Personal Info
Birth date
1940-01-27 (85 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as
Jim Crowell
Jamie Cromwell
Джеймс Кромуэлл
Τζέιμς Κρόμγουελ
詹姆斯·克隆威爾
詹姆斯.克隆威爾
جیمز کرامول
James Cromwell
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.
Filmography
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Overview:
An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.368
Overview:
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.American Horror Story
8.11
Overview:
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
7.9
Overview:
At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.Dallas
6.9
Overview:
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.Law & Order: Organized Crime
7.893
Overview:
The detectives of the Organized Crime Control Bureau work to dismantle New York City's most vicious and violent illegal enterprises.Family Ties
7.252
Overview:
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.M*A*S*H
7.926
Overview:
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.Three's Company
7.7
Overview:
When two single girls, Janet and Chrissy, need a roommate to share their Santa Monica apartment, they decide to offer a room to Jack, a man they find passed out in the bathtub after the going-away party for their last roommate. However, hijinks ensure when Jack must pretend to be gay in order to throw off the scent of the trio's conservative landlady.Star Trek: Lower Decks
7.606
Overview:
The lives of the support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.24
7.8
Overview:
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.Succession
8.28
Overview:
Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.Home Improvement
7.385
Overview:
The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.The Detour
7.1
Overview:
A what-in-the-living-hell-is-wrong-with-this-family comedy created by comic super-couple Jason Jones & Samantha Bee and inspired by their own experiences with family trips. Unfiltered dad Nate hits the road with wife Robin and kids Delilah and Jared. Every leg of their trip is fraught with disaster as they encounter one hellish turn after another. If there's trouble on the road, this family will find it and plow into it.Alice
7.056
Overview:
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.Little House on the Prairie
7.943
Overview:
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.Knight Rider
7.553
Overview:
Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and a new identity--that of Michael Knight. Michael is then given a special computerized and indestructible car called the Knight Industries Two Thousand (nicknamed KITT), and a mission: apprehend criminals who are beyond the reach of the law. The series depicts Michael's exploits as he and KITT battle the forces of evil on behalf of the Foundation for Law and Government.The Twilight Zone
7.748
Overview:
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.ER
7.828
Overview:
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.Amazing Stories
7.466
Overview:
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.Barney Miller
7.3
Overview:
Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.The Rockford Files
7.5
Overview:
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.Boardwalk Empire
7.993
Overview:
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.Six Feet Under
8.1
Overview:
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.Night Court
7.352
Overview:
An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.The West Wing
8.3
Overview:
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.Halt and Catch Fire
7.9
Overview:
During the rise of the PC era in the early 1980s, an unlikely trio - a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy - take personal and professional risks in the race to build a computer that will change the world as they know it.Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
6.541
Overview:
Three years after Jurassic World was destroyed, Isla Nublar now sits abandoned. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.Hunter
7.2
Overview:
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
4.607
Overview:
Craig Kilborn hosted this zany talk show, which followed David Letterman's show, from 1999 until 2004. Kilborn left The Daily Show in 1999 to be this show's host after Tom Synder retired. The segment "5 Questions" was carried over from when he was on The Daily Show. Kilborn was frequently beaten in the ratings by his NBC timeslot rival, Conan O'Brien. Kilborn left The Late Late Show to pursue new opportunities.Acting
TBANight Vet as Dr. Abel Evergood
TBAGet Lost as Frederick (Red King)
2024Murder in a Small Town (1 Episode) as George Wilcox
2024Rebel Ridge as Judge
2024Sugar (8 Episodes) as Jonathan Siegel
2023Merry Little Batman as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
2022Prancer: A Christmas Tale as Bud
2021The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (1 Episode) as Self
2021Law & Order: Organized Crime (2 Episodes) as Miles Darman
2020Emperor as John Brown
2020Star Trek: Lower Decks (1 Episode) as Dr. Zefram Cochrane (voice)
2020Operation Buffalo (6 Episodes) as Cranky
2020Never Too Late as Jack Bronson
2019The Immortal as Grandfather
2019The Laundromat as Joseph David Martin
2019The Family (5 Episodes) as Douglas Coe
2019That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars as Self
2019Countdown to Year Zero as Unknown
2018Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as Benjamin Lockwood
2018Succession (7 Episodes) as Ewan Roy
2017Counterpart (10 Episodes) as Yanek
2017Marshall as The Judge
2016The Promise as Henry Morgenthau Sr.
