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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
LIVING WITH A VISIONARY
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:22/01/2026
Rebel Ridge
Character:Judge
Release Date:27/08/2024
Merry Little Batman
Character:Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Release Date:08/12/2023
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
Character:Bud
Release Date:22/11/2022
Emperor
Character:John Brown
Release Date:18/08/2020
Never Too Late
Character:Jack Bronson
Release Date:23/04/2020
The Immortal
Character:Grandfather
Release Date:30/11/2019
The Laundromat
Character:Joseph David Martin
Release Date:27/09/2019
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:08/08/2019
Countdown to Year Zero
Character:
Release Date:11/07/2019
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Character:Benjamin Lockwood
Release Date:06/06/2018
Marshall
Character:The Judge
Release Date:13/10/2017
The Promise
Character:Henry Morgenthau Sr.
Release Date:02/12/2016
50 Years of Star Trek
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/2016
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:09/02/2016
Walking the Mile
Character:Self
Release Date:09/12/2014
Big Hero 6
Character:Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
Release Date:24/10/2014
In Between Songs
Character:Narrator
Release Date:05/08/2014
The Trials of Cate McCall
Character:Justice Sumpter
Release Date:28/11/2013
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:05/10/2012
La Classe américaine
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2012
Still Mine
Character:Craig Morrison
Release Date:10/09/2012
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
Character:Self
Release Date:26/06/2012
Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist
Character:Himself
Release Date:26/06/2012
Soldiers of Fortune
Character:Haussman
Release Date:07/06/2012
Cowgirls n' Angels
Character:Terence Parker
Release Date:25/05/2012
Hide Away
Character:The Ancient Mariner
Release Date:30/10/2011
Admissions
Character:The Clerk
Release Date:14/10/2011
The Artist
Character:Clifton
Release Date:12/10/2011
Memorial Day
Character:Bud Vogel
Release Date:06/06/2011
Farm to Fridge
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/02/2011
Pope Pius XII
Character:Pope Pius XII
Release Date:31/10/2010
Secretariat
Character:Ogden Phipps
Release Date:20/08/2010
Beyond All Boundaries
Character:Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey
Release Date:09/11/2009
Surrogates
Character:Dr. Lionel Canter
Release Date:24/09/2009
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Character:Hank Paulson
Release Date:09/09/2009
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
Character:Self
Release Date:26/07/2009
A Lonely Place for Dying
Character:Howard Simons
Release Date:01/01/2009
W.
Character:George H.W. Bush
Release Date:17/10/2008
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Character:Self
Release Date:23/09/2008
Tortured
Character:Jack
Release Date:10/09/2008
Spider-Man 3
Character:Captain Stacy
Release Date:01/05/2007
Becoming Jane
Character:Mr. Austen
Release Date:02/03/2007
Dante's Inferno
Character:Virgil (voice)
Release Date:18/01/2007
The Making of 'The Queen'
Character:Self
Release Date:14/01/2007
Looking For Else
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2007
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Character:Self
Release Date:03/10/2006
The Queen
Character:Prince Philip
Release Date:15/09/2006
King Leopold's Ghost
Character:
Release Date:28/05/2006
Avenger
Character:Paul Devereaux
Release Date:09/04/2006
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Character:Narrator
Release Date:04/10/2005
The Longest Yard
Character:Warden Hazen
Release Date:27/05/2005
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Character:Self
Release Date:27/12/2004
I, Robot
Character:Dr. Alfred Lanning
Release Date:15/07/2004
A Carol Christmas
Character:Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)
Release Date:07/12/2003
The Snow Walker
Character:Walter "Shep" Shepherd
Release Date:11/09/2003
Blackball
Character:Ray Speight
Release Date:18/05/2003
The John Garfield Story
Character:Self
Release Date:03/02/2003
RFK
Character:President Lyndon Baines Johnson
Release Date:25/08/2002
The Sum of All Fears
Character:President Fowler
Release Date:31/05/2002
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Character:The Colonel (voice)
Release Date:24/05/2002
Project Viper
Character:MP 1
Release Date:15/05/2002
A Death in the Family
Character:Joel Lynch
Release Date:25/03/2002
The Magnificent Ambersons
Character:Major Amberson
Release Date:12/01/2002
Space Cowboys
Character:Bob Gerson
Release Date:04/08/2000
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Character:Self / Warden Hal Moores
Release Date:13/06/2000
Fail Safe
Character:Gordon Knapp
Release Date:09/04/2000
Snow Falling on Cedars
Character:Judge Fielding
Release Date:22/12/1999
The Green Mile
Character:Warden Hal Moores
Release Date:10/12/1999
RKO 281
Character:William Randolph Hearst
Release Date:20/11/1999
The Bachelor
Character:Priest
Release Date:05/11/1999
A Slight Case of Murder
Character:John Edgarson
Release Date:19/09/1999
The General's Daughter
Character:General Joseph Campbell
Release Date:18/06/1999
Babe: Pig in the City
Character:Farmer Arthur Hoggett
Release Date:25/11/1998
Deep Impact
Character:Alan Rittenhouse
Release Date:08/05/1998
Species II
Character:Senator Ross
Release Date:10/04/1998
Owd Bob
Character:Adam MacAdam
Release Date:01/01/1998
The Education of Little Tree
Character:Nonno
Release Date:25/12/1997
L.A. Confidential
Character:Dudley Smith
