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