John Cullum
Born: 1930-03-02 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
John Cullum (born March 2, 1930) is an American actor and singer. He is a five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time winner, both for Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Shenandoah in 1975 and On the Twentieth Century in 1978). On screen, Cullum is best known for his starring role as tavern owner Holling Vincoeur in Northern Exposure (1990 - 1995), which earned him an Emmy nomination. He also had recurring roles on ER, Law & Order: SVU, The Middle, and Madam Secretary. His film appearances include Hawaii (1966), 1776 (1972), All Good Things (2010), Kill Your Darlings (2013), Before We Go (2014), and Christine (2016).
Filmography
2022
- Simchas and Sorrows as Nate
2021
- The Acolyte as Arch Pontifex
- John Cullum: An Accidental Star as Self
2020
- Jungleland as Yates
2019
- Prodigal Son as Logan Zeiger
2016
- Christine as Bob Andersen
2015
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Daddy's Daddy
2014
- Madam Secretary as Senator Beau Carpenter
- The Historian as Brigston Hadley
- Adult World as Stan
- Before We Go as Harry
- Love Is Strange as Father Raymond
2013
- The Blacklist as Ted King
- Kilimanjaro as Milton
- Kill Your Darlings as Professor Steeves
- Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center as The Starkeeper
2011
- The Conspirator as Justice Wylie
2010
- All Good Things as Richard Panatierre
- Lafayette: The Lost Hero as Self - Narrator
2009
- The Good Wife as Cardinal James
- The Middle as Big Mike
2007
- Mad Men as Lee Garner, Sr.
2006
- 30 Rock as Mysterious Man
- The Night Listener as Pap Noone
2005
- The Notorious Bettie Page as Preacher in Nashville
- Secrets of Angels, Demons and Masons as Narrator
2004
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
2003
- Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip as Other Voices (voice)
2001
- Ricochet River as Link Curren
- Urinetown as Caldwell B. Cladwell
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Barry Moredock
- Roswell as James Valenti Sr.
- Held Up as Jack
- Inherit the Wind as Judge Merle Coffey
1998
- The Magnificent Seven as Reverend Owen Mosley
1997
- The Secret Life of Algernon as Algernon Pendleton
1994
- ER as David Greene
- Touched by an Angel as Mark Twain
1990
- Law & Order as Harold Dorning
- Northern Exposure as Holling Vincoeur
1989
- Quantum Leap as John O'Malley / Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote
- Money, Power, Murder. as Rev. Endicott
1988
- Shootdown as Robert Allardyce
1987
- Sweet Country as Ben
1985
- The Equalizer as Stuart Cane
- Spenser: For Hire
- Marie: A True Story as Deputy Attorney General
1984
- The Act as The President
1983
- The Day After as Jim Dahlberg
- The Prodigal as Elton Stuart
1982
- Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences as Carl Sandburg
1978
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as Mr. Jamison
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as Mr. Jamison
1973
- The Man Without a Country as Aaron Burr
1972
- 1776 as Edward Rutledge (SC)
1971
- Great Performances as Lawyer Royall
1968
1967
- Androcles and the Lion as Roman Captain
1966
- Hawaii as Immanuel Quigley
- The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner as Self
1964
- Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre as Laertes
1963
- All the Way Home as Andrew
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Performer
- The Edge of Night