
James Oliver Cromwell is an American film and television actor, probably best known for his role as Dr. Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek: First Contact. 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 29 May 1986.
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Movie | Marshall | The Judge | 2017-10-13 |
Series | Counterpart | Yanek | 2017-12-10 |
Series | The Young Pope | Cardinal Michael Spencer | 2016-10-21 |
Movie | 50 Years of Star Trek | himself | 2016-08-14 |
Movie | The Promise | Henry Morgenthau Sr. | 2016-12-02 |
Movie | Big Hero 6 | Professor Robert Callaghan (voice) | 2014-10-24 |
Movie | The Trials of Cate McCall | Justice Sumpter | 2013-11-28 |
Movie | Hide Away | The Ancient Mariner | 2012-05-25 |
Movie | Cowgirls n' Angels | Terence Parker | 2012-05-25 |
Movie | Still Mine | Craig Morrison | 2012-09-10 |
Movie | Soldiers of Fortune | Haussman | 2012-06-07 |
Movie | Memorial Day | Bud Vogel | 2011-06-06 |
Series | American Horror Story | Dr. Arthur Arden | 2011-10-05 |
Movie | The Artist | Clifton | 2011-06-26 |
Movie | Secretariat | Ogden Phipps | 2010-08-20 |
Movie | Pope Pius XII | Pope Pius XII | 2010-10-31 |
Movie | Impact | Lloyd | 2009-06-21 |
Movie | A Lonely Place for Dying | Howard Simons | 2009-01-01 |
Series | Impact | Lloyd | 2009-02-14 |
Movie | Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil | Himself | 2009-07-26 |
Series | The Last Days of Lehman Brothers | 2009-09-09 | |
Movie | Surrogates | Dr. Lionel Canter | 2009-09-24 |
Movie | The Last Days of Lehman Brothers | Henry 'Hank' Paulson | 2009-09-09 |
Movie | Tortured | Jack | 2008-09-10 |
Movie | W. | George Herbert Walker Bush | 2008-10-17 |
Movie | Becoming Jane | Mr. Austen | 2007-03-02 |
Movie | Dante's Inferno | Virgil (voice) | 2007-01-01 |
Movie | Spider-Man 3 | Captain Stacey | 2007-05-01 |
Series | Masters of Science Fiction | Unknown | 2007-08-03 |
Movie | Avenger | Paul Devereaux | 2006-04-09 |
Movie | The Queen | Prince Philip | 2006-09-15 |
Movie | Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy | Narrator | 2005-10-04 |
Movie | The Longest Yard | Warden Hazen | 2005-05-27 |
Series | Pope John Paul II | Cardinal Adam Sapieha | 2005-12-04 |
Movie | Pope John Paul II | Cardinal Adam Sapieha | 2005-12-04 |
Movie | Salem's Lot | Father Donald Callahan | 2004-06-20 |
Movie | I, Robot | Dr. Alfred Lanning | 2004-07-15 |
Movie | The Snow Walker | Walter "Shep" Shepherd | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | Blackball | Ray Speight | 2003-05-18 |
Series | Angels in America | Henry | 2003-12-07 |
Movie | Angels in America | Henry | 2003-12-07 |
Movie | RFK | President Lyndon Baines Johnson | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | A Death in the Family | Joel Lynch | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | The Colonel (voice) | 2002-05-24 |
Movie | Project Viper | MP 1 | 2002-05-15 |
Movie | The Sum of All Fears | President Robert Bob Fowler | 2002-05-31 |
Series | Six Feet Under | George Sibley | 2001-06-03 |
Series | Citizen Baines | 2001-09-29 | |
Movie | Raptor | Benny | 2001-11-06 |
Series | 24 | Phillip Bauer | 2001-11-05 |
Movie | Fail Safe | Gordon Knapp | 2000-04-09 |
Movie | Space Cowboys | Bob Gerson | 2000-07-31 |
Movie | A Slight Case of Murder | John Edgarson | 1999-09-19 |
Movie | The General's Daughter | Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell | 1999-06-18 |
Movie | The Bachelor | The Priest | 1999-11-05 |
Movie | RKO 281 | William Randolph Hearst | 1999-11-20 |
Movie | The Green Mile | Warden Hal Moores | 1999-12-10 |
Movie | Snow Falling on Cedars | Judge Fielding | 1999-12-22 |
