
James Oliver Cromwell is an American film and television actor, probably best known for his role as Dr. Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek: First Contact. 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 29 May 1986.
Movie | Rebel Ridge | 2022 | |
Series | Operation Buffalo | Cranky | 2020-05-31 |
Series | The Family | Douglas Coe | 2019-08-09 |
Movie | The Laundromat | Joseph David Martin | 2019-09-27 |
Movie | The Immortal | Grandfather | 2019-11-30 |
Movie | دنیای ژوراسیک: پادشاهی سقوط کرده | Benjamin Lockwood | 2018-06-06 |
Movie | Marshall | The Judge | 2017-10-13 |
Series | همتا | Yanek | 2017-12-10 |
Movie | The Promise | Henry Morgenthau Sr. | 2016-12-02 |
Movie | 50 Years of Star Trek | himself | 2016-08-14 |
Series | The Young Pope | Cardinal Michael Spencer | 2016-10-21 |
Movie | شش قهرمان بزرگ | Professor Robert Callaghan (voice) | 2014-10-24 |
Movie | The Trials of Cate McCall | Justice Sumpter | 2013-11-28 |
Movie | Cowgirls n' Angels | Terence Parker | 2012-05-25 |
Movie | Hide Away | The Ancient Mariner | 2012-05-25 |
Movie | Still Mine | Craig Morrison | 2012-09-10 |
Movie | Soldiers of Fortune | Haussman | 2012-06-07 |
Series | داستان ترسناک آمریکایی | Dr. Arthur Arden | 2011-10-05 |
Movie | Memorial Day | Bud Vogel | 2011-06-06 |
Movie | The Artist | Clifton | 2011-10-08 |
Movie | Secretariat | Ogden Phipps | 2010-08-20 |
Movie | Pope Pius XII | Pope Pius XII | 2010-10-31 |
Series | Impact | Lloyd | 2009-02-14 |
Movie | A Lonely Place for Dying | Howard Simons | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | Impact | Lloyd | 2009-06-21 |
Movie | The Last Days of Lehman Brothers | Hank Paulson | 2009-09-09 |
Movie | Surrogates | Dr. Lionel Canter | 2009-09-24 |
Movie | Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil | Himself | 2009-07-26 |
Series | The Last Days of Lehman Brothers | 2009-09-09 | |
Movie | Tortured | Jack | 2008-09-10 |
Movie | W. | George Herbert Walker Bush | 2008-10-17 |
Movie | Becoming Jane | Mr. Austen | 2007-03-02 |
Movie | Dante's Inferno | Virgil (voice) | 2007-01-01 |
Movie | مرد عنکبوتی ۳ | Captain Stacey | 2007-05-01 |
Series | Masters of Science Fiction | Unknown | 2007-08-03 |
Movie | The Queen | Prince Philip | 2006-09-15 |
Movie | Avenger | Paul Devereaux | 2006-04-09 |
Movie | The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird | Himself | 2006-10-03 |
Movie | The Longest Yard | Warden Hazen | 2005-05-27 |
Movie | Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy | Narrator | 2005-10-04 |
Series | Pope John Paul II | Cardinal Adam Sapieha | 2005-12-04 |
Movie | Pope John Paul II | Cardinal Adam Sapieha | 2005-12-04 |
Movie | Salem's Lot | Father Donald Callahan | 2004-06-20 |
Movie | I, Robot | Dr. Alfred Lanning | 2004-07-15 |
Movie | The John Garfield Story | Self | 2003-02-03 |
Movie | The Snow Walker | Walter "Shep" Shepherd | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | Angels in America | Henry | 2003-12-07 |
Movie | Blackball | Ray Speight | 2003-05-18 |
Movie | A Carol Christmas | Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited) | 2003-12-07 |
Series | Angels in America | Henry | 2003-12-07 |
Movie | RFK | President Lyndon Baines Johnson | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | A Death in the Family | Joel Lynch | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | The Sum of All Fears | President Robert Bob Fowler | 2002-05-31 |
Movie | Project Viper | MP 1 | 2002-05-15 |
Movie | اسپیریت: اسب سیمارون | The Colonel (voice) | 2002-05-24 |
Series | Citizen Baines | 2001-09-29 | |
Series | Six Feet Under | George Sibley | 2001-06-03 |
Movie | Raptor | Benny | 2001-11-06 |
Series | بیست و چهار | Phillip Bauer | 2001-11-06 |
Movie | RKO 281 | William Randolph Hearst | 2000-04-07 |
Movie | Fail Safe | Gordon Knapp | 2000-04-09 |
Movie | Space Cowboys | Bob Gerson | 2000-08-04 |
Movie | The General's Daughter | Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell | 1999-06-18 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Unknown | 1999-03-30 |
Movie | A Slight Case of Murder | John Edgarson | 1999-09-19 |
