James Cromwell

James Cromwell

  • Birthday: 1940-01-27
  • Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Also know as: Jim Crowell

Biography

James Oliver Cromwell (born 27 January 1940) is an American film and television actor, probably best known for his role as Dr. Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek: First Contact. 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 29 May 1986.

Filmography

Pope Pius XII

2010

As Pope Pius XII

Still Mine

2012

As Craig Morrison

Night Vet

0000

As Dr. Abel Evergood

Farm to Fridge

2011

As Narrator

Never Too Late

2020

As Jack Bronson

Admissions

2011

As The Clerk

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

2002

As The Colonel (voice)

Babe: Pig in the City

1998

As Farmer Arthur Hoggett

The Rescue

1988

As Adm. Rothman

RFK

2002

As President Lyndon Baines Johnson

RKO 281

2000

As William Randolph Hearst

Memorial Day

2011

As Bud Vogel

Owd Bob

1998

As Adam MacAdam

Dante's Inferno

2007

As Virgil (voice)

In Between Songs

2014

As Narrator

The Queen

2006

As Philip of Edinburgh

The General's Daughter

1999

As General Joseph Campbell

The Sum of All Fears

2002

As President Fowler

The Longest Yard

2005

As Warden Hazen

Tortured

2008

As Jack

The Snow Walker

2003

As Walter "Shep" Shepherd

Blackball

2003

As Ray Speight

Avenger

2006

As Paul Devereaux

Hide Away

2011

As The Ancient Mariner

The Girl in the Empty Grave

1977

As Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013

As Justice Sumpter

Deadly Game

1977

As Deputy Malcom Rossiter Jr.

The Immortal

2019

As Grandfather

Emperor

2020

As John Brown

Spraggue

1984

As Lt. George Hurley

Merry Little Batman

2023

As Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

I, Robot

2004

As Dr. Alfred Lanning

Becoming Jane

2007

As Mr. Austen

W.

2008

As George H.W. Bush

A Slight Case of Murder

1999

As John Edgarson

A Christmas Without Snow

1980

As Reverend Lohman

A Lonely Place for Dying

2009

As Howard Simons

Surrogates

2009

As Dr. Lionel Canter

The Artist

2011

As Clifton

Cowgirls n' Angels

2012

As Terence Parker

The Shaggy Dog

1994

As Charlie Mulvihill

The Rainmaker

1982

As Noah Curry

A Death in the Family

2002

As Joel Lynch

Looking For Else

2007

As Self

Rebel Ridge

0000

As

Space Cowboys

2000

As Bob Gerson

The Babe

1992

As Brother Mathias

Miracle Landing

1990

As B.J Cocker

Barefoot In the Park

1982

As Harry Pepper

Marshall

2017

As The Judge

Beyond All Boundaries

2009

As Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

2000

As Himself / Warden Hal Moores

Oh, God! You Devil

1984

As Priest

The People vs. Larry Flynt

1996

As Charles Keating

The Bachelor

1999

As Priest

L.A. Confidential

1997

As Dudley Smith

Species II

1998

As Senator Ross

Fail Safe

2000

As Gordon Knapp

Eraser

1996

As William Donohue

Babe

1995

As Farmer Hoggett

Soldiers of Fortune

2012

As Haussman

Nobody's Perfekt

1981

As Dr. Carson

The Man with Two Brains

1983

As Realtor

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

2018

As Sir Benjamin Lockwood

The Magnificent Ambersons

2002

As Major Amberson

Tank

1984

As Deputy Euclid

The House of God

1984

As Officer Quick

Star Trek: First Contact

1996

As Dr. Zefram Cochrane

The Green Mile

1999

As Warden Hal Moores

Snow Falling on Cedars

1999

As Judge Fielding

Deep Impact

1998

As Alan Rittenhouse

Secretariat

2010

As Ogden Phipps

Big Hero 6

2014

As Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)

Peeping Times

1978

As Bernard Mantee

Spider-Man 3

2007

As Captain Stacey

Romeo Is Bleeding

1993

As Cage

Project Viper

2002

As MP 1

The Wall

1982

As Francisek

Murder by Death

1976

As Marcel Cassette

Explorers

1985

As Mr. Müller

Revenge of the Nerds

1984

As Mr. Skolnick

Daddy Long Legs

1955

As Extra (uncredited)

The Runnin' Kind

1989

As Uncle Phil

Walking the Mile

2014

As Self

The Last Precinct

1986

As Chief Bludhorn

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

1995

As Judge Pounders

The Promise

2016

As Henry Morgenthau Sr.

A Carol Christmas

2003

As Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)

Raptor

2001

As Benny

The Laundromat

2019

As Joseph David Martin

A Fine Mess

1986

As Detective Blist

The Cheap Detective

1978

As Schnell

Production

Mondo Hollywoodland

2021

As Executive Producer

Imminent Threat

2015

As Executive Producer

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