Jim Boeven | |
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 Boeven in 2013 | |
| Born | 11 November 1967 Germany |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Website | jimboeven |
Jim Boeven (born 11 November 1967) is a German born film, television and voice actor. After establishing himself as a star in his native Germany, he moved to Los Angeles in 2007.
Boeven was born in Menden, Germany. He studied acting from 1991 to 1993 at UCLA and the Actors Center in Los Angeles, and then at the Hollywood Acting Workshop in Cologne.
He began his career in Cologne and quickly became a series regular in the series Alle lieben Julia, Jede Menge Leben , and Jets – Leben am Limit . He has had a prolific European TV career, appearing in 450 episodes that have aired in 24 countries as either a lead/star recurring and/or guest star.
He appeared in his first American feature, Marching Out of Time , in 1993. Since then, he's appeared in a multitude of feature films and TV, both in Hollywood and internationally. He appeared in the Colin Farrell and Bruce Willis film Hart's War (2002), and in the Bollywood production Colours of Passion (2008), directed by Ketan Mehta. [1] He was cast by Paul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis for their film The Canyons (2013), and was a guest star in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced TV series CSI: Cyber (2015) and the Golden Globe nominated comedy Jane the Virgin (2015).
Boeven began his voiceover career in 1996 and has more than 350 credits, most recently for the international releases of the Brad Pitt film Fury (2014), the Tom Hanks film Bridge of Spies (2015), and Captain America: Civil War (2016). He is also known for providing the voice of König in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023).
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Schtonk! | (uncredited) | |
| 1993 | Marching Out of Time | Major Fürst | |
| 2002 | Hart's War | MP Sergeant | |
| 2002 | Flashback | Rolf Müller | short film |
| 2005 | Mein ganz gewöhnliches Leben | Herr Müller | |
| 2005 | De Profundis | Marshal | short film |
| 2006 | One Way | Anthony's friend | |
| 2007 | The Cell | Schneider | |
| 2008 | Rang Rasiya (Colours of Passion) | Fritz Schleizer | |
| 2010 | Airline Disaster | Snake | |
| 2010 | David and Goliath | Private Schneider | short film |
| 2011 | Freerunner | German Businessman | |
| 2011 | Das Leben ist keine Autobahn | German Director | |
| 2013 | The Canyons | Jon | |
| 2015 | Sun Choke | Janie's Dad |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Sexual Response | Street Guy | TV movie |
| 1994 | Alle lieben Julia | Andy | series regular - 26 episodes |
| 1994-95 | Unter uns | Dirk Jakubeit | 8 episodes |
| 1995 | Notaufnahme | Ole | episode: "Nobody is Perfect" |
| 1995 | Jede Menge Leben | Patrick Schmole | series regular - 361 episodes |
| 1996 | T.V. Kaiser | Pascal Wennemann | episode: "Frauenhandel" |
| 1996 | Auf Achse | Bernd | episode: "Überraschung in Rotterdam" |
| 1997-2003 | Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP | Lutz Mönke/AndreWaltermann | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Der Kuβ des Killers | Uwe | TV movie |
| 1998-1999 | Der Fahnder | Ledermann | 6 episodes |
| 1999-2001 | JETS – Leben am Limit | Frank Jäger | series regular - 13 episodes |
| 1999-2002 | Großstadtrevier | Klaus Krüger | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Die Rote Meile | Robert Scharrer | episode: "Ein unmoralisches Angebot" |
| 2001 | The Wandering Soul Murders | Kurt Wolf | TV movie |
| 2001-2012 | Lindenstraße | Beck/Chris | 8 episodes |
| 2002 | Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story | John Dick | TV movie |
| 2003 | Bei aller Liebe | Kai | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Verbotene Liebe | Waffenhändler Ole Strauβ | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Zwei Profis | Tom Schwering | episode: "...und das tote Mädchen" |
| 2005 | Dem Himmel sei Dank | Dr. Kläuber | TV movie |
| 2005 | Prinz und Paparazzi | Mr. Security | TV movie |
| 2006 | Pastewka | Sascha Albrecht | episode: "Der Einzug" |
| 2006 | Das Glück klopft an die Tür | Makler Roland Herzog | TV movie |
| 2006 | Die Familienanwältin | Polizist | episode: "Hinter dem Spiegel" |
| 2007 | Crash Kids: Trust No One | Dr. Schmidt | TV movie |
| 2007 | Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei | Frank Nieβen | episode: "Der Staatsanwalt" |
| 2007 | Der Staatsanwalt | Bartender | episode: "Glückskinder" |
| 2012 | La La Land | Jimbo | series regular |
| 2015 | Jane the Virgin | Henchman | 4 episodes |
| 2015 | CSI: Cyber | German Bidder | episode: "Kidnapping 2.0" |
| 2016 | Katie Fforde: Die Frau an seiner Seite | Ted Sweeney | TV movie |
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