James Cromwell
Born in Los Angeles, California, USA — Jan 27 1940
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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 McC…
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Phillip Bauer
The West Wing
President D. Wire Newman
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Prime Minister Nayrok
American Horror Story
Dr. Arthur Arden
Dallas
Gerald Kane
M*A*S*H
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Hanok
ER
Bishop Stewart
Star Trek: Enterprise
Dr. Zefram Cochran (uncredited)
Family Ties
John Hancock
Knight Rider
Curtis
Night Court
Alan
Little House on the Prairie
Harve Miller
Home Improvement
Fred
The Rockford Files
Terry
Boardwalk Empire
Andrew W. Mellon
Alice
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Reverend Buryfield
Succession
Ewan Roy
Matlock
Judge Raymond Price
The Twilight Zone
(segment "A Message From Charity")
Barney Miller
Sgt. Wilkinson
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Miles Darman
Six Feet Under
George Sibley
Three's Company
Detective Lannigan
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Dr. Zefram Cochrane (voice)
The Green Mile
Warden Hal Moores
Hill Street Blues
Amazing Stories
Francis
All in the Family
Stretch Cunningham
Eight Is Enough
Hunter
Seymour Robbins
Spider-Man 3
Captain Stacy
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Benjamin Lockwood
Picket Fences
The Bishop
Halt and Catch Fire
Jacob Wheeler
Big Hero 6
Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
China Beach
Murder in a Small Town
George Wilcox
Police Story
Jake and the Fatman
Sugar
Jonathan Siegel
The White Shadow
Mr. Hamilton
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Berlin Station
Gilbert Dorn
Murder in the First
Warren Daniels
I, Robot
Dr. Alfred Lanning
The Client
Officer Joe Denton
Counterpart
Yanek
Deep Impact
Alan Rittenhouse
BAT-FAM
Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (voice)
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
The Colonel (voice)
L.A. Confidential
Dudley Smith
Partners
Masters of Science Fiction
American Dreamer
The Longest Yard
Warden Hazen
Angels in America
Roy's Doctor
Babe
Farmer Hoggett
Barbary Coast
Roy
Eraser
William Donohue
Star Trek: First Contact
Dr. Zefram Cochrane
The Artist
Clifton
My Own Worst Enemy
Alistair Trumbull
Flo
The Sum of All Fears
President Fowler
Once an Eagle
J.L. Cleghorne
The Young Pope
Cardinal Michael Spencer
W.
George H.W. Bush
Salem's Lot
Donald Callahan
Citizen Baines
The Laundromat
Joseph David Martin
Space Cowboys
Bob Gerson
Species II
Senator Ross
Surrogates
Dr. Lionel Canter
All's Fair
Explorers
Mr. Müller
Impact
Lloyd
The Family
Douglas Coe
Rebel Ridge
Judge
Easy Street
The General's Daughter
General Joseph Campbell
Marshall
The Judge
The Queen
Prince Philip
Christine Cromwell
Becoming Jane
Mr. Austen
Pope John Paul II
Cardinal Adam Sapieha
Secretariat
Ogden Phipps
Revenge of the Nerds
Mr. Skolnick
Wildside
Diff'rent Strokes
The Bachelor
Priest
The Nancy Walker Show
Glen
Babe: Pig in the City
Farmer Arthur Hoggett
The Promise
Henry Morgenthau Sr.
Romeo Is Bleeding
Cage
Merry Little Batman
Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Charles Keating
Tank
Deputy Euclid
Operation Buffalo
Cranky
Pink Cadillac
Motel Desk Clerk
Murder by Death
Marcel Cassette
RKO 281
William Randolph Hearst
The Man with Two Brains
Realtor
Foul Play
Bebet
Blackball
Ray Speight
The Trials of Cate McCall
Justice Sumpter
The Babe
Brother Mathias
Snow Falling on Cedars
Judge Fielding
Walking the Mile
Self
Soldiers of Fortune
Haussman
50 Years of Star Trek
Self
Fail Safe
Gordon Knapp
Still Mine
Craig Morrison
Daddy Long Legs
Extra (uncredited)
The Education of Little Tree
Nonno
The Rescue
Adm. Rothman
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Mr. Skolnick
The Cheap Detective
Schnell
The Snow Walker
Walter "Shep" Shepherd
Peeping Times
Bernard Mantee
Beyond All Boundaries
Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey
Avenger
Paul Devereaux
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Self / Warden Hal Moores
Emperor
John Brown
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
Mr. Skolnick
Cowgirls n' Angels
Terence Parker
The Magnificent Ambersons
Major Amberson
Oh, God! You Devil
Priest
Tortured
Jack
The Shaggy Dog
Charlie Mulvihill
Owd Bob
Adam MacAdam
Dante's Inferno
Virgil (voice)
Hot l Baltimore
La Classe américaine
Self
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
Bud
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self
Memorial Day
Bud Vogel
King Leopold's Ghost
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Hank Paulson
Hide Away
The Ancient Mariner
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
Mr. Skolnick
China Beach: Pilot
Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
RFK
President Lyndon Baines Johnson
The Last Precinct
Chief Bludhorn
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Narrator
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Judge Pounders
Deadly Game
Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
A Christmas Without Snow
Reverend Lohman
Spraggue
Lt. George Hurley
A Carol Christmas
Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)
Miracle Landing
B.J. Cocker
A Slight Case of Murder
John Edgarson
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
Self
The Girl in the Empty Grave
Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
Imminent Threat
Production
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Self
The House of God
Officer Quick
Nobody's Perfekt
Dr. Carson
A Fine Mess
Detective Blist
The Rainmaker
Noah Curry
Mondo Hollywoodland
Production
Never Too Late
Jack Bronson
The Making of 'The Queen'
Self
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
Self
Barefoot In the Park
Harry Pepper
Sotto il cielo di Roma
Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII
Get Lost
Frederick (Red King)
Pope John Paul II
Countdown to Year Zero
A Death in the Family
Joel Lynch
The John Garfield Story
Self
Project Viper
MP 1
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
Self - Interviewee
The Runnin' Kind
Uncle Phil
Admissions
The Clerk
The Wall
Francisek
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright
Jaglom Shrek
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
Self
The Immortal
Grandfather
A Lonely Place for Dying
Howard Simons
Night Vet
Dr. Abel Evergood
Living With A Visionary
Narrator (voice)
Running for Good: The Fiona Oakes Documentary
Production
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
Self - Narrator (voice)
Farm to Fridge
Narrator
Looking For Else
Self
In Between Songs
Narrator
Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist
Himself