James Cromwell

ActorProducer Jan 27 (age 86) Los Angeles, California, USA 1944–2026 (82 year career)

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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 an…

Known For

Film

The Green Mile

Warden Hal Moores

Film

Big Hero 6

Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)

Film

American Horror Story

Dr. Arthur Arden

Film

L.A. Confidential

Dudley Smith

Film

I, Robot

Dr. Alfred Lanning

Film

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

The Colonel (voice)

Film

Spider-Man 3

Captain Stacy

Film

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Benjamin Lockwood

Filmography

Acting (192)

Movies (118)

LIVING WITH A VISIONARY

2026

as Narrator (voice)

Rebel Ridge

2024

as Judge

7.0

Merry Little Batman

2023

as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

6.6

Prancer: A Christmas Tale

as Bud

Emperor

as John Brown

Never Too Late

as Jack Bronson

The Immortal

as Grandfather

The Laundromat

as Joseph David Martin

6.0

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

2019

as Self

1.5

Countdown to Year Zero

2019

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

as Benjamin Lockwood

Marshall

as The Judge

The Promise

as Henry Morgenthau Sr.

6.9

The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb

2016

as Self - Narrator (voice)

4.7

50 Years of Star Trek

2016

as Self

6.4

Big Hero 6

2014

as Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)

Walking the Mile

as Self

In Between Songs

as Narrator

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013

as Justice Sumpter

6.4

Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist

2012

as Himself

Soldiers of Fortune

as Haussman

Cowgirls n' Angels

as Terence Parker

Still Mine

as Craig Morrison

La Classe américaine

as Self

A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington

2012

as Self - Interviewee

7.0

The Artist: The Making of an American Romance

as Self

The Artist

as Clifton

Farm to Fridge

as Narrator

Hide Away

as The Ancient Mariner

4.7

Admissions

2011

as The Clerk

Memorial Day

as Bud Vogel

Secretariat

as Ogden Phipps

Pope Pius XII

as Pope Pius XII

Surrogates

as Dr. Lionel Canter

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

2009

as Hank Paulson

5.5

Beyond All Boundaries

2009

as Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey

6.8

Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil

2009

as Self

5.3

A Lonely Place for Dying

as Howard Simons

as George H.W. Bush

Tortured

as Jack

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

as Self

Spider-Man 3

as Captain Stacy

Becoming Jane

as Mr. Austen

The Making of 'The Queen'

as Self

Dante's Inferno

as Virgil (voice)

Looking For Else

as Self

The Queen

2006

as Prince Philip

6.9

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

as Self

Avenger

as Paul Devereaux

King Leopold's Ghost

The Longest Yard

as Warden Hazen

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

as Narrator

Pope John Paul II

I, Robot

as Dr. Alfred Lanning

7.0

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

as Self

Blackball

as Ray Speight

The Snow Walker

as Walter "Shep" Shepherd

6.9

A Carol Christmas

2003

as Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)

5.6

The John Garfield Story

2003

as Self

8.0

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

2002

as The Colonel (voice)

