James Cromwell
Born January 27, 1940 (Age: 86)
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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.
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
Living With A Visionary
2026
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 85
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
2022
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as Bud
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Age: 82
Countdown to Year Zero
2019
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as
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Age: 79
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
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as Benjamin Lockwood
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Age: 78
Marshall
2017
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as The Judge
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Age: 77
The Promise
2016
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as Henry Morgenthau Sr.
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Age: 76
Big Hero 6
2014
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as Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
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Age: 74
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
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as Justice Sumpter
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Age: 73
La Classe américaine
2012
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as Self
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Age: 72
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
2012
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as Self
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Age: 72
Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist
2012
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as Himself
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Age: 72
Cowgirls n' Angels
2012
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as Terence Parker
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Age: 72
Hide Away
2011
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as The Ancient Mariner
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Age: 71
The Artist
2011
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as Clifton
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Age: 71
Farm to Fridge
2011
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as Narrator
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Age: 71
Secretariat
2010
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as Ogden Phipps
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Age: 70
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
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as Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey
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Age: 69
Surrogates
2009
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as Dr. Lionel Canter
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Age: 69
W.
2008
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as George H.W. Bush
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Age: 68
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
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as Self
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Age: 68
Spider-Man 3
2007
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as Captain Stacy
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Age: 67
Becoming Jane
2007
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as Mr. Austen
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Age: 67
No Image
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
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as Self
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Age: 66
Looking For Else
2007
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as Self
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Age: 66
The Queen
2006
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as Prince Philip
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Age: 66
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
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as
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Age: 66
Pope John Paul II
2005
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as
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Age: 65
The Longest Yard
2005
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as Warden Hazen
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Age: 65
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
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as Self
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Age: 64
I, Robot
2004
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as Dr. Alfred Lanning
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Age: 64
Blackball
2003
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as Ray Speight
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Age: 63
RFK
2002
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as President Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Age: 62
The Sum of All Fears
2002
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as President Fowler
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Age: 62
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002
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as The Colonel (voice)
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Age: 62
Project Viper
2002
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as MP 1
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Age: 62
A Death in the Family
2002
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as Joel Lynch
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Age: 62
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002
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as Major Amberson
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Age: 61
Space Cowboys
2000
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as Bob Gerson
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Age: 60
Fail Safe
2000
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as Gordon Knapp
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Age: 60
The Green Mile
1999
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as Warden Hal Moores
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Age: 59
The Bachelor
1999
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as Priest
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Age: 59
The General's Daughter
1999
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as General Joseph Campbell
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Age: 59
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
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as Farmer Arthur Hoggett
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Age: 58
Deep Impact
1998
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as Alan Rittenhouse
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Age: 58
Species II
1998
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as Senator Ross
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Age: 58
Owd Bob
1998
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as Adam MacAdam
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Age: 57
The Education of Little Tree
1997
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as Nonno
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Age: 57
L.A. Confidential
1997
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as Dudley Smith
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Age: 57
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
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as Charles Keating
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Age: 56
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
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as Dr. Zefram Cochrane
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Age: 56
Eraser
1996
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as William Donohue
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Age: 56
Babe
1995
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as Farmer Hoggett
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Age: 55
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
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as Cage
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Age: 53
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright
1993
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as Jaglom Shrek
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Age: 53
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
1992
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as Mr. Skolnick
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Age: 52
The Babe
1992
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as Brother Mathias
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Age: 52
Miracle Landing
1990
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as B.J. Cocker
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Age: 50
The Runnin' Kind
1989
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as Uncle Phil
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Age: 49
Pink Cadillac
1989
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as Motel Desk Clerk
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Age: 49
The Rescue
1988
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as Adm. Rothman
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Age: 48
China Beach: Pilot
1988
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as Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
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Age: 48
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
1987
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as Mr. Skolnick
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Age: 47
A Fine Mess
1986
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as Detective Blist
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Age: 46
The Last Precinct
1986
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as Chief Bludhorn
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Age: 45
Explorers
1985
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as Mr. Müller
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Age: 45
Tank
1984
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as Deputy Euclid
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Age: 44
The Man with Two Brains
1983
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as Realtor
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Age: 43
Nobody's Perfekt
1981
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as Dr. Carson
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Age: 41
A Christmas Without Snow
1980
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as Reverend Lohman
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Age: 40
The Cheap Detective
1978
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as Schnell
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Age: 38
Peeping Times
1978
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as Bernard Mantee
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Age: 37
Murder by Death
1976
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as Marcel Cassette
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Age: 36
Daddy Long Legs
1955
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as Extra (uncredited)
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Age: 15