Movie | Owd Bob | Adam MacAdam | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Species II | Senator Judson Ross | 1998-04-10 |
Movie | Babe: Pig in the City | Farmer Arthur Hoggett | 1998-11-25 |
Movie | Deep Impact | Alan Rittenhouse | 1998-05-08 |
Movie | L.A. Confidential | Cap. Dudley Liam Smith | 1997-09-19 |
Movie | The Education of Little Tree | Nonno | 1997-12-25 |
Movie | Eraser | William Donohue | 1996-06-21 |
Movie | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Charles Keating | 1996-10-12 |
Movie | Star Trek: First Contact | Dr. Zefram Cochrane | 1996-11-21 |
Movie | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Judge Pounders | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Babe | Farmer Arthur Hoggett | 1995-07-18 |
Movie | The Shaggy Dog | Charlie | 1994-11-12 |
Movie | Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love | Mr. Skolnick | 1994-05-09 |
Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | Romeo Is Bleeding | Cage | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | The Babe | Brother Mathias | 1992-04-17 |
Series | Home Improvement | Unknown | 1991-09-17 |
Movie | Miracle Landing | B.J Cocker | 1990-02-11 |
Movie | Pink Cadillac | 1989-05-26 | |
Movie | The Runnin' Kind | Uncle Phil | 1989-09-08 |
Series | China Beach | Unknown | 1988-04-26 |
Movie | The Rescue | Adm. Rothman | 1988-08-05 |
Movie | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | Mr. Skolnick | 1987-07-10 |
Series | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |
Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Unknown | 1987-09-28 |
Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
Series | Easy Street | 1986-09-13 | |
Series | The Last Precinct | 1986-04-11 | |
Movie | Explorers | Mr. Müller | 1985-07-12 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
Series | Amazing Stories | 1985-09-29 | |
Series | Night Court | Unknown | 1984-01-04 |
Movie | The House of God | Officer Quick | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | Tank | Deputy Euclid Baker | 1984-03-16 |
Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
Movie | Revenge of the Nerds | Mr. Skolnick | 1984-07-20 |
Movie | The Man with Two Brains | Realtor | 1983-06-10 |
Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
Series | Family Ties | Unknown | 1982-09-22 |
Series | Knight Rider | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
Movie | The Rainmaker | Noah Curry | 1982-10-23 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
Movie | Nobody's Perfekt | Dr. Carson | 1981-08-07 |
Series | Foul Play | 1981-01-26 | |
Series | Flo | Unknown | 1980-03-24 |
Movie | A Christmas Without Snow | Reverend Lohman | 1980-12-09 |
Series | Apple Pie | 1978-09-23 | |
Series | Diff'rent Strokes | Unknown | 1978-11-03 |
Series | Eight Is Enough | Unknown | 1977-03-15 |
Series | Three's Company | Unknown | 1977-03-15 |
Movie | The Girl in the Empty Grave | Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr. | 1977-09-20 |
Movie | Deadly Game | Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr. | 1977-12-01 |
Movie | Murder by Death | Marcel | 1976-06-23 |
Series | Alice | Unknown | 1976-08-31 |
Series | The Nancy Walker Show | 1976-09-30 | |
Movie | Once an Eagle | J.L. Cleghorne | 1976-12-02 |
Series | Once an Eagle | J.L. Cleghorne | 1976-12-02 |
Series | Barney Miller | Unknown | 1975-01-23 |
Series | Hot l Baltimore | 1975-01-24 | |
Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Series | M*A*S*H | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
Series | All in the Family | Unknown | 1971-01-12 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Movie | Daddy Long Legs | Extra (uncredited) | 1955-05-05 |