James Cromwell
Acting
🎂 1940-01-27
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.
Cast credits(190)
Curtis
1982
Hanok
1993
1974
Gerald Kane
1978
Alan
1984
Prime Minister Nayrok
1987
Jaglom Shrek
1987
Dr. Zefram Cochrane (voice)
2020
Dr. Arthur Arden
2011
1983
George Sibley
2001
1987
Phillip Bauer
2001
Self - Audience Member
1944
Jacob Wheeler
2014
1977
Francis
1985
Ewan Roy
2018
1972
Fred
1991
1976
Miles Darman
2021
John Hancock
1982
Andrew W. Mellon
2010
Bishop Stewart
1994
Terry
1974
(segment "A Message From Charity")
1985
Sgt. Wilkinson
1975
Neil Spencer
1975
Dr. Edmund Danworth
1975
Jason Parrish
1975
President D. Wire Newman
1999
J.R.
2016
1973
Warren Daniels
2014
Seymour Robbins
1984
Mr. Hamilton
1978
Art Commings
1978
Detective Lannigan
1977
Benjamin Lockwood
2018
Self
2021
Self - Guest
1999
1976
Jonathan Siegel
2024
Gilbert Dorn
2016
Stretch Cunningham
1971
1981
2007
Cardinal Michael Spencer
2016
1995
1986
Glen
1976
Yanek
2017
1986
J.L. Cleghorne
1976
1980
Roy
1975
Captain Stacy
2007
Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
2014
Douglas Coe
2019
Warden Hal Moores
1999
George Wilcox
2024
Donald Callahan
2004
Roy's Doctor
2003
1985
Lloyd
2009
Alistair Trumbull
2008
1990
Judge
2024
Cranky
2020
Officer Joe Denton
1995
The Colonel (voice)
2002
Dr. Alfred Lanning
2004
1975
2001
1988
Warden Hazen
2005
President Fowler
2002
Alan Rittenhouse
1998
Farmer Hoggett
1995
Dudley Smith
1997
Dr. Zefram Cochrane
1996
Senator Ross
1998
Dr. Lionel Canter
2009
William Donohue
1996
Cardinal Adam Sapieha
2005
Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
2023
Charles Keating
1996
Clifton
2011
Bebet
1981
1989
Farmer Arthur Hoggett
1998
Bob Gerson
2000
Joseph David Martin
2019
Philip of Edinburgh
2006
Mr. Austen
2007
General Joseph Campbell
1999
Henry Morgenthau Sr.
2016
Mr. MĂĽller
1985
Ogden Phipps
2010
George H.W. Bush
2008
Ray Speight
2003
1978
Mr. Skolnick
1984
Marcel Cassette
1976
Judge Pounders
1995
Mr. Skolnick
1987
Schnell
1978
Bud
2022
Pope Pius XII
2010
Cage
1993
Walter "Shep" Shepherd
2003
The Judge
2017
Terence Parker
2012
Realtor
1983
Justice Sumpter
2013
Motel Desk Clerk
1989
Priest
1999
Gordon Knapp
2000
Deputy Euclid
1984
Detective Blist
1986
Reverend Lohman
1980
Brother Mathias
1992
Judge Fielding
1999
John Brown
2020
Mr. Skolnick
1992
Extra (uncredited)
1955
Haussman
2012
Self
2016
Craig Morrison
2012
Self / Warden Hal Moores
2000
William Randolph Hearst
2000
2006
Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)
2003
Jack Bronson
2020
Mr. Skolnick
1994
Adm. Rothman
1988
Priest
1984
Self
2012
Jack
2008
Uncle Phil
1989
Paul Devereaux
2006
Virgil (voice)
2007
Bud Vogel
2011
Self
2014
Narrator
2005
Nonno
1997
Hank Paulson
2009
B.J Cocker
1990
The Clerk
2011
Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
1977
John Edgarson
1999
Dr. Carson
1981
Adam MacAdam
1998
The Ancient Mariner
2011
Deputy Malcom Rossiter Jr.
1977
Francisek
1982
Chief Bludhorn
1986
Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey
2009
MP 1
2002
Self
2003
Charlie Mulvihill
1994
President Lyndon Baines Johnson
2002
2019
Officer Quick
1984
Self
2019
Pope Pius XII
2010
Self
2004
Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
Harry Pepper
1982
Major Amberson
2002
Self
2008
Self
2006
Narrator
2014
Frederick (Red King)
Bernard Mantee
1978
Self
2009
Noah Curry
1982
Self
2012
Howard Simons
2009
Lt. George Hurley
1984
Himself
2012
Self - Interviewee
2012
Narrator
2011
Jaglom Shrek
1993
Joel Lynch
2002
Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
1988
Grandfather
2019
Self
2007
Dr. Abel Evergood
