James Cromwell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-01-27 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
James Cromwell
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.
Acting
Get Lost
as Frederick (Red King)
Night Vet
as Dr. Abel Evergood
(2024)
Rebel Ridge
as Judge
(2023)
Merry Little Batman
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
(2022)
(2020)
Emperor
as John Brown
(2020)
Never Too Late
as Jack Bronson
(2019)
The Laundromat
as Joseph David Martin
(2019)
(2019)
The Immortal
as Grandfather
(2019)
(2018)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
as Benjamin Lockwood
(2017)
Marshall
as The Judge
(2016)
The Promise
as Henry Morgenthau Sr.
(2016)
50 Years of Star Trek
as Self
(2016)
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
as Narrator
(2014)
Big Hero 6
as Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
(2014)
Walking the Mile
as Self
(2014)
In Between Songs
as Narrator
(2013)
The Trials of Cate McCall
as Justice Sumpter
(2012)
Soldiers of Fortune
as Haussman
(2012)
La Classe américaine
as Self
(2012)
Still Mine
as Craig Morrison
(2012)
Cowgirls n' Angels
as Terence Parker
(2012)
(2012)
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
as Self - Interviewee
(2012)
(2011)
The Artist
as Clifton
(2011)
Hide Away
as The Ancient Mariner
(2011)
Memorial Day
as Bud Vogel
(2011)
Admissions
as The Clerk
(2011)
Farm to Fridge
as Narrator
(2010)
Secretariat
as Ogden Phipps
(2010)
Pope Pius XII
as Pope Pius XII
(2009)
Surrogates
as Dr. Lionel Canter
(2009)
Beyond All Boundaries
as Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey
(2009)
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
as Hank Paulson
(2009)
(2009)
A Lonely Place for Dying
as Howard Simons
(2008)
W.
as George H.W. Bush
(2008)
Tortured
as Jack
(2008)
(2007)
Spider-Man 3
as Captain Stacey
(2007)
Becoming Jane
as Mr. Austen
(2007)
Dante's Inferno
as Virgil (voice)
(2007)
Looking For Else
as Self
(2006)
The Queen
as Philip of Edinburgh
(2006)
Avenger
as Paul Devereaux
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
The Longest Yard
as Warden Hazen
(2005)
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
as Narrator
(2004)
I, Robot
as Dr. Alfred Lanning
(2004)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
as Self
(2003)
The Snow Walker
as Walter "Shep" Shepherd
(2003)
Blackball
as Ray Speight
(2003)
A Carol Christmas
as Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)
(2003)
The John Garfield Story
as Self
(2002)
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
as The Colonel (voice)
(2002)
The Sum of All Fears
as President Fowler
(2002)
Project Viper
as MP 1
(2002)
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Major Amberson
(2002)
RFK
as President Lyndon Baines Johnson
(2002)
A Death in the Family
as Joel Lynch
(2000)
Space Cowboys
as Bob Gerson
(2000)
Fail Safe
as Gordon Knapp
(2000)
RKO 281
as William Randolph Hearst
(2000)
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
as Self / Warden Hal Moores
(1999)
The Green Mile
as Warden Hal Moores
(1999)
The General's Daughter
as General Joseph Campbell
(1999)
The Bachelor
as Priest
(1999)
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Judge Fielding
(1999)
A Slight Case of Murder
as John Edgarson
(1998)
Deep Impact
as Alan Rittenhouse
(1998)
Babe: Pig in the City
as Farmer Arthur Hoggett
(1998)
Species II
as Senator Ross
(1998)
Owd Bob
as Adam MacAdam
(1997)
L.A. Confidential
as Dudley Smith
(1997)
The Education of Little Tree
as Nonno
(1996)
Eraser
as William Donohue
(1996)
Star Trek: First Contact
as Dr. Zefram Cochrane
(1996)
The People vs. Larry Flynt
as Charles Keating
(1995)
Babe
as Farmer Hoggett
(1995)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Judge Pounders
(1995)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright
as Jaglom Shrek
(1994)
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love
as Mr. Skolnick
(1994)
The Shaggy Dog
as Charlie Mulvihill
(1993)
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Cage
(1992)
The Babe
as Brother Mathias
(1992)
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
as Mr. Skolnick
(1990)
Miracle Landing
as B.J Cocker
(1989)
Pink Cadillac
as Motel Desk Clerk
(1989)
The Runnin' Kind
as Uncle Phil
(1988)
The Rescue
as Adm. Rothman
(1988)
China Beach: Pilot
as Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
(1987)
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
as Mr. Skolnick
(1986)
A Fine Mess
as Detective Blist
(1986)
The Last Precinct
as Chief Bludhorn
(1985)
Explorers
as Mr. Müller
(1984)
Tank
as Deputy Euclid
(1984)
Revenge of the Nerds
as Mr. Skolnick
(1984)
The House of God
as Officer Quick
(1984)
Oh, God! You Devil
as Priest
(1984)
Spraggue
as Lt. George Hurley
(1983)
The Man with Two Brains
as Realtor
(1982)
The Wall
as Francisek
(1982)
The Rainmaker
as Noah Curry
(1982)
Barefoot In the Park
as Harry Pepper
(1981)
Nobody's Perfekt
as Dr. Carson
(1980)
A Christmas Without Snow
as Reverend Lohman
(1978)
The Cheap Detective
as Schnell
(1978)
Peeping Times
as Bernard Mantee
(1977)
The Girl in the Empty Grave
as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
(1977)
Deadly Game
as Deputy Malcom Rossiter Jr.
(1976)
Murder by Death
as Marcel Cassette
(1955)
Daddy Long Legs
as Extra (uncredited)
Crew
(2021)
Mondo Hollywoodland
Executive Producer
(2018)
Running for Good: The Fiona Oakes Documentary
Executive Producer
(2015)
Imminent Threat
Executive Producer