James Cromwell
Known for Acting · 189 credits
- Born
- 1940-01-27 (age 86)
- 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
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.
Known For
TV Shows (72)
24
2001
as Phillip Bauer
American Horror Story
2011
as Dr. Arthur Arden
ER
1994
as Bishop Stewart
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Prime Minister Nayrok / Jaglom Shrek
The West Wing
1999
as President D. Wire Newman
Dallas
1978
as Gerald Kane
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Audience Member
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Hanok
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
as Dr. Zefram Cochran (uncredited)
M*A*S*H
1972
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Harve Miller
Hill Street Blues
1981
Succession
2018
as Ewan Roy
Home Improvement
1991
as Fred
Night Court
1984
as Alan
Knight Rider
1982
as Curtis
The Rockford Files
1974
as Terry
Boardwalk Empire
2010
as Andrew W. Mellon
Six Feet Under
2001
as George Sibley
Barney Miller
1975
as Sgt. Wilkinson / Neil Spencer / Dr. Edmund Danworth / Jason Parrish
Hunter
1984
as Seymour Robbins
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as Miles Darman
Family Ties
1982
as John Hancock
Matlock
1986
as Judge Raymond Price
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "A Message From Charity")
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
as Reverend Buryfield
Alice
1976
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
as Dr. Zefram Cochrane (voice)
Three's Company
1977
as Detective Lannigan
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Amazing Stories
1985
as Francis
All in the Family
1971
as Stretch Cunningham
Halt and Catch Fire
2014
as Jacob Wheeler
Eight Is Enough
1977
China Beach
1988
Picket Fences
1992
as The Bishop
Sugar
2024
as Jonathan Siegel
Police Story
1973
Berlin Station
2016
as Gilbert Dorn
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest
The White Shadow
1978
as Mr. Hamilton / Art Commings
Murder in a Small Town
2024
as George Wilcox
Counterpart
2017
as Yanek
Murder in the First
2014
as Warren Daniels
The Detour
2016
as J.R.
The Young Pope
2016
as Cardinal Michael Spencer
BAT-FAM
2025
as Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (voice)
Partners
1995
The Client
1995
as Officer Joe Denton
The Family
2019
as Douglas Coe
Angels in America
2003
as Roy's Doctor
Once an Eagle
1976
as J.L. Cleghorne
Barbary Coast
1975
as Roy
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
Citizen Baines
2001
American Dreamer
1990
My Own Worst Enemy
2008
as Alistair Trumbull
Salem's Lot
2004
as Donald Callahan
Christine Cromwell
1989
Movies (117)
The Green Mile
1999
as Warden Hal Moores
Big Hero 6
2014
as Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
Spider-Man 3
2007
as Captain Stacy
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
as Benjamin Lockwood
I, Robot
2004
as Dr. Alfred Lanning
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002
as The Colonel (voice)
L.A. Confidential
1997
as Dudley Smith
Deep Impact
1998
as Alan Rittenhouse
The Longest Yard
2005
as Warden Hazen
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as President Fowler
Babe
1995
as Farmer Hoggett
Rebel Ridge
2024
as Judge
Eraser
1996
as William Donohue
Surrogates
2009
as Dr. Lionel Canter
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
as Dr. Zefram Cochrane
Secretariat
2010
as Ogden Phipps
Species II
1998
as Senator Ross
The Laundromat
2019
as Joseph David Martin
Space Cowboys
2000
as Bob Gerson
Explorers
1985
as Mr. Müller
The General's Daughter
1999
as General Joseph Campbell
The Artist
2011
as Clifton
The Promise
2016
as Henry Morgenthau Sr.
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
as Farmer Arthur Hoggett
Becoming Jane
2007
as Mr. Austen
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
as Charles Keating
W.
2008
as George H.W. Bush
The Queen
2006
as Prince Philip
Marshall
2017
as The Judge
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
as Cage
Revenge of the Nerds
1984
as Mr. Skolnick
Merry Little Batman
2023
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
The Bachelor
1999
as Priest
Pink Cadillac
1989
as Motel Desk Clerk
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
as Self / Warden Hal Moores
Murder by Death
1976
as Marcel Cassette
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
as Justice Sumpter
The Man with Two Brains
1983
as Realtor
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
1987
as Mr. Skolnick
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
as Self
La Classe américaine
2012
as Self
The Snow Walker
2003
as Walter "Shep" Shepherd
Tortured
2008
as Jack
Emperor
2020
as John Brown
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
as Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
as Judge Fielding
The Cheap Detective
1978
as Schnell
Tank
1984
as Deputy Euclid
Fail Safe
2000
as Gordon Knapp
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
1994
as Mr. Skolnick
Still Mine
2012
as Craig Morrison
RKO 281
1999
as William Randolph Hearst
The Babe
1992
as Brother Mathias
Memorial Day
2011
as Bud Vogel
Avenger
2006
as Paul Devereaux
The Rescue
1988
as Adm. Rothman
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
1992
as Mr. Skolnick
Soldiers of Fortune
2012
as Haussman
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
2019
as Self
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
as Hank Paulson
Walking the Mile
2014
as Self
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
as Judge Pounders
The House of God
1984
as Officer Quick
Blackball
2003
as Ray Speight
A Fine Mess
1986
as Detective Blist
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
2009
as Self
Owd Bob
1998
as Adam MacAdam
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002
as Major Amberson
Miracle Landing
1990
as B.J. Cocker
Deadly Game
1977
as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
The Rainmaker
1982
as Noah Curry
Project Viper
2002
as MP 1
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
as Self
A Slight Case of Murder
1999
as John Edgarson
The Runnin' Kind
1989
as Uncle Phil
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
as Self
Hide Away
2011
as The Ancient Mariner
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
2022
as Bud
The Education of Little Tree
1997
as Nonno
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
as Self
Cowgirls n' Angels
2012
as Terence Parker
Peeping Times
1978
as Bernard Mantee
The Girl in the Empty Grave
1977
as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
Never Too Late
2020
as Jack Bronson
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
as Self
Oh, God! You Devil
1984
as Priest
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
as Narrator
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
2012
as Self
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
2012
as Self - Interviewee
RFK
2002
as President Lyndon Baines Johnson
A Christmas Without Snow
1980
as Reverend Lohman
Dante's Inferno
2007
as Virgil (voice)
The Shaggy Dog
1994
as Charlie Mulvihill
A Carol Christmas
2003
as Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)
Nobody's Perfekt
1981
as Dr. Carson
The Last Precinct
1986
as Chief Bludhorn
A Lonely Place for Dying
2009
as Howard Simons
A Death in the Family
2002
as Joel Lynch
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Wall
1982
as Francisek
Admissions
2011
as The Clerk
Spraggue
1984
as Lt. George Hurley
Pope Pius XII
2010
as Pope Pius XII
Get Lost
as Frederick (Red King)
Night Vet
as Dr. Abel Evergood
Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist
2012
as Himself
The Immortal
2019
as Grandfather
Barefoot In the Park
1982
as Harry Pepper
Farm to Fridge
2011
as Narrator
Countdown to Year Zero
2019
China Beach: Pilot
1988
as Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
Looking For Else
2007
as Self
In Between Songs
2014
as Narrator
Pope John Paul II
2005
Living With A Visionary
2026
as Narrator (voice)
About 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 duri… With 189 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, James Cromwell has appeared in 117 films and 72 TV shows.
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- The Green Mile (1999) — as Warden Hal Moores
- Big Hero 6 (2014) — as Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007) — as Captain Stacy
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) — as Benjamin Lockwood
- I, Robot (2004) — as Dr. Alfred Lanning
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