Jim Parrack (born February 8, 1981) is an American actor. He had a starring role as Hoyt Fortenberry in HBO series True Blood, and appeared in the film Battle: Los Angeles, which was released in March 2011.[1] He also appeared as \"Slim\" in the 2014 Broadway production of Of Mice and Men alongside James Franco, Chris O\'Dowd and Leighton Meester.