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Actor Born: September 26, 1968 Biography:With his soulful, deep-set blue eyes and a dark, eerily beautiful countenance, Jim Caviezel has inspired more than a few comparisons to "Montgomery Clift". Thus, it was somewhat fitting -- and more than a little ironic -- that Caviezel first broke through to the American public as "The Thin Red Line"'s Private Witt, a character loosely based on Clift's Private Prewitt in "From Here to Eternity".
A native of Washington state, Caviezel was born in Mount Vernon in 1968, one of five children in a devout Catholic family. A gifted athlete as a young man, he performed brilliantly on the basketball court and dreamt of joining the NBA. He attended Seattle's O'Dea High School, and later Burien Kennedy High, attending Bellevue Community College after graduation (where he continued to play ball), but a foot injury forced him to withdraw from the team and try acting instead. He debuted cinematically with a bit... Full Biography
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