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James Cromwell
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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.
- 190 titles
- 170 Acting
- 3 Production
- 17 Appearances
Acting (170)
Warden Hal Moores
Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
Captain Stacy
Dr. Alfred Lanning
Benjamin Lockwood
Dr. Arthur Arden
Dudley Smith
The Colonel (voice)
Warden Hazen
Clifton
Dr. Lionel Canter
Alan Rittenhouse
Farmer Hoggett
Donahue
President Fowler
Dr. Zefram Cochrane
Phillip Bauer
Prime Minister Nayrok / Jaglom Shrek
Ewan Roy
Judge
Bob Gerson
Curtis
Prince Philip
Farmer Arthur Hoggett
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Andrew W. Mellon
Joseph David Martin
Charles Keating
Mr. Austen
George Sibley
General Joseph Campbell
Harve Miller
Hanok
Dr. Zefram Cochran (uncredited)
Bishop Stewart
Marcel Cassette
Senator Ross
Mr. Skolnick
Fred
George H.W. Bush
The Judge
Cardinal Michael Spencer
Ogden Phipps
President D. Wire Newman
Jacob Wheeler
Mr. Müller
Henry Morgenthau Sr.
Realtor
Dr. Zefram Cochrane (voice)
Yanek
Jonathan Siegel
Priest
Mr. Skolnick
Justice Sumpter
Miles Darman
John Hancock
Motel Desk Clerk
Roy's Doctor
(segment "A Message From Charity")
Gerald Kane
Francis
Cage
Donald Callahan
Detective Lannigan
Stretch Cunningham
Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Haussman
Brother Mathias
Gilbert Dorn
Judge Fielding
Alan
Judge Raymond Price
J.R.
Walter "Shep" Shepherd
Mr. Skolnick
Terry
Mr. Skolnick
Schnell
Warren Daniels
Seymour Robbins
William Randolph Hearst
John Brown
Deputy Euclid
Lloyd
Douglas Coe
Gordon Knapp
Terence Parker
Bud Vogel
Craig Morrison
George Wilcox
Judge Pounders
Jack
Wilkinson / Neil Spencer / Dr. Edmund Danworth / Jason Parrish
Ray Speight
The Bishop
Priest
Bud
Paul Devereaux
Detective Blist
Adm. Rothman
Alistair Trumbull
Nonno
Virgil (voice)
The Ancient Mariner
John Edgarson
Charlie Mulvihill
Cranky
Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)
Jack Bronson
Narrator
Reverend Buryfield
MP 1
Hank Paulson
Mr. Hamilton / Art Commings
Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (voice)
Dr. Carson
B.J. Cocker
Major Amberson
Cardinal Adam Sapieha
Reverend Lohman
Staunton McMoller
Adam MacAdam
President Lyndon Baines Johnson
Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey
Pope Pius XII
Officer Joe Denton
Francisek
Harry Pepper
J.L. Cleghorne
Officer Quick
Noah Curry
Joel Lynch
Roy
Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
Howard Simons
Narrator
Bernard Mantee
Grandfather
Glen
Uncle Phil
Elliott Baines
Bebet
Narrator (voice)
Lt. George Hurley
The Clerk
Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
Frederick (Red King)
Narrator
Dr. Abel Evergood
Pope Pius XII
Chief Bludhorn
Production (3)
Executive production
Executive production
Executive production
Appearances (17)
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self - Narrator (voice)
Self
Self
Self
Self - Interviewee
Himself
Self
Self
Zefram Cochrane (archive footage)
