James Cromwell

Acting · 4.6 popularity

Age

Movies

117

Born: January 27, 1940
From: Los Angeles, California, USA
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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.

Works

117 films

Spider-Man 3

20076.5

Big Hero 6

20147.7

The Green Mile

19998.5

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

20186.5

I, Robot

20047.0

Deep Impact

19986.2

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

20027.7

Star Trek: First Contact

19967.3

L.A. Confidential

19977.8

The Sum of All Fears

20026.4

The Longest Yard

20056.7

Eraser

19966.1

Surrogates

20096.2

Rebel Ridge

20247.0

Babe

19956.3

The Artist

20117.4

The People vs. Larry Flynt

19967.0

Species II

19985.2

Space Cowboys

20006.4

Babe: Pig in the City

19985.7

The Queen

20066.9

Secretariat

20107.4

The Promise

20166.8

Revenge of the Nerds

19846.5

The General's Daughter

19996.4

The Bachelor

19995.2

Becoming Jane

20077.3

The Laundromat

20196.0

Pink Cadillac

19895.5

Marshall

20177.2

The Babe

19925.7

The Trials of Cate McCall

20136.4

Murder by Death

19767.1

Explorers

19856.3

Romeo Is Bleeding

19936.2

Tank

19845.7

Project Viper

20024.9

Merry Little Batman

20236.6

Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil

20094.8

The Man with Two Brains

19836.2

Snow Falling on Cedars

19996.1

20086.1

Owd Bob

19986.1

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

19875.6

Soldiers of Fortune

20124.8

The Cheap Detective

19786.4

Fail Safe

20006.9

Cowgirls n' Angels

20126.0

A Fine Mess

19864.6

The Magnificent Ambersons

20025.9

RKO 281

19996.5

Still Mine

20126.9

Hide Away

20114.7

The Snow Walker

20037.0

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

19956.9

Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love

19944.6

Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

19924.6

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

20067.8

The Rescue

19885.3

Emperor

20207.6

Avenger

20066.0

Tortured

20085.5

Prancer: A Christmas Tale

20226.5

Beyond All Boundaries

20096.8

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

20095.5

Blackball

20035.2

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

20007.2

50 Years of Star Trek

20166.2

King Leopold's Ghost

20068.0

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

20046.0

Never Too Late

20205.8

China Beach: Pilot

1988

Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'

20088.0

The Girl in the Empty Grave

19777.1

The Education of Little Tree

19976.6

Oh, God! You Devil

19845.7

Dante's Inferno

20076.4

The Wall

19826.8

RFK

20025.9

Memorial Day

20116.1

The House of God

19843.2

Deadly Game

19777.7

A Death in the Family

20025.5

Spraggue

19847.0

Miracle Landing

19905.8

A Slight Case of Murder

19996.5

La Classe américaine

20126.5

Walking the Mile

20145.0

The John Garfield Story

20038.4

The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb

20164.7

Admissions

2011

A Christmas Without Snow

19805.7

Pope John Paul II

2005

A Carol Christmas

20035.8

The Shaggy Dog

19945.0

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

20059.4

Night Vet

2026

Living With A Visionary

20262.0

Pope Pius XII

20104.7

The Runnin' Kind

19894.5

A Lonely Place for Dying

20093.5

The Artist: The Making of an American Romance

20124.0

The Making of 'The Queen'

20074.0

The Rainmaker

19827.5

Nobody's Perfekt

19813.6

That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars

20191.7

Peeping Times

19783.0

Get Lost

2026

The Last Precinct

1986

In Between Songs

2014

Barefoot In the Park

19826.0

A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington

20127.0

The Immortal

20194.0

Looking For Else

2007

Farm to Fridge

20117.5

Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist

20122.0

Countdown to Year Zero

2019