James Cromwell
Acting
Born: January 27, 1940 (age 86) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Zefram Cochrane in “Star Trek: First Contact,” as well as his roles in “Babe,” “L.A. Confidential,” and “Spider-Man 3.” He has been nominated for an Oscar, three Emmy Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards during his career. Cromwell was born in Los Angeles, California and was raised in Manhattan, New York. He was adopted by actress Kay Johnson and actor, director and producer John Cromwell, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. He was educated at The Hill School, Middlebury College and Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), where he studied engineering. Like both his parents, he was drawn to the theater, doing everything from Shakespeare to experimental plays. He has long been an advocate of leftist causes. In an October 2008 interview, he strongly attacked the Republican Party and the George W. Bush administration, saying their controversial foreign policy would "either destroy us or the entire planet." He became a vegetarian in 1974 after seeing a stockyard in Texas and experiencing the "smell, terror and anxiety." He became an ethical vegan while playing the character of Farmer Hoggett in the movie Babe in 1995. He frequently speaks out on issues regarding animal cruelty for PETA, largely the treatment of pigs. Cromwell was married to Anne Ulvestad from 1976 to 1986. They had three children. He married his second wife, Julie Cobb, on May 29, 1986.
Known for
The Green Mile
1999
Big Hero 6
2014
Spider-Man 3
2007
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
I, Robot
2004
American Horror Story
2011
L.A. Confidential
1997
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002
The Longest Yard
2005
The Artist
2011
Surrogates
2009
Deep Impact
1998
Photos (4)
Movies (99)
Big Hero 6
Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
The Green Mile
Warden Hal Moores
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Benjamin Lockwood
Spider-Man 3
Captain Stacy
L.A. Confidential
Dudley Smith
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
The Colonel (voice)
Deep Impact
Alan Rittenhouse
The Sum of All Fears
President Fowler
Babe
Farmer Hoggett
The Artist
Clifton
Rebel Ridge
Judge
The Laundromat
Joseph David Martin
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Charles Keating
I, Robot
Dr. Alfred Lanning
Space Cowboys
Bob Gerson
Surrogates
Dr. Lionel Canter
The Longest Yard
Warden Hazen
Species II
Senator Ross
Eraser
Donahue
Secretariat
Ogden Phipps
Becoming Jane
Mr. Austen
Explorers
Mr. Müller
Babe: Pig in the City
Farmer Arthur Hoggett
The General's Daughter
General Joseph Campbell
Star Trek: First Contact
Dr. Zefram Cochrane
The Cheap Detective
Schnell
Murder by Death
Marcel Cassette
The Promise
Henry Morgenthau Sr.
The Bachelor
Priest
The Queen
Prince Philip
Romeo Is Bleeding
Cage
Merry Little Batman
Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Revenge of the Nerds
Mr. Skolnick
Marshall
The Judge
The Man with Two Brains
Realtor
Never Too Late
Jack Bronson
Snow Falling on Cedars
Judge Fielding
The Rescue
Adm. Rothman
Pink Cadillac
Motel Desk Clerk
The Trials of Cate McCall
Justice Sumpter
The Babe
Brother Mathias
Cowgirls n' Angels
Terence Parker
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Mr. Skolnick
W.
