James Cromwell
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
Acting
1996
asDr. Zefram Cochrane
1999
asWarden Hal Moores
2006
asPrince Philip
2007
asCaptain Stacy
2004
asDr. Alfred Lanning
1993
asCage
1997
asDudley Smith
1996
asCharles Keating
2008
asGeorge H.W. Bush
1998
asSenator Ross
1999
asJudge Fielding
1999
asGeneral Joseph Campbell
1999
asPriest
2007
asMr. Austen
2002
asPresident Fowler
1994
asMr. Skolnick
2000
asBob Gerson
1984
asDeputy Euclid
2000
asGordon Knapp
1976
asMarcel Cassette
1998
asAlan Rittenhouse
2004
asSelf
2002
asThe Colonel (voice)
1998
asFarmer Arthur Hoggett
1996
asWilliam Donohue
2005
asWarden Hazen
1978
asSchnell
1995
asFarmer Hoggett
1985
asMr. Müller
2008
asJack
1988
asAdm. Rothman
1984
asMr. Skolnick
2003
asWalter "Shep" Shepherd
1999
asJohn Edgarson
1992
asBrother Mathias
2003
asRay Speight
2005
asNarrator
1997
asNonno
1980
asReverend Lohman
2006
asPaul Devereaux
2010
asOgden Phipps
2002
asPresident Lyndon Baines Johnson
2009
asHoward Simons
1999
asWilliam Randolph Hearst
2009
asDr. Lionel Canter
2010
asPope Pius XII
2014
asNarrator
2002
asMP 1
2011
asClifton
1984
asOfficer Quick
2009
asHank Paulson
2012
asTerence Parker
2011
asBud Vogel
2011
asThe Ancient Mariner
2012
asHaussman
2012
asCraig Morrison
1981
asDr. Carson
1977
asDeputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
1994
asCharlie Mulvihill
2009
asSelf
1998
asAdam MacAdam
2013
asJustice Sumpter
2023
asAlfred Pennyworth (voice)
2019
as
1990
asB.J. Cocker
2014
asProfessor Robert Callaghan (voice)
1986
asChief Bludhorn
1977
asDeputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
1992
asMr. Skolnick
2022
asBud
2014
asSelf
2016
asHenry Morgenthau Sr.
asFrederick (Red King)
1995
asJudge Pounders
1987
asMr. Skolnick
1982
asHarry Pepper
2016
asSelf
2019
asGrandfather
1988
asAmbassador at Large Roland Weymouth
2017
asThe Judge
1955
asExtra (uncredited)
1983
asRealtor
asDr. Abel Evergood
2016
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
1982
asNoah Curry
2011
asNarrator
2018
asBenjamin Lockwood
2006
as
1978
asBernard Mantee
2002
asJoel Lynch
2019
asJoseph David Martin
2007
asVirgil (voice)
1989
asUncle Phil
2009
asMajor General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey
2012
asSelf - Interviewee
2006
asSelf
1989
asMotel Desk Clerk
2020
asJohn Brown
2020
asJack Bronson
2000
asSelf / Warden Hal Moores
2012
asSelf
2012
asHimself
1986
asDetective Blist
2007
asSelf
1982
asFrancisek
2012
asSelf
2003
asGhost of Christmas Future (uncredited)
1984
asPriest
2003
asSelf
1984
asLt. George Hurley
2019
asSelf
2024
asJudge
2008
asSelf
2002
asMajor Amberson
2011
asThe Clerk
2007
asSelf
2026
asNarrator (voice)
2005
as
as
asJohn Hancock
asGeorge Sibley
asAlan
as
as
asDr. Arthur Arden
as
asPrime Minister Nayrok
asFred
asHarve Miller
asJudge Raymond Price
as
as(segment "A Message From Charity")
asStretch Cunningham
asCurtis
as
asSgt. Wilkinson
as
as
asDetective Lannigan
as
as
as
asSeymour Robbins
asGerald Kane
asGlen
as
asMr. Hamilton
as
as
as
asRoy's Doctor
asRoy
asBebet
as
asSelf - Guest
as
asLloyd
asPhillip Bauer
as
asFrancis
asOfficer Joe Denton
asBishop Stewart
asMiles Darman
asCardinal Michael Spencer
asJ.R.
asJ.L. Cleghorne
asPresident D. Wire Newman
asCardinal Adam Sapieha
asDonald Callahan
asTerry
asJaglom Shrek
asDr. Zefram Cochrane (voice)
asYanek
asAlistair Trumbull
asJonathan Siegel
asHanok
asJacob Wheeler
asDouglas Coe
asArt Commings
asEwan Roy
asNeil Spencer
asDr. Edmund Danworth
asGilbert Dorn
asCranky
asJason Parrish
asWarren Daniels
asAndrew W. Mellon
asGeorge Wilcox
asSelf - Audience Member
as
asPope Pius XII
asAlfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (voice)
asThe Bishop
asReverend Buryfield
asDr. Zefram Cochran (uncredited)
Production
Crew
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