James Cromwell
Acting
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.
Living With A Visionary
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Rebel Ridge
Judge
Merry Little Batman
Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
Bud
Emperor
John Brown
Never Too Late
Jack Bronson
The Immortal
Grandfather
The Laundromat
Joseph David Martin
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
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Countdown to Year Zero
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Benjamin Lockwood
Marshall
The Judge
The Promise
Henry Morgenthau Sr.
50 Years of Star Trek
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The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
Self - Narrator (voice)
Walking the Mile
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Big Hero 6
Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
In Between Songs
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The Trials of Cate McCall
Justice Sumpter
La Classe américaine
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A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
Self - Interviewee
Still Mine
Craig Morrison
Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist
Himself
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
Self
Soldiers of Fortune
Haussman
Cowgirls n' Angels
Terence Parker
Hide Away
The Ancient Mariner
Admissions
The Clerk
The Artist
Clifton
Memorial Day
Bud Vogel
Farm to Fridge
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Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII
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
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
Self
A Lonely Place for Dying
Howard Simons
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George H.W. Bush
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Self
Tortured
Jack
Spider-Man 3
Captain Stacy
Becoming Jane
Mr. Austen
Dante's Inferno
Virgil (voice)
The Making of 'The Queen'
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Looking For Else
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The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self
The Queen
Prince Philip
King Leopold's Ghost
Avenger
Paul Devereaux
Pope John Paul II
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
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The Longest Yard
Warden Hazen
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
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I, Robot
Dr. Alfred Lanning
A Carol Christmas
Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)
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
Space Cowboys
Bob Gerson
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Self / Warden Hal Moores
Fail Safe
Gordon Knapp
Snow Falling on Cedars
Judge Fielding
The Green Mile
Warden Hal Moores
RKO 281
William Randolph Hearst
The Bachelor
Priest
A Slight Case of Murder
John Edgarson
The General's Daughter
General Joseph Campbell
Babe: Pig in the City
Farmer Arthur Hoggett
Deep Impact
Alan Rittenhouse
Species II
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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
Babe
Farmer Hoggett
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
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The Shaggy Dog
Charlie Mulvihill
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
Mr. Skolnick
Romeo Is Bleeding
Cage
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright
Jaglom Shrek
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
Mr. Skolnick
The Babe
Brother Mathias
Miracle Landing
B.J. Cocker
The Runnin' Kind
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The Rescue
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China Beach: Pilot
Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Mr. Skolnick
A Fine Mess
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Explorers
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Oh, God! You Devil
Priest
Revenge of the Nerds
Mr. Skolnick
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The Man with Two Brains
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The Rainmaker
Noah Curry
Barefoot In the Park
Harry Pepper
The Wall
Francisek
Nobody's Perfekt
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A Christmas Without Snow
Reverend Lohman
The Cheap Detective
Schnell
Peeping Times
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Deadly Game
Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
The Girl in the Empty Grave
Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
Murder by Death
Marcel Cassette
Daddy Long Legs
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