George H.W. Bush
Tortured
Jack
A Fine Mess
Detective Blist
The Snow Walker
Walter "Shep" Shepherd
Soldiers of Fortune
Haussman
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
Bud
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
Mr. Skolnick
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Hank Paulson
Memorial Day
Bud Vogel
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Judge Pounders
Hide Away
The Ancient Mariner
Tank
Deputy Euclid
Miracle Landing
B.J. Cocker
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
Mr. Skolnick
China Beach: Pilot
Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
Oh, God! You Devil
Priest
RKO 281
William Randolph Hearst
The House of God
Officer Quick
Avenger
Paul Devereaux
The Runnin' Kind
Uncle Phil
Still Mine
Craig Morrison
Fail Safe
Gordon Knapp
The Education of Little Tree
Nonno
Star Trek: Enterprise - In a Mirror, Darkly
Zefram Cochrane (archive footage)
Owd Bob
Adam MacAdam
Blackball
Ray Speight
A Carol Christmas
Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)
Emperor
John Brown
A Slight Case of Murder
John Edgarson
Nobody's Perfekt
Dr. Carson
Beyond All Boundaries
Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey
A Death in the Family
Joel Lynch
Admissions
The Clerk
The Wall
Francisek
The Girl in the Empty Grave
Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
The Rainmaker
Noah Curry
Dante's Inferno
Virgil (voice)
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Narrator
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
Deadly Game
Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
Barefoot In the Park
Harry Pepper
The Last Precinct
Chief Bludhorn
The Shaggy Dog
Charlie Mulvihill
Living With A Visionary
Narrator (voice)
A Christmas Without Snow
Reverend Lohman
Project Viper
MP 1
The Magnificent Ambersons
Major Amberson
The Immortal
Grandfather
Peeping Times
Bernard Mantee
A Lonely Place for Dying
Howard Simons
Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII
Countdown to Year Zero
2019
RFK
President Lyndon Baines Johnson
In Between Songs
Narrator
Spraggue
Lt. George Hurley
Farm to Fridge
Narrator
TV Shows (75)
American Horror Story
Dr. Arthur Arden · 13 eps
24
Phillip Bauer · 8 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Prime Minister Nayrok · 1 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Jaglom Shrek · 2 eps
The West Wing
President D. Wire Newman · 1 eps
Dallas
Gerald Kane · 3 eps
ER
Bishop Stewart · 4 eps
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Hanok · 1 eps
Star Trek: Enterprise
Dr. Zefram Cochran (uncredited) · 1 eps
M*A*S*H
1 eps
Home Improvement
Fred · 1 eps
Knight Rider
Curtis · 1 eps
Little House on the Prairie
Harve Miller · 2 eps
Succession
Ewan Roy · 7 eps
Three's Company
Detective Lannigan · 1 eps
The Rockford Files
Terry · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
Boardwalk Empire
Andrew W. Mellon · 1 eps
Night Court
Alan · 1 eps
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Dr. Zefram Cochrane (voice) · 1 eps
Family Ties
John Hancock · 1 eps
Matlock
Judge Raymond Price · 2 eps
Barney Miller
Wilkinson · 1 eps
Barney Miller
Neil Spencer · 1 eps
Barney Miller
Dr. Edmund Danworth · 1 eps
Barney Miller
Jason Parrish · 1 eps
Six Feet Under
George Sibley · 27 eps
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Miles Darman · 2 eps
Alice
1 eps
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Reverend Buryfield · 5 eps
The Twilight Zone
(segment "A Message From Charity") · 1 eps
Murder in a Small Town
George Wilcox · 1 eps
Hunter
Seymour Robbins · 1 eps
All in the Family
Stretch Cunningham · 3 eps
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
2 eps
Sugar
Jonathan Siegel · 9 eps
Jake and the Fatman
1 eps
Amazing Stories
Francis · 1 eps
Halt and Catch Fire
Jacob Wheeler · 8 eps
Picket Fences
The Bishop · 1 eps
Police Story
1 eps
Eight Is Enough
1 eps
Murder in the First
Warren Daniels · 1 eps
China Beach
2 eps
Counterpart
Yanek · 10 eps
BAT-FAM
Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (voice) · 10 eps
Berlin Station
Gilbert Dorn · 1 eps
The Young Pope
Cardinal Michael Spencer · 10 eps
The White Shadow
Mr. Hamilton · 1 eps
The White Shadow
Art Commings · 1 eps
Angels in America
Roy's Doctor · 4 eps
The Detour
J.R. · 3 eps
The Family
Douglas Coe · 5 eps
Salem's Lot
Donald Callahan · 2 eps
Partners
2 eps
Barbary Coast
Roy · 1 eps
The Client
Officer Joe Denton · 1 eps
Once an Eagle
J.L. Cleghorne · 7 eps
Flo
1 eps
Easy Street
22 eps
Buffalo Bill
Staunton McMoller · 1 eps
American Dreamer
1 eps
All's Fair
1 eps
My Own Worst Enemy
Alistair Trumbull · 6 eps
The Nancy Walker Show
Glen · 12 eps
Christine Cromwell
1 eps
Operation Buffalo
Cranky · 6 eps
Impact
Lloyd · 2 eps
Pope John Paul II
Cardinal Adam Sapieha · 2 eps
Wildside
1 eps
Citizen Baines
Elliott Baines · 9 eps
Hot l Baltimore
13 eps
Diff'rent Strokes
1 eps
Foul Play
Bebet · 1 eps
Sotto il cielo di Roma
Pope Pius XII · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (15)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Walking the Mile
Self
50 Years of Star Trek
Self
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
Self
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
Self - Interviewee
The John Garfield Story
Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
Self
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
Self - Narrator (voice)
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Self
La Classe américaine
Self
Looking For Else
Self
Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist
Himself