Release Date:19/09/1997
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Character:Charles Keating
Release Date:25/12/1996
Star Trek: First Contact
Character:Dr. Zefram Cochrane
Release Date:22/11/1996
Eraser
Character:William Donohue
Release Date:21/06/1996
Babe
Character:Farmer Hoggett
Release Date:18/07/1995
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Character:Judge Pounders
Release Date:20/05/1995
The Shaggy Dog
Character:Charlie Mulvihill
Release Date:12/11/1994
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
Character:Mr. Skolnick
Release Date:09/05/1994
Romeo Is Bleeding
Character:Cage
Release Date:13/09/1993
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
Character:Mr. Skolnick
Release Date:13/07/1992
The Babe
Character:Brother Mathias
Release Date:17/04/1992
Miracle Landing
Character:B.J. Cocker
Release Date:11/02/1990
The Runnin' Kind
Character:Uncle Phil
Release Date:08/09/1989
Pink Cadillac
Character:Motel Desk Clerk
Release Date:26/05/1989
The Rescue
Character:Adm. Rothman
Release Date:05/08/1988
China Beach: Pilot
Character:Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
Release Date:26/04/1988
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Character:Mr. Skolnick
Release Date:10/07/1987
A Fine Mess
Character:Detective Blist
Release Date:08/08/1986
The Last Precinct
Character:Chief Bludhorn
Release Date:26/01/1986
Explorers
Character:Mr. Müller
Release Date:12/07/1985
Oh, God! You Devil
Character:Priest
Release Date:07/11/1984
Revenge of the Nerds
Character:Mr. Skolnick
Release Date:20/07/1984
Spraggue
Character:Lt. George Hurley
Release Date:29/06/1984
Tank
Character:Deputy Euclid
Release Date:16/03/1984
The House of God
Character:Officer Quick
Release Date:01/01/1984
The Man with Two Brains
Character:Realtor
Release Date:10/06/1983
The Rainmaker
Character:Noah Curry
Release Date:23/10/1982
Barefoot In the Park
Character:Harry Pepper
Release Date:20/03/1982
The Wall
Character:Francisek
Release Date:16/02/1982
Nobody's Perfekt
Character:Dr. Carson
Release Date:07/08/1981
A Christmas Without Snow
Character:Reverend Lohman
Release Date:09/12/1980
The Cheap Detective
Character:Schnell
Release Date:23/06/1978
Peeping Times
Character:Bernard Mantee
Release Date:25/01/1978
Deadly Game
Character:Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
Release Date:03/12/1977
The Girl in the Empty Grave
Character:Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
Release Date:20/09/1977
Murder by Death
Character:Marcel Cassette
Release Date:23/06/1976
Daddy Long Legs
Character:Extra (uncredited)
Release Date:05/05/1955
Television Appearances
BAT-FAM
Character:Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (voice)
Murder in a Small Town
Character:George Wilcox
Sugar
Character:Jonathan Siegel
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Character:Self
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Character:Miles Darman
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Character:Dr. Zefram Cochrane (voice)
Operation Buffalo
Character:Cranky
The Family
Character:Douglas Coe
Succession
Character:Ewan Roy
Counterpart
Character:Yanek
The Young Pope
Character:Cardinal Michael Spencer
Berlin Station
Character:Gilbert Dorn
The Detour
Character:J.R.
Murder in the First
Character:Warren Daniels
Halt and Catch Fire
Character:Jacob Wheeler
American Horror Story
Character:Dr. Arthur Arden
Sotto il cielo di Roma
Character:Pope Pius XII
Boardwalk Empire
Character:Andrew W. Mellon
Impact
Character:Lloyd
My Own Worst Enemy
Character:Alistair Trumbull
Masters of Science Fiction
Character:
Pope John Paul II
Character:Cardinal Adam Sapieha
Salem's Lot
Character:Donald Callahan
Angels in America
Character:Roy's Doctor
24
Character:Phillip Bauer
Citizen Baines
Character:
Six Feet Under
Character:George Sibley
The West Wing
Character:President D. Wire Newman
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Character:Self - Guest
The Client
Character:Officer Joe Denton
Partners
Character:
ER
Character:Bishop Stewart
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Character:Hanok
Picket Fences
Character:The Bishop
Home Improvement
Character:Fred
American Dreamer
Character:
Christine Cromwell
Character:
China Beach
Character:
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character:Prime Minister Nayrok
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character:Jaglom Shrek
Jake and the Fatman
Character:
Easy Street
Character:
Matlock
Character:Judge Raymond Price
Amazing Stories
Character:Francis
The Twilight Zone
Character:(segment "A Message From Charity")
Wildside
Character:
Hunter
Character:Seymour Robbins
Night Court
Character:Alan
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Character:
Knight Rider
Character:Curtis
Family Ties
Character:John Hancock
Foul Play
Character:Bebet
Hill Street Blues
Character:
Flo
Character:
The White Shadow
Character:Mr. Hamilton
The White Shadow
Character:Art Commings
Diff'rent Strokes
Character:
Dallas
Character:Gerald Kane
Three's Company
Character:Detective Lannigan
Eight Is Enough
Character:
Once an Eagle
Character:J.L. Cleghorne
The Nancy Walker Show
Character:Glen
All's Fair
Character:
Alice
Character:
Barbary Coast
Character:Roy
Hot l Baltimore
Character:
Barney Miller
Character:Sgt. Wilkinson
Barney Miller
Character:Neil Spencer
Barney Miller
Character:Dr. Edmund Danworth
Barney Miller
Character:Jason Parrish
The Rockford Files
Character:Terry
Little House on the Prairie
Character:Harve Miller
Police Story
Character:
M*A*S*H
Character:
All in the Family
Character:Stretch Cunningham
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Audience Member
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