James Cromwell
Acting
- Born:
- 1940-01-27
- Place of birth:
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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
Filmography
Living With A Visionary
BAT-FAM
Murder in a Small Town
Rebel Ridge
Sugar
Merry Little Batman
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Emperor
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Operation Buffalo
Never Too Late
The Immortal
The Laundromat
The Family
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
Countdown to Year Zero
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Succession
Counterpart
Marshall
The Promise
The Young Pope
Berlin Station
50 Years of Star Trek
The Detour
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
Walking the Mile
Big Hero 6
In Between Songs
Murder in the First
Halt and Catch Fire
Star Trek: Enterprise - In a Mirror, Darkly
The Trials of Cate McCall
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
La Classe américaine
Still Mine
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist
Soldiers of Fortune
Cowgirls n' Angels
Hide Away
Admissions
The Artist
American Horror Story
Memorial Day
Farm to Fridge
Sotto il cielo di Roma
Pope Pius XII
Boardwalk Empire
Secretariat
Beyond All Boundaries
Surrogates
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
Impact
A Lonely Place for Dying
W.
My Own Worst Enemy
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Tortured
Spider-Man 3
Becoming Jane
Dante's Inferno
The Making of 'The Queen'
Looking For Else
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
The Queen
King Leopold's Ghost
Avenger
Pope John Paul II
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
The Longest Yard
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
I, Robot
Salem's Lot
A Carol Christmas
Angels in America
The Snow Walker
Blackball
The John Garfield Story
RFK
The Sum of All Fears
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Project Viper
A Death in the Family
The Magnificent Ambersons
24
Citizen Baines
Star Trek: Enterprise
Six Feet Under
Space Cowboys
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Fail Safe
Snow Falling on Cedars
The Green Mile
RKO 281
The Bachelor
The West Wing
A Slight Case of Murder
The General's Daughter
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Babe: Pig in the City
Deep Impact
Species II
Owd Bob
The Education of Little Tree
L.A. Confidential
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Star Trek: First Contact
Eraser
The Client
Partners
Babe
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
The Shaggy Dog
ER
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
Romeo Is Bleeding
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Picket Fences
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
The Babe
Home Improvement
American Dreamer
Miracle Landing
Christine Cromwell
The Runnin' Kind
Pink Cadillac
The Rescue
China Beach: Pilot
China Beach
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Jake and the Fatman
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Easy Street
A Fine Mess
Matlock
The Last Precinct
Amazing Stories
The Twilight Zone
Explorers
Wildside
Oh, God! You Devil
Hunter
Revenge of the Nerds
Spraggue
Tank
Night Court
The House of God
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
The Man with Two Brains
Buffalo Bill
The Rainmaker
Knight Rider
Family Ties
Barefoot In the Park
The Wall
Nobody's Perfekt
Foul Play
Hill Street Blues
A Christmas Without Snow
Flo
The White Shadow
Diff'rent Strokes
The Cheap Detective
Dallas
Peeping Times
Deadly Game
The Girl in the Empty Grave
Three's Company
Eight Is Enough
Once an Eagle
The Nancy Walker Show
All's Fair
Alice
Murder by Death
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Barbary Coast
Hot l Baltimore
Barney Miller
The Rockford Files
Little House on the Prairie
Police Story
M*A*S*H
All in the Family
Golden Globe Awards
Get Lost
Night Vet