest controversial movie titled Sound Of Freedom. The movie has already been a box office hit and has been applauded by critics as well. Sound of Freedom deals with the issue of child sex trafficking. Take a look at the trailer of the movie, given below.
The movie is based on the true life events of Tim Ballard, who is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security agent and has been credited for saving countless children who were stuck in the vicious cycle of child trafficking as these children were forced into prostitution rings that were aimed at pedophiles.
As the credits roll on Sound of Freedom, Jim Caviezel appears as himself on the screen while saying that the movie will be seen as the ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ of 21st-century slavery, as they believe that the movie has the power to be a huge step forward toward while ending the vicious cycle of child trafficking.
Who Is Jim Caviezel’s Wife?
Jim Caviezel’s wife is Kerri Browitt Caviezel as they two crossed paths after being set on a blind date set up by Kerri’s sister back in 1993 and eventually got married three years later. Jim once revealed in an early interview that he and his wife, Kerri, went ahead and adopted three sickly children from China.
The actor further revealed that these children were abandoned and unwanted and further added that two of these children had brain cancer while the third child had sarcoma. Jim revealed that his wife said it does not matter whether these children are wanted or not as they are people who are just sick, while pointing out that Kerri, like we, impersonates beauty and kindness.
Kerri has been an impressive athlete who has earlier been inducted into the Western Washington University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015. Kerri earned this achievement for her impressive sportsmanship as a player and co-captain of the Vikings Women’s basketball team during the 1980s and ’90s.
