Jim Caviezel Stars in Action Thriller Ghost Soldier

Actor Jim Caviezel is returning to screens in the action thriller Ghost Soldier, starring as a reclusive former Green Beret drawn into a personal war to defend his community. The film, scheduled for release in US theaters on November 6, marks another entry in Caviezel’s pattern of playing morally driven protagonists, a choice he argues reflects a continued audience appetite for stories about heroes who stand against overwhelming odds.

Caviezel portrays Henry “Fitz” Fitzgerald, a solitary former Special Forces soldier and advanced weapons developer living off the grid. His quiet life is disrupted when a powerful foreign corporation attempts to seize the land of his hometown for profit. According to the film’s synopsis, Fitzgerald uses his elite training and arsenal of unconventional weaponry to mount a one-man campaign to protect his neighbors and their way of life.

The actor, who gained international fame playing Jesus in Mel Gibson’s 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, said he was drawn to Fitzgerald’s unwavering moral code. “He can’t walk away from an injustice, whatever it costs him,” Caviezel explained. He connected the role to the surprise success of his 2023 film Sound of...