James Cromwell
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.
189 acting credits
Acting · 189
24
2001
American Horror Story
2011
ER
1994
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
The West Wing
1999
Dallas
1978
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
M*A*S*H
1972
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
Hill Street Blues
1981
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Knight Rider
1982
Home Improvement
1991
Night Court
1984
The Rockford Files
1974
Boardwalk Empire
2010
Succession
2018
Six Feet Under
2001
Barney Miller
1975
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
Hunter
1984
Matlock
1986
Family Ties
1982
The Twilight Zone
1985
The Green Mile
1999
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
Alice
1976
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
Big Hero 6
2014
Three's Company
1977
Amazing Stories
1985
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
All in the Family
1971
Spider-Man 3
2007
Halt and Catch Fire
2014
China Beach
1988
Eight Is Enough
1977
Picket Fences
1992
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
Police Story
1973
Berlin Station
2016
Sugar
2024
Murder in a Small Town
2024
I, Robot
2004
The White Shadow
1978
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Counterpart
2017
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002
Murder in the First
2014
The Detour
2016
L.A. Confidential
1997
The Young Pope
2016
The Longest Yard
2005
Deep Impact
1998
The Client
1995
The Sum of All Fears
2002
Rebel Ridge
2024
Partners
1995
Eraser
1996
Angels in America
2003
Once an Eagle
1976
BAT-FAM
2025
The Family
2019
Surrogates
2009
Barbary Coast
1975
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
Salem's Lot
2004
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
My Own Worst Enemy
2008
Babe
1995
Secretariat
2010
American Dreamer
1990
Citizen Baines
2001
Explorers
1985
Species II
1998
The General's Daughter
1999
Christine Cromwell
1989
Space Cowboys
2000
Flo
1980
The Laundromat
2019
The Artist
2011
Becoming Jane
2007
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
Impact
2009
Marshall
2017
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
All's Fair
1976
The Queen
2006
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
The Promise
2016
Murder by Death
1976
Easy Street
1986
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
Pink Cadillac
1989
W.
2008
Revenge of the Nerds
1984
Merry Little Batman
2023
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
1987
Wildside
1985
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
Operation Buffalo
2020
The Bachelor
1999
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
The Man with Two Brains
1983
The Nancy Walker Show
1976
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
Foul Play
1981
Hot l Baltimore
1975
The Snow Walker
2003
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
Fail Safe
2000
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
1992
Pope John Paul II
2005
Soldiers of Fortune
2012
The Cheap Detective
1978
Tank
1984
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
1994
Emperor
2020
The Babe
1992
The Rescue
1988
Still Mine
2012
Tortured
2008
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
2019
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
Avenger
2006
RKO 281
1999
La Classe américaine
2012
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
Walking the Mile
2014
A Fine Mess
1986
Blackball
2003
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
The House of God
1984
Owd Bob
1998
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
The Education of Little Tree
1997
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
2022
Miracle Landing
1990
Never Too Late
2020
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
2012
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
2009
Project Viper
2002
The Runnin' Kind
1989
RFK
2002
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002
The Rainmaker
1982
Dante's Inferno
2007
The Girl in the Empty Grave
1977
The John Garfield Story
2003
A Slight Case of Murder
1999
A Christmas Without Snow
1980
Cowgirls n' Angels
2012
Hide Away
2011
A Carol Christmas
2003
Deadly Game
1977
The Shaggy Dog
1994
Oh, God! You Devil
1984
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
Sotto il cielo di Roma
2010
Memorial Day
2011
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
2012
Nobody's Perfekt
1981
A Lonely Place for Dying
2009
Peeping Times
1978
A Death in the Family
2002
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
The Last Precinct
1986
Pope Pius XII
2010
Admissions
2011
Spraggue
1984
The Wall
1982
Night Vet
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Get Lost
—
Countdown to Year Zero
2019
China Beach: Pilot
1988
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
2016
The Immortal
2019
Farm to Fridge
2011
Barefoot In the Park
1982
In Between Songs
2014
Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist
2012
Pope John Paul II
2005
Looking For Else
2007
Living With A Visionary
2026