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