2016The Young Pope (10 Episodes) as Cardinal Michael Spencer
2016Berlin Station (1 Episode) as Gilbert Dorn
201650 Years of Star Trek as Self
2016The Detour (3 Episodes) as J.R.
2016The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb as Self - Narrator (voice)
2014Walking the Mile as Self
2014Big Hero 6 as Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
2014In Between Songs as Narrator
2014Murder in the First (1 Episode) as Warren Daniels
2014Halt and Catch Fire (8 Episodes) as Jacob Wheeler
2013The Trials of Cate McCall as Justice Sumpter
2012A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington as Self - Interviewee
2012La Classe américaine as Self
2012Still Mine as Craig Morrison
2012The Artist: The Making of an American Romance as Self
2012Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist as Himself
2012Soldiers of Fortune as Haussman
2012Cowgirls n' Angels as Terence Parker
2011Hide Away as The Ancient Mariner
2011Admissions as The Clerk
2011The Artist as Clifton
2011American Horror Story (13 Episodes) as Dr. Arthur Arden
2011Memorial Day as Bud Vogel
2011Farm to Fridge as Narrator
2010Sotto il cielo di Roma (2 Episodes) as Pope Pius XII
2010Pope Pius XII as Pope Pius XII
2010Boardwalk Empire (1 Episode) as Andrew W. Mellon
2010Secretariat as Ogden Phipps
2009Beyond All Boundaries as Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey
2009Surrogates as Dr. Lionel Canter
2009The Last Days of Lehman Brothers as Hank Paulson
2009Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil as Self
2009Impact (2 Episodes) as Lloyd
2009A Lonely Place for Dying as Howard Simons
2008W. as George H.W. Bush
2008My Own Worst Enemy (6 Episodes) as Alistair Trumbull
2008Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
2008Tortured as Jack
2007Masters of Science Fiction (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007Spider-Man 3 as Captain Stacy
2007Becoming Jane as Mr. Austen
2007Dante's Inferno as Virgil (voice)
2007Looking For Else as Self
2006The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
2006The Queen as Philip of Edinburgh
2006King Leopold's Ghost as Unknown
2006Avenger as Paul Devereaux
2005Pope John Paul II (2 Episodes) as Cardinal Adam Sapieha
2005Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy as Narrator
2005The Longest Yard as Warden Hazen
2004Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
2004I, Robot as Dr. Alfred Lanning
2004Salem's Lot (2 Episodes) as Donald Callahan
2003A Carol Christmas as Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)
2003Angels in America (4 Episodes) as Roy's Doctor
2003The Snow Walker as Walter "Shep" Shepherd
2003Blackball as Ray Speight
2003The John Garfield Story as Self
2002RFK as President Lyndon Baines Johnson
2002The Sum of All Fears as President Fowler
2002Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron as The Colonel (voice)
2002Project Viper as MP 1
2002A Death in the Family as Joel Lynch
2002The Magnificent Ambersons as Major Amberson
200124 (8 Episodes) as Phillip Bauer
2001Citizen Baines (9 Episodes) as Unknown
2001Six Feet Under (18 Episodes) as George Sibley
2000Space Cowboys as Bob Gerson
2000Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Self / Warden Hal Moores
2000Fail Safe as Gordon Knapp
2000RKO 281 as William Randolph Hearst
1999Snow Falling on Cedars as Judge Fielding
1999The Green Mile as Warden Hal Moores
1999The Bachelor as Priest
1999The West Wing (1 Episode) as President D. Wire Newman
1999A Slight Case of Murder as John Edgarson
1999The General's Daughter as General Joseph Campbell
1999The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
1998Babe: Pig in the City as Farmer Arthur Hoggett
1998Deep Impact as Alan Rittenhouse
1998Species II as Senator Ross
1998Owd Bob as Adam MacAdam
1997The Education of Little Tree as Nonno
1997L.A. Confidential as Dudley Smith
1996The People vs. Larry Flynt as Charles Keating
1996Star Trek: First Contact as Dr. Zefram Cochrane
