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