James Cromwell

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1940-01-27 (84 years old)

Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As Jim Crowell, Jamie Cromwell, Джеймс Кромуэлл, Τζέιμς Κρόμγουελ, 詹姆斯·克隆威爾, 詹姆斯.克隆威爾

James Cromwell

Biography

James Oliver Cromwell (born 27 January 1940) is an American film and television actor, probably best known for his role as Dr. Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek: First Contact. 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 29 May 1986.

Known For

Actor

Get Lost

as Frederick (Red King)

Night Vet

as Dr. Abel Evergood

2024
Rebel Ridge

as Judge

2024
Sugar

as Jonathan Siegel

2023
Merry Little Batman

as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

2021
2020
Emperor

as John Brown

2020
Never Too Late

as Jack Bronson

2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks

as Dr. Zefram Cochrane (voice)

2020
2019
The Immortal

as Grandfather

2019
The Laundromat

as Joseph David Martin

2019
The Family

as Douglas Coe

2018
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

as Benjamin Lockwood

2018
Succession

as Ewan Roy

2017
Marshall

as The Judge

2017
Counterpart

as Yanek

2016
The Promise

as Henry Morgenthau Sr.

2016
The Young Pope

as Cardinal Michael Spencer

2016
Berlin Station

as Gilbert Dorn

2016
The Detour

as J.R.

2014
2014
Big Hero 6

as Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)

2014
In Between Songs

as Narrator

2014
Murder in the First

as Warren Daniels

2014
Halt and Catch Fire

as Jacob Wheeler

2013
The Trials of Cate McCall

as Justice Sumpter

2012
Still Mine

as Craig Morrison

2012
2012
Cowgirls n' Angels

as Terence Parker

2011
Hide Away

as The Ancient Mariner

2011
Admissions

as The Clerk

2011
The Artist

as Clifton

2011
Memorial Day

as Bud Vogel

2011
Farm to Fridge

as Narrator

2011
American Horror Story

as Dr. Arthur Arden

2010
Pope Pius XII

as Pope Pius XII

2010
Secretariat

as Ogden Phipps

2010
Boardwalk Empire

as Andrew W. Mellon

2009
Beyond All Boundaries

as Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey

2009
Surrogates

as Dr. Lionel Canter

2009
A Lonely Place for Dying

as Howard Simons

2009
Impact

as Lloyd

2008
W.

as George H.W. Bush

2008
Tortured

as Jack

2008
My Own Worst Enemy

as Alistair Trumbull

2007
Spider-Man 3

as Captain Stacey

2007
Becoming Jane

as Mr. Austen

2007
Dante's Inferno

as Virgil (voice)

2007
2006
The Queen

as Philip of Edinburgh

2006
Avenger

as Paul Devereaux

2005
Pope John Paul II

as Card. Adam Sapieha

2005
The Longest Yard

as Warden Hazen

2005
Pope John Paul II

as Cardinal Adam Sapieha

2004
I, Robot

as Dr. Alfred Lanning

2004
Salem's Lot

as Donald Callahan

2003
A Carol Christmas

as Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)

2003
The Snow Walker

as Walter "Shep" Shepherd

2003
Blackball

as Ray Speight

2003
Angels in America

as Roy's Doctor

2002
RFK

as President Lyndon Baines Johnson

2002
The Sum of All Fears

as President Fowler

2002
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

as The Colonel (voice)

2002
2002
A Death in the Family

as Joel Lynch

2002
The Magnificent Ambersons

as Major Amberson

2001
24

as Phillip Bauer

2001
Six Feet Under

as George Sibley

2000
Space Cowboys

as Bob Gerson

2000
2000
Fail Safe

as Gordon Knapp

2000
RKO 281

as William Randolph Hearst

1999
Snow Falling on Cedars

as Judge Fielding

1999
The Green Mile

as Warden Hal Moores

1999
The Bachelor

as Priest

1999
A Slight Case of Murder

as John Edgarson

1999
The General's Daughter

as General Joseph Campbell

1999
The West Wing

as President D. Wire Newman

1998
Babe: Pig in the City

as Farmer Arthur Hoggett

1998
Deep Impact

as Alan Rittenhouse

1998
Species II

as Senator Ross

1998
Owd Bob

as Adam MacAdam

1997
L.A. Confidential

as Dudley Smith

1996
The People vs. Larry Flynt

as Charles Keating

1996
Star Trek: First Contact

as Dr. Zefram Cochrane

1996
Eraser

as William Donohue

1995
Babe

as Farmer Hoggett

1995
1995
The Client

as Officer Joe Denton

1994
The Shaggy Dog

as Charlie Mulvihill

1994
ER

as Bishop Stewart

1993
1992
The Babe

as Brother Mathias

1991
1990
Miracle Landing

as B.J Cocker

1989
The Runnin' Kind

as Uncle Phil

1989
Pink Cadillac

as Motel Desk Clerk

1988
The Rescue

as Adm. Rothman

1988
China Beach: Pilot

as Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Prime Minister Nayrok

1987
1986
A Fine Mess

as Detective Blist

1986
The Last Precinct

as Chief Bludhorn

1985
Explorers

as Mr. Müller

1985
Amazing Stories

as Francis

1984
1984
Revenge of the Nerds

as Mr. Skolnick

1984
Spraggue

as Lt. George Hurley

1984
Tank

as Deputy Euclid

1984
The House of God

as Officer Quick

1984
Hunter

as Seymour Robbins

1984
Night Court

as Alan

1982
The Rainmaker

as Noah Curry

1982
Barefoot In the Park

as Harry Pepper

1982
The Wall

as Francisek

1982
Knight Rider

as Curtis

1982
Family Ties

as John Hancock

1981
Nobody's Perfekt

as Dr. Carson

1981
Foul Play

as Bebet

1980
A Christmas Without Snow

as Reverend Lohman

1980
1978
1978
Peeping Times

as Bernard Mantee

1978
The White Shadow

as Mr. Hamilton

1978
The White Shadow

as Art Commings

1978
Dallas

as Gerald Kane

1977
Deadly Game

as Deputy Malcom Rossiter Jr.

1977
The Girl in the Empty Grave

as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.

1977
Three's Company

as Detective Lannigan

1976
Murder by Death

as Marcel Cassette

1976
Once an Eagle

as J.L. Cleghorne

1976
1975
1975
Barney Miller

as Sgt. Wilkinson

1975
Barney Miller

as Neil Spencer

1975
Barney Miller

as Dr. Edmund Danworth

1975
Barney Miller

as Jason Parrish

1974
1971
All in the Family

as Stretch Cunningham

1955
Daddy Long Legs

as Extra (uncredited)

Producer

2021
Mondo Hollywoodland

as Executive Producer

2015
Imminent Threat

as Executive Producer