Kerri Browitt Caviezel: the teacher married to Jim Caviezel
Kerri Browitt Caviezel is an American high school English teacher and a former college basketball player at Western Washington University. She married the actor Jim Caviezel on 20 July 1996 in Roslyn, Washington. They have three adopted children.
Before anything else, a correction that matters more than usual here.
Her date of birth is her husband’s
Nearly every profile of Kerri Browitt Caviezel gives her date of birth as 26 September 1968 and her birthplace as Mount Vernon, Washington.
Jim Caviezel was born on 26 September 1968 in Mount Vernon, Washington.
That is confirmed by his own official website, by Wikipedia, by IMDb and by standard reference works. It is his date and his town, copied into his wife’s profile and then repeated across a dozen sites.
This is not a small error or a plausible coincidence. It is two data points lifted wholesale from the wrong person, and it tells you exactly how much research went into the pages currently ranking for her name.
Her actual date of birth is not publicly documented.
Quick facts
| Full name | Kerri Browitt Caviezel, recorded variously as Kerri Lyn Elizabeth and Kerri Lynn |
| Nationality | American |
| Profession | High school English teacher |
| University | Western Washington University |
| Sport | Basketball, WWU Vikings |
| Honour | NAIA National Scholar-Athlete |
| Married | Jim Caviezel, 20 July 1996, Roslyn, Washington |
| Children | Three, adopted |
| Social media | No public accounts |
| Date of birth | Not established |
What is actually documented
The verifiable core comes from genuine reference sources rather than aggregators:
- She is an English teacher. This appears in Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television and other standard biographical references for her husband.
- She attended Western Washington University and played for the WWU Vikings women’s basketball team.
- She was named an NAIA National Scholar-Athlete.
- She married Jim Caviezel on 20 July 1996 in Roslyn, Washington.
- The couple have adopted three children.
Some reference entries give the marriage year as 1997 rather than 1996. The specific July 1996 date is supported by public records and by IMDb, so it is the better-supported version.
Her basketball career
Before teaching, Browitt played college basketball at Western Washington University, where she was a member of the Vikings.
The NAIA National Scholar-Athlete honour is the detail worth holding onto. It is awarded for academic performance alongside athletic achievement, which means her record was not purely sporting. Several sites gesture vaguely at “Hall of Fame recognition” without naming a hall or a year, so treat that separately and as unconfirmed.
There is a small symmetry here. Jim Caviezel was himself a serious basketball player who intended to play professionally until a foot injury at Bellevue Community College ended it. Both of them came to their adult careers out of the same sport.
Her teaching career
She has worked for decades as a high school English teacher in Washington state.
Sources disagree about where, naming both Seattle and Mount Vernon. We have not published a school. She is a working teacher rather than a public figure, and naming the classroom of someone who has never sought attention is not something a profile needs.
Unlike almost everyone else written about in this category, she did not leave her profession after marrying. She kept it.
How she met Jim Caviezel
They met on a blind date arranged by one of his sisters. Jim Caviezel has three sisters, Ann, Amy and Erin, and a brother, Timothy.
The relationship ran for roughly three years before they married. At the time he was an unknown actor taking small parts. The Thin Red Line, the film that first brought him serious attention, was still two years away, and The Passion of the Christ was eight.
The 1996 wedding
They married on 20 July 1996 in Roslyn, a small former coal-mining town in the Cascades better known as the filming location for the series Northern Exposure.
The marriage has now run thirty years.
Their children
Jim and Kerri Caviezel adopted three children, named in reference sources as Bo, Lyn Elizabeth and David. The adoptions were from China.
Several pages go into detail about the children’s medical histories. We have not, and would suggest that a page about their mother does not need to.
What the internet gets wrong about Kerri Browitt Caviezel
| Claim | Problem |
|---|---|
| Born 26 September 1968 | That is Jim Caviezel’s date of birth. |
| Born in Mount Vernon, Washington | That is Jim Caviezel’s birthplace. |
| “Kerri Browitt Caviezel is a British teacher” | She is American. One site states this in its opening line. |
| Net worth of $400,000 “earned through his successful teaching career” | Jim Caviezel is an actor. She is the teacher. The sentence fuses the two people and the figure contradicts the $15 million estimate published elsewhere for him. |
| Height, ethnicity and religion given as bio-box attributes | Unsourced, and in a profile box rather than in any context. |
| Hall of Fame athlete | No hall, no year and no citation is ever given. |
The net worth sentence is worth reading twice. A site published a figure for her, attributed it to her husband, and then explained it by crediting him with her profession. Three errors in one line.
Her net worth
No verified figure exists, and the question is slightly beside the point.
She is a public school teacher. Teacher salaries in Washington state are a matter of public record in aggregate, but nothing specific to her has been published, and she has made no financial disclosure. Estimates published for Jim Caviezel are his.
Where she is now
She continues to live privately in Washington with her family and has, by all accounts, continued teaching.
She has no public social media, has given no interviews, and does not appear on red carpets with her husband. In thirty years of marriage to an actor who has been the subject of enormous public attention, she has said essentially nothing in public.
FAQs
Who is Kerri Browitt Caviezel?
An American high school English teacher and former college basketball player, married to the actor Jim Caviezel.
When did she marry Jim Caviezel?
On 20 July 1996, in Roslyn, Washington.
How old is she?
Her date of birth is not documented. The date circulating online belongs to her husband.
Where did she go to university?
Western Washington University, where she played for the Vikings basketball team.
What does she do for a living?
She is a high school English teacher in Washington state.
Do they have children?
Yes, three adopted children.
Is Kerri Browitt Caviezel on social media?
No. She has no public accounts.
Did she play professional basketball?
No. She was named an NAIA National Scholar-Athlete and then went into teaching.
What is her net worth?
No verified figure exists. She is a public school teacher.
How long have she and Jim Caviezel been married?
Since July 1996, which is thirty years.
The short version
Kerri Browitt played basketball for the Western Washington Vikings and was named a national scholar-athlete. She became a high school English teacher, married an unknown actor in a small mountain town in 1996, and carried on teaching while he became one of the most recognisable faces in American film.
She has never given an interview or opened a social media account.
The pages competing for her name filled that silence by giving her her husband’s birthday, her husband’s hometown, a British nationality, and a net worth figure that credits him with her job. The one thing they did not do was look up the scholar-athlete award, which is the only genuine distinction she has been publicly given.
JacksonPadilla is a writer at Around Celebrities, covering celebrity families, relationships, biographies, and the stories behind the stars. With a focus on clear and engaging storytelling, Kole helps readers discover the people and connections beyond the spotlight.