The Sum of All Fears

as President Fowler

RFK

as President Lyndon Baines Johnson

5.8

The Magnificent Ambersons

as Major Amberson

Project Viper

as MP 1

A Death in the Family

as Joel Lynch

Fail Safe

as Gordon Knapp

Space Cowboys

as Bob Gerson

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

2000

as Self / Warden Hal Moores

7.0

The Green Mile

1999

as Warden Hal Moores

8.5

Snow Falling on Cedars

as Judge Fielding

The Bachelor

as Priest

The General's Daughter

1999

as General Joseph Campbell

6.4

RKO 281

1999

as William Randolph Hearst

6.4

A Slight Case of Murder

as John Edgarson

Deep Impact

as Alan Rittenhouse

Babe: Pig in the City

1998

as Farmer Arthur Hoggett

Species II

as Senator Ross

Owd Bob

as Adam MacAdam

The Education of Little Tree

as Nonno

L.A. Confidential

as Dudley Smith

Eraser

as William Donohue

Star Trek: First Contact

1996

as Dr. Zefram Cochrane

7.3

The People vs. Larry Flynt

as Charles Keating

Babe

as Farmer Hoggett

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

1995

as Judge Pounders

7.0

Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love

as Mr. Skolnick

The Shaggy Dog

as Charlie Mulvihill

Romeo Is Bleeding

as Cage

The Babe

as Brother Mathias

Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

as Mr. Skolnick

Miracle Landing

as B.J. Cocker

Pink Cadillac

as Motel Desk Clerk

The Runnin' Kind

as Uncle Phil

China Beach: Pilot

as Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth

The Rescue

1988

as Adm. Rothman

5.3

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

as Mr. Skolnick

A Fine Mess

as Detective Blist

The Last Precinct

as Chief Bludhorn

Explorers

as Mr. Müller

Revenge of the Nerds

as Mr. Skolnick

Tank

as Deputy Euclid

Spraggue

as Lt. George Hurley

Oh, God! You Devil

as Priest

The House of God

as Officer Quick

The Man with Two Brains

as Realtor

Barefoot In the Park

as Harry Pepper

The Wall

as Francisek

The Rainmaker

as Noah Curry

Nobody's Perfekt

as Dr. Carson

A Christmas Without Snow

as Reverend Lohman

The Cheap Detective

as Schnell

Peeping Times

as Bernard Mantee

The Girl in the Empty Grave

1977

as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.

7.1

Deadly Game

1977

as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.

Murder by Death

as Marcel Cassette

Daddy Long Legs

as Extra (uncredited)

6.4

Get Lost

as Frederick (Red King)

Night Vet

as Dr. Abel Evergood

Television (74)

BAT-FAM

2025

as Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (voice)

4.4

Murder in a Small Town

as George Wilcox

Sugar

as Jonathan Siegel

Law & Order: Organized Crime

2021

as Miles Darman

7.9

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

2021

as Self

6.9

Star Trek: Lower Decks

2020

as Dr. Zefram Cochrane (voice)

Operation Buffalo

as Cranky

The Family

as Douglas Coe

Succession

as Ewan Roy

Counterpart

as Yanek

Berlin Station

as Gilbert Dorn

The Young Pope

as Cardinal Michael Spencer

The Detour

as J.R.

Halt and Catch Fire

as Jacob Wheeler

Murder in the First

as Warren Daniels

American Horror Story

as Dr. Arthur Arden

Boardwalk Empire

as Andrew W. Mellon

Sotto il cielo di Roma

2010

as Pope Pius XII

Impact

as Lloyd

My Own Worst Enemy

as Alistair Trumbull

Masters of Science Fiction

2007

6.2

Pope John Paul II

2005

as Cardinal Adam Sapieha

Salem's Lot

as Donald Callahan

Angels in America

as Roy's Doctor

as Phillip Bauer

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001

as Dr. Zefram Cochran (uncredited)

Six Feet Under

as George Sibley

Six Feet Under

as George Sibley

Citizen Baines

The West Wing

as President D. Wire Newman

8.2

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self - Guest

Partners

The Client

as Officer Joe Denton

6.8

1994

as Bishop Stewart

7.8

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Hanok

Picket Fences

as The Bishop

Home Improvement

as Fred

American Dreamer

Christine Cromwell

China Beach

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

as Prime Minister Nayrok

Jake and the Fatman

Matlock

as Judge Raymond Price

Easy Street

Amazing Stories

as Francis

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "A Message From Charity")

Wildside

Night Court

as Alan

Hunter

as Seymour Robbins

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Knight Rider

as Curtis

Family Ties

as John Hancock

Hill Street Blues

Foul Play

as Bebet

Flo

Dallas

as Gerald Kane

The White Shadow

as Mr. Hamilton

Diff'rent Strokes

Three's Company

as Detective Lannigan

Eight Is Enough

Alice

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

1976

as Reverend Buryfield

All's Fair

Once an Eagle

as J.L. Cleghorne

The Nancy Walker Show

as Glen

Barney Miller

as Sgt. Wilkinson

Barbary Coast

as Roy

Hot l Baltimore

Little House on the Prairie

as Harve Miller

The Rockford Files

as Terry

Police Story

M*A*S*H

All in the Family

as Stretch Cunningham

7.8

Golden Globe Awards

1944

as Self - Audience Member

7.2

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Mondo Hollywoodland

2021

Executive Producer

6.2

Running for Good: The Fiona Oakes Documentary

Executive Producer

Imminent Threat

Executive Producer