James Cromwell
Born: 1940-01-27 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- BAT-FAM as Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (voice)
2024
- Murder in a Small Town as George Wilcox
- Rebel Ridge as Judge
- Sugar as Jonathan Siegel
2023
- Merry Little Batman as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
2022
- Prancer: A Christmas Tale as Bud
2021
- Law & Order: Organized Crime as Miles Darman
- Mondo Hollywoodland ... (Executive Producer)
- The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek as Self
2020
- Star Trek: Lower Decks as Dr. Zefram Cochrane (voice)
- Emperor as John Brown
- Never Too Late as Jack Bronson
- Operation Buffalo as Cranky
2019
- The Immortal as Grandfather
- The Laundromat as Joseph David Martin
- The Family as Douglas Coe
- That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars as Self
- Countdown to Year Zero
2018
- Succession as Ewan Roy
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as Benjamin Lockwood
- Running for Good: The Fiona Oakes Documentary ... (Executive Producer)
2017
- Marshall as The Judge
- Counterpart as Yanek
2016
- Berlin Station as Gilbert Dorn
- 50 Years of Star Trek as Self
- The Detour as J.R.
- The Young Pope as Cardinal Michael Spencer
- The Promise as Henry Morgenthau Sr.
- The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
- Imminent Threat ... (Executive Producer)
2014
- Big Hero 6 as Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
- Halt and Catch Fire as Jacob Wheeler
- Murder in the First as Warren Daniels
- Walking the Mile as Self
- In Between Songs as Narrator
2013
- The Trials of Cate McCall as Justice Sumpter
2012
- Still Mine as Craig Morrison
- Cowgirls n' Angels as Terence Parker
- Soldiers of Fortune as Haussman
- La Classe américaine as Self
- The Artist: The Making of an American Romance as Self
- A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington as Self - Interviewee
- Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist as Himself
2011
- American Horror Story as Dr. Arthur Arden
- Hide Away as The Ancient Mariner
- The Artist as Clifton
- Admissions as The Clerk
- Memorial Day as Bud Vogel
- Farm to Fridge as Narrator
2010
- Boardwalk Empire as Andrew W. Mellon
- Secretariat as Ogden Phipps
- Pope Pius XII as Pope Pius XII
- Sotto il cielo di Roma as Pope Pius XII
2009
- Surrogates as Dr. Lionel Canter
- The Last Days of Lehman Brothers as Hank Paulson
- Impact as Lloyd
- Beyond All Boundaries as Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey
- A Lonely Place for Dying as Howard Simons
- Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil as Self
2008
- W. as George H.W. Bush
- My Own Worst Enemy as Alistair Trumbull
- Tortured as Jack
- Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
2007
- Spider-Man 3 as Captain Stacy
- Becoming Jane as Mr. Austen
- Dante's Inferno as Virgil (voice)
- The Making of 'The Queen' as Self
- Masters of Science Fiction
- Looking For Else as Self
2006
- The Queen as Prince Philip
- The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
- Avenger as Paul Devereaux
- King Leopold's Ghost
2005
- The Longest Yard as Warden Hazen
- Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy as Narrator
- Pope John Paul II as Cardinal Adam Sapieha
2004
- I, Robot as Dr. Alfred Lanning
- Salem's Lot as Donald Callahan
- Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
2003
- The Snow Walker as Walter "Shep" Shepherd
- Blackball as Ray Speight
- Angels in America as Roy's Doctor
- A Carol Christmas as Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)
- The John Garfield Story as Self
2002
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron as The Colonel (voice)
- Project Viper as MP 1
- RFK as President Lyndon Baines Johnson
- The Sum of All Fears as President Fowler
- A Death in the Family as Joel Lynch
- The Magnificent Ambersons as Major Amberson
2001
- 24 as Phillip Bauer
- Six Feet Under as George Sibley
- Citizen Baines
2000
- Fail Safe as Gordon Knapp
- RKO 281 as William Randolph Hearst
- Space Cowboys as Bob Gerson
- Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Self / Warden Hal Moores
1999
- The West Wing as President D. Wire Newman
- The Green Mile as Warden Hal Moores
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- The General's Daughter as General Joseph Campbell
- The Bachelor as Priest
- Snow Falling on Cedars as Judge Fielding
- A Slight Case of Murder as John Edgarson
1998
- Deep Impact as Alan Rittenhouse
- Species II as Senator Ross
- Babe: Pig in the City as Farmer Arthur Hoggett
- Owd Bob as Adam MacAdam
1997
- L.A. Confidential as Dudley Smith
- The Education of Little Tree as Nonno
1996
- The People vs. Larry Flynt as Charles Keating
- Eraser as William Donohue
- Star Trek: First Contact as Dr. Zefram Cochrane
1995
- Babe as Farmer Hoggett
- The Client as Officer Joe Denton
- Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Judge Pounders
- Partners
1994
- ER as Bishop Stewart
- Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love as Mr. Skolnick
- The Shaggy Dog as Charlie Mulvihill
1993
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Hanok
- Romeo Is Bleeding as Cage
1992
- Picket Fences as The Bishop
- Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation as Mr. Skolnick
- The Babe as Brother Mathias
1991
- Home Improvement as Fred
1990
- Miracle Landing as B.J. Cocker
- American Dreamer
1989
- Pink Cadillac as Motel Desk Clerk
- Christine Cromwell
- The Runnin' Kind as Uncle Phil
1988
- The Rescue as Adm. Rothman
- China Beach
- China Beach: Pilot as Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Prime Minister Nayrok
- Jake and the Fatman
- Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise as Mr. Skolnick
1986
- Matlock
- A Fine Mess as Detective Blist
- Easy Street
- The Last Precinct as Chief Bludhorn
1985
- The Twilight Zone as (segment "A Message From Charity")
- Amazing Stories as Francis
- Explorers as Mr. Müller
- Wildside
1984
- Night Court as Alan
- Hunter as Seymour Robbins
- Tank as Deputy Euclid
- Spraggue as Lt. George Hurley
- The House of God as Officer Quick
- Oh, God! You Devil as Priest
- Revenge of the Nerds as Mr. Skolnick
1983
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- The Man with Two Brains as Realtor
1982
- Knight Rider as Curtis
- Family Ties as John Hancock
- The Rainmaker as Noah Curry
- The Wall as Francisek
- Barefoot In the Park as Harry Pepper
1981
- Hill Street Blues
- Nobody's Perfekt as Dr. Carson
- Foul Play as Bebet
1980
- A Christmas Without Snow as Reverend Lohman
- Flo
1978
- Dallas as Gerald Kane
- The White Shadow as Mr. Hamilton
- The Cheap Detective as Schnell
- Diff'rent Strokes
- Peeping Times as Bernard Mantee
1977
- Three's Company as Detective Lannigan
- Eight Is Enough
- The Girl in the Empty Grave as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
- Deadly Game as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
1976
- Alice
- Murder by Death as Marcel Cassette
- Once an Eagle as J.L. Cleghorne
- All's Fair
- The Nancy Walker Show as Glen
1975
- Barney Miller as Sgt. Wilkinson
- Barbary Coast as Roy
- Hot l Baltimore
1974
- Little House on the Prairie as Harve Miller
- The Rockford Files as Terry
1973
1972
1971
- All in the Family as Stretch Cunningham
1955
- Daddy Long Legs as Extra (uncredited)
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member