1996Eraser as William Donohue
1995The Client (1 Episode) as Officer Joe Denton
1995Partners (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1995Babe as Farmer Hoggett
1995Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Judge Pounders
1994The Shaggy Dog as Charlie Mulvihill
1994ER (4 Episodes) as Bishop Stewart
1994Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love as Mr. Skolnick
1993Romeo Is Bleeding as Cage
1993Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright as Jaglom Shrek
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 Episode) as Hanok
1992Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation as Mr. Skolnick
1992The Babe as Brother Mathias
1991Home Improvement (1 Episode) as Fred
1990American Dreamer (1 Episode) as Unknown
1990Miracle Landing as B.J. Cocker
1989Christine Cromwell (1 Episode) as Unknown
1989The Runnin' Kind as Uncle Phil
1989Pink Cadillac as Motel Desk Clerk
1988The Rescue as Adm. Rothman
1988China Beach: Pilot as Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
1988China Beach (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation (1, 2 Episode) as Prime Minister Nayrok, Jaglom Shrek
1987Jake and the Fatman (1 Episode) as Unknown
1987Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise as Mr. Skolnick
1986Easy Street (22 Episodes) as Unknown
1986A Fine Mess as Detective Blist
1986Matlock (1 Episode) as Unknown
1986The Last Precinct as Chief Bludhorn
1985Amazing Stories (1 Episode) as Francis
1985The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as (segment "A Message From Charity")
1985Explorers as Mr. Müller
1985Wildside (1 Episode) as Unknown
1984Oh, God! You Devil as Priest
1984Hunter (1 Episode) as Seymour Robbins
1984Revenge of the Nerds as Mr. Skolnick
1984Spraggue as Lt. George Hurley
1984Tank as Deputy Euclid
1984Night Court (1 Episode) as Alan
1984The House of God as Officer Quick
1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1983The Man with Two Brains as Realtor
1982The Rainmaker as Noah Curry
1982Knight Rider (1 Episode) as Curtis
1982Family Ties (1 Episode) as John Hancock
1982Barefoot In the Park as Harry Pepper
1982The Wall as Francisek
1981Nobody's Perfekt as Dr. Carson
1981Foul Play (1 Episode) as Bebet
1981Hill Street Blues (1 Episode) as Unknown
1980A Christmas Without Snow as Reverend Lohman
1980Flo (1 Episode) as Unknown
1978The White Shadow (1, 1 Episode) as Mr. Hamilton, Art Commings
1978Diff'rent Strokes (1 Episode) as Unknown
1978The Cheap Detective as Schnell
1978Dallas (3 Episodes) as Gerald Kane
1978Peeping Times as Bernard Mantee
1977Deadly Game as Deputy Malcom Rossiter Jr.
1977The Girl in the Empty Grave as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
1977Three's Company (1 Episode) as Detective Lannigan
1977Eight Is Enough (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976Once an Eagle (7 Episodes) as J.L. Cleghorne
1976The Nancy Walker Show (12 Episodes) as Glen
1976All's Fair (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976Alice (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976Murder by Death as Marcel Cassette
1975Barbary Coast (1 Episode) as Roy
1975Hot l Baltimore (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1975Barney Miller (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Sgt. Wilkinson, Neil Spencer, Dr. Edmund Danworth, Jason Parrish
1974The Rockford Files (1 Episode) as Terry
1974Little House on the Prairie (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1973Police Story (1 Episode) as Unknown
1972M*A*S*H (1 Episode) as Unknown
1971All in the Family (3 Episodes) as Stretch Cunningham
1955Daddy Long Legs as Extra (uncredited)
1944Golden Globe Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Audience Member
Production
2021Mondo Hollywoodland ... Executive Producer
2018Running for Good: The Fiona Oakes Documentary ... Executive Producer
2015Imminent Threat ... Executive Producer