James Cromwell
Acting
1940-01-27 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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
Living With A Visionary
2026 · Movie
BAT-FAM
2025 · Series
Murder in a Small Town
2024 · Series
Rebel Ridge
2024 · Movie
Sugar
2024 · Series
Merry Little Batman
2023 · Movie
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
2022 · Movie
Mondo Hollywoodland
2021 · Movie
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021 · Series
Emperor
2020 · Movie
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020 · Series
Operation Buffalo
2020 · Series
Never Too Late
2020 · Movie
The Immortal
2019 · Movie
The Laundromat
2019 · Movie
The Family
2019 · Series
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
2019 · Movie
Countdown to Year Zero
2019 · Movie
Running for Good: The Fiona Oakes Documentary
2018 · Movie
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018 · Movie
Succession
2018 · Series
Counterpart
2017 · Series
Marshall
2017 · Movie
The Promise
2016 · Movie
The Young Pope
2016 · Series
Berlin Station
2016 · Series
50 Years of Star Trek
2016 · Movie
The Detour
2016 · Series
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
2016 · Movie
Imminent Threat
2015 · Movie
Walking the Mile
2014 · Movie
Big Hero 6
2014 · Movie
In Between Songs
2014 · Movie
Murder in the First
2014 · Series
Halt and Catch Fire
2014 · Series
Star Trek: Enterprise - In a Mirror, Darkly
2014 · Movie
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013 · Movie
Star Trek: Enterprise - Broken Bow
2013 · Movie
La Classe américaine
2012 · Movie
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
2012 · Movie
Still Mine
2012 · Movie
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
2012 · Movie
Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist
2012 · Movie
Soldiers of Fortune
2012 · Movie
Cowgirls n' Angels
2012 · Movie
Hide Away
2011 · Movie
Admissions
2011 · Movie
The Artist
2011 · Movie
American Horror Story
2011 · Series
Memorial Day
2011 · Movie
Farm to Fridge
2011 · Movie
Sotto il cielo di Roma
2010 · Series
Pope Pius XII
2010 · Movie
Boardwalk Empire
2010 · Series
Secretariat
2010 · Movie
Beyond All Boundaries
2009 · Movie
Surrogates
2009 · Movie
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009 · Movie
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
2009 · Movie
Impact
2009 · Series
A Lonely Place for Dying
2009 · Movie
W.
2008 · Movie
My Own Worst Enemy
2008 · Series
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 · Movie
Tortured
2008 · Movie
Spider-Man 3
2007 · Movie
Becoming Jane
2007 · Movie
Dante's Inferno
2007 · Movie
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007 · Movie
Looking For Else
2007 · Movie
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006 · Movie
The Queen
2006 · Movie
King Leopold's Ghost
2006 · Movie
Avenger
2006 · Movie
Pope John Paul II
2005 · Series
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005 · Movie
The Longest Yard
2005 · Movie
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004 · Movie
I, Robot
2004 · Movie
Salem's Lot
2004 · Series
Angels in America
2003 · Series
A Carol Christmas
2003 · Movie
The Snow Walker
2003 · Movie
Blackball
2003 · Movie
The John Garfield Story
2003 · Movie
RFK
2002 · Movie
The Sum of All Fears
2002 · Movie
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002 · Movie
Project Viper
2002 · Movie
A Death in the Family
2002 · Movie
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002 · Movie
24
2001 · Series
Citizen Baines
2001 · Series
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001 · Series
Six Feet Under
2001 · Series
Space Cowboys
2000 · Movie
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000 · Movie
Fail Safe
2000 · Movie
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999 · Movie
The Green Mile
1999 · Movie
RKO 281
1999 · Movie
The Bachelor
1999 · Movie
The West Wing
1999 · Series
A Slight Case of Murder
1999 · Movie
The General's Daughter
1999 · Movie
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · Series
Babe: Pig in the City
1998 · Movie
Deep Impact
1998 · Movie
Species II
1998 · Movie
Owd Bob
1998 · Movie
The Education of Little Tree
1997 · Movie
L.A. Confidential
1997 · Movie
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996 · Movie
Star Trek: First Contact
1996 · Movie
Eraser
1996 · Movie
The Client
1995 · Series
Partners
1995 · Series
Babe
1995 · Movie
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995 · Movie
The Shaggy Dog
1994 · Movie
ER
1994 · Series
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
1994 · Movie
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993 · Movie
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · Series
Picket Fences
1992 · Series
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
1992 · Movie
The Babe
1992 · Movie
Home Improvement
1991 · Series
American Dreamer
1990 · Series
Miracle Landing
1990 · Movie
Christine Cromwell
1989 · Series
The Runnin' Kind
1989 · Movie
Pink Cadillac
1989 · Movie
The Rescue
1988 · Movie
China Beach
1988 · Series
China Beach: Pilot
1988 · Movie
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Series
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · Series
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
1987 · Movie
Easy Street
1986 · Series
A Fine Mess
1986 · Movie
Matlock
1986 · Series
The Last Precinct
1986 · Movie
Amazing Stories
1985 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Series
Explorers
1985 · Movie
Wildside
1985 · Series
Oh, God! You Devil
1984 · Movie
Hunter
1984 · Series
Revenge of the Nerds
1984 · Movie
Spraggue
1984 · Movie
Tank
1984 · Movie
Night Court
1984 · Series
The House of God
1984 · Movie
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 · Series
The Man with Two Brains
1983 · Movie
The Rainmaker
1982 · Movie
Knight Rider
1982 · Series
Family Ties
1982 · Series
Barefoot In the Park
1982 · Movie
The Wall
1982 · Movie
Nobody's Perfekt
1981 · Movie
Foul Play
1981 · Series
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
A Christmas Without Snow
1980 · Movie
Flo
1980 · Series
The White Shadow
1978 · Series
Diff'rent Strokes
1978 · Series
The Cheap Detective
1978 · Movie
Dallas
1978 · Series
Peeping Times
1978 · Movie
Deadly Game
1977 · Movie
The Girl in the Empty Grave
1977 · Movie
Three's Company
1977 · Series
Eight Is Enough
1977 · Series
Once an Eagle
1976 · Series
The Nancy Walker Show
1976 · Series
All's Fair
1976 · Series
Alice
1976 · Series
Murder by Death
1976 · Movie
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976 · Series
Barbary Coast
1975 · Series
Hot l Baltimore
1975 · Series
Barney Miller
1975 · Series
The Rockford Files
1974 · Series
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Series
Police Story
1973 · Series
M*A*S*H
1972 · Series
All in the Family
1971 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
Night Vet
Movie
Get Lost
Movie