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