Movie | The Bachelor | The Priest | 1999-11-05 |
Movie | مسیر سبز | Warden Hal Moores | 1999-12-10 |
Movie | Snow Falling on Cedars | Judge Fielding | 1999-12-22 |
Movie | Owd Bob | Adam MacAdam | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Species II | Senator Judson Ross | 1998-04-10 |
Movie | Babe: Pig in the City | Farmer Arthur Hoggett | 1998-11-25 |
Movie | Deep Impact | Alan Rittenhouse | 1998-05-08 |
Movie | محرمانه لس انجلس | Dudley Smith | 1997-09-19 |
Movie | The Education of Little Tree | Nonno | 1997-12-25 |
Movie | پاک کننده | William Donohue | 1996-06-21 |
Movie | Star Trek: First Contact | Dr. Zefram Cochrane | 1996-11-22 |
Movie | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Charles Keating | 1996-12-25 |
Movie | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Judge Pounders | 1995-05-20 |
Movie | Babe | Farmer Arthur Hoggett | 1995-07-18 |
Series | Partners | Unknown | 1995-09-11 |
Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love | Mr. Skolnick | 1994-09-10 |
Movie | The Shaggy Dog | Charlie | 1994-11-12 |
Movie | رومئو خونریزی می کند | Cage | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | The Babe | Brother Mathias | 1992-04-17 |
Series | Home Improvement | Unknown | 1991-09-17 |
Movie | Miracle Landing | B.J Cocker | 1990-02-11 |
Series | American Dreamer | Unknown | 1990-09-20 |
Movie | Pink Cadillac | 1989-05-26 | |
Movie | The Runnin' Kind | Uncle Phil | 1989-09-08 |
Series | China Beach | Unknown | 1988-04-26 |
Movie | The Rescue | Adm. Rothman | 1988-08-05 |
Movie | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | Mr. Skolnick | 1987-07-10 |
Series | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |
Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Unknown | 1987-09-28 |
Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
Series | Easy Street | 1986-09-13 | |
Movie | A Fine Mess | Detective Blist | 1986-08-08 |
Series | Wildside | Unknown | 1985-03-21 |
Movie | Explorers | Mr. Müller | 1985-07-12 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
Series | Amazing Stories | 1985-09-29 | |
Series | Night Court | Unknown | 1984-01-04 |
Movie | The House of God | Officer Quick | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | Tank | Deputy Euclid Baker | 1984-03-16 |
Movie | Oh, God! You Devil | Priest | 1984-11-07 |
Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
Movie | Revenge of the Nerds | Mr. Skolnick | 1984-07-20 |
Movie | The Man with Two Brains | Realtor | 1983-06-10 |
Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
Movie | The Wall | Francisek | 1982-02-16 |
Movie | Barefoot In the Park | Harry Pepper | 1982-03-20 |
Series | Family Ties | Unknown | 1982-09-22 |
Series | Knight Rider | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
Movie | Nobody's Perfekt | Dr. Carson | 1981-08-07 |
Series | Foul Play | Unknown | 1981-01-26 |
Series | Flo | Unknown | 1980-03-24 |
Movie | A Christmas Without Snow | Reverend Lohman | 1980-12-09 |
Movie | Peeping Times | Bernard Mantee | 1978-01-25 |
Series | Apple Pie | Unknown | 1978-09-23 |
Series | Diff'rent Strokes | Unknown | 1978-11-03 |
Series | The White Shadow | Unknown | 1978-11-27 |
Series | Three's Company | Unknown | 1977-03-15 |
Series | Eight Is Enough | Unknown | 1977-03-15 |
Movie | Deadly Game | Deputy Malcom Rossiter Jr. | 1977-12-01 |
Movie | The Girl in the Empty Grave | Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr. | 1977-09-20 |
Series | Alice | Unknown | 1976-08-31 |
Movie | قتل با مرگ | Marcel Cassette | 1976-06-23 |
Series | All's Fair | Unknown | 1976-09-20 |
Series | The Nancy Walker Show | 1976-09-30 | |
Series | Once an Eagle | J.L. Cleghorne | 1976-12-02 |
Movie | Once an Eagle | J.L. Cleghorne | 1976-12-02 |
Series | Barney Miller | Unknown | 1975-01-23 |
Series | Barbary Coast | Unknown | 1975-09-08 |
Series | Hot l Baltimore | 1975-01-24 | |
Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Series | M*A*S*H | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
Series | All in the Family | Unknown | 1971-01-12 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Movie | بابا لنگ دراز | Extra (uncredited) | 1955-05-05 |