2.0
Living with a Visionary
2026
James Cromwell
Acting
Born January 27, 1940Los Angeles, California, USA
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 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.
Movies
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Rebel Ridge
2024
6.6
Merry Little Batman
2023
6.5
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
2022
7.6
Emperor
2020
5.8
Never Too Late
2020
3.5
The Immortal
2019
6.0
The Laundromat
2019
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
1.7
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
2019
0.0
Countdown to Year Zero
2019
6.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
7.3
Marshall
2017
6.8
The Promise
2016
6.2
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
4.7
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
2016
5.0
Walking the Mile
2014
7.7
Big Hero 6
2014
0.0
In Between Songs
2014
0.0
Star Trek: Enterprise - In a Mirror, Darkly
2014
6.4
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
7.0
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
2012
6.5
La Classe américaine
2012
6.9
Still Mine
2012
4.0
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
2012
2.0
Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist
2012
4.7
Soldiers of Fortune
2012
6.0
Cowgirls n' Angels
2012
4.7
Hide Away
2011
0.0
Admissions
2011
7.4
The Artist
2011
6.2
Memorial Day
2011
7.5
Farm to Fridge
2011
4.7
Pope Pius XII
2010
7.4
Secretariat
2010
6.7
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
6.2
Surrogates
2009
5.5
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
4.8
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
2009
3.5
A Lonely Place for Dying
2009
6.1
W.
2008
8.0
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
5.5
Tortured
2008
6.5
Spider-Man 3
2007
7.3
Becoming Jane
2007
6.3
Dante's Inferno
2007
The Making of 'The Queen'
4.0
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
0.0
Looking For Else
2007
7.8
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
6.9
The Queen
2006
8.0
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
6.1
Avenger
2006
9.3
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
6.7
The Longest Yard
2005
6.0
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
7.0
I, Robot
2004
5.8
A Carol Christmas
2003
7.0
The Snow Walker
2003
5.2
Blackball
2003
8.4
The John Garfield Story
2003
5.9
RFK
2002
6.4
The Sum of All Fears
2002
7.7
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002
4.9
Project Viper
2002
5.5
A Death in the Family
2002
5.9
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002
6.4
Space Cowboys
2000
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
7.4
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
6.9
Fail Safe
2000
6.1
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
8.5
The Green Mile
1999
6.5
RKO 281
1999
5.1
The Bachelor
1999
6.5
A Slight Case of Murder
1999
6.4
The General's Daughter
1999
5.7
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
6.3
Deep Impact
1998
5.2
Species II
1998
6.2
Owd Bob
1998
6.6
The Education of Little Tree
1997
7.8
L.A. Confidential
1997
7.0
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
7.3
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
6.1
Eraser
1996
6.3
Babe
1995
6.9
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
5.0
The Shaggy Dog
1994
4.6
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
1994
6.2
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
4.6
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
1992
5.7
The Babe
1992
5.8
Miracle Landing
1990
4.5
The Runnin' Kind
1989
5.5
Pink Cadillac
1989
5.3
The Rescue
1988
0.0
China Beach: Pilot
1988
5.6
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
1987
4.6
A Fine Mess
1986
0.0
The Last Precinct
1986
6.3
Explorers
1985
5.7
Oh, God! You Devil
1984
6.4
Revenge of the Nerds
1984
7.0
Spraggue
1984
5.7
Tank
1984
3.2
The House of God
1984
6.2
The Man with Two Brains
1983
7.4
The Rainmaker
1982
6.3
Barefoot In the Park
1982
6.6
The Wall
1982
3.8
Nobody's Perfekt
1981
5.7
A Christmas Without Snow
1980
6.4
The Cheap Detective
1978
3.0
Peeping Times
1978
7.7
Deadly Game
1977
7.1
The Girl in the Empty Grave
1977
7.1
Murder by Death
1976
0.0
Get Lost
0.0
Night Vet
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Operation Buffalo
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The Family
8.3
Succession
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Counterpart
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The Young Pope
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Murder in the First
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Impact
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My Own Worst Enemy
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Pope John Paul II
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Partners
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ER
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
7.4
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Home Improvement
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American Dreamer
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Christine Cromwell
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Easy Street
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Matlock
7.5
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Wildside
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7.3
Night Court
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Flo
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The White Shadow
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The White Shadow
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7.6
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6.8
Once an Eagle
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The Nancy Walker Show
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All's Fair
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Alice
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Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
8.3
Barbary Coast
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Hot l Baltimore
7.4
Barney Miller
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Barney Miller
7.4
Barney Miller
7.4
Barney Miller
7.6
The Rockford Files
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Little House on the Prairie
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Police Story
7.9
M*A*S*H
7.8
All in the Family
7.0