James Cromwell
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 an...
Known For
Filmography
Living With A Visionary
2026
as Narrator (voice)
BAT-FAM
2025
as Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (voice)
Rebel Ridge
2024
as Judge
Sugar
2024
as Jonathan Siegel
Murder in a Small Town
2024
as George Wilcox
Merry Little Batman
2023
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
2022
as Bud
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as Miles Darman
Emperor
2020
as John Brown
Never Too Late
2020
as Jack Bronson
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
as Dr. Zefram Cochrane (voice)
Operation Buffalo
2020
as Cranky
Countdown to Year Zero
2019
The Immortal
2019
as Grandfather
The Laundromat
2019
as Joseph David Martin
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
2019
as Self
The Family
2019
as Douglas Coe
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
as Benjamin Lockwood
Succession
2018
as Ewan Roy
Marshall
2017
as The Judge
Counterpart
2017
as Yanek
The Promise
2016
as Henry Morgenthau Sr.
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
as Self
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Young Pope
2016
as Cardinal Michael Spencer
The Detour
2016
as J.R.
Berlin Station
2016
as Gilbert Dorn
In Between Songs
2014
as Narrator
Big Hero 6
2014
as Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
Walking the Mile
2014
as Self
Star Trek: Enterprise - In a Mirror, Darkly
2014
as Zefram Cochrane (archive footage)
Halt and Catch Fire
2014
as Jacob Wheeler
Murder in the First
2014
as Warren Daniels
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
as Justice Sumpter
Cowgirls n' Angels
2012
as Terence Parker
Soldiers of Fortune
2012
as Haussman
Still Mine
2012
as Craig Morrison
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
2012
as Self - Interviewee
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
2012
as Self
Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist
2012
as Himself
La Classe américaine
2012
as Self
The Artist
2011
as Clifton
Memorial Day
2011
as Bud Vogel
Hide Away
2011
as The Ancient Mariner
Farm to Fridge
2011
as Narrator
Admissions
2011
as The Clerk
American Horror Story
2011
as Dr. Arthur Arden
Secretariat
2010
as Ogden Phipps
Pope Pius XII
2010
as Pope Pius XII
Boardwalk Empire
2010
as Andrew W. Mellon
Sotto il cielo di Roma
2010
as Pope Pius XII
A Lonely Place for Dying
2009
as Howard Simons
Surrogates
2009
as Dr. Lionel Canter
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
as Hank Paulson
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
2009
as Self
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
as Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey
Impact
2009
as Lloyd
W.
2008
as George H.W. Bush
Tortured
2008
as Jack
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
as Self
My Own Worst Enemy
2008
as Alistair Trumbull
Spider-Man 3
2007
as Captain Stacy
Becoming Jane
2007
as Mr. Austen
Dante's Inferno
2007
as Virgil (voice)
Looking For Else
2007
as Self
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
as Self
The Queen
2006
as Prince Philip
Avenger
2006
as Paul Devereaux
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
as Self
The Longest Yard
2005
as Warden Hazen
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
as Narrator
Pope John Paul II
2005
as Cardinal Adam Sapieha
I, Robot
2004
as Dr. Alfred Lanning
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
as Self
Salem's Lot
2004
as Donald Callahan
The Snow Walker
2003
as Walter "Shep" Shepherd
Blackball
2003
as Ray Speight
A Carol Christmas
2003
as Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)
The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
Angels in America
2003
as Roy's Doctor
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as President Fowler
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002
as The Colonel (voice)
RFK
2002
as President Lyndon Baines Johnson
Project Viper
2002
as MP 1
A Death in the Family
2002
as Joel Lynch
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002
as Major Amberson
Six Feet Under
2001
as George Sibley
Citizen Baines
2001
as Elliott Baines
24
2001
as Phillip Bauer
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
as Dr. Zefram Cochran (uncredited)
Space Cowboys
2000
as Bob Gerson
Fail Safe
2000
as Gordon Knapp
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
as Self / Warden Hal Moores
The Green Mile
1999
as Warden Hal Moores
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
as Judge Fielding
The General's Daughter
1999
as General Joseph Campbell
The Bachelor
1999
as Priest
A Slight Case of Murder
1999
as John Edgarson
RKO 281
1999
as William Randolph Hearst
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest
The West Wing
1999
as President D. Wire Newman
Species II
1998
as Senator Ross
Deep Impact
1998
as Alan Rittenhouse
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
as Farmer Arthur Hoggett
Owd Bob
1998
as Adam MacAdam
L.A. Confidential
1997
as Dudley Smith
The Education of Little Tree
1997
as Nonno
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
as Dr. Zefram Cochrane
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
as Charles Keating
Eraser
1996
as Donahue
Babe
1995
as Farmer Hoggett
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
as Judge Pounders
Partners
1995
The Client
1995
as Officer Joe Denton
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
1994
as Mr. Skolnick
The Shaggy Dog
1994
as Charlie Mulvihill
ER
1994
as Bishop Stewart
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
as Cage
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Hanok
The Babe
1992
as Brother Mathias
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
1992
as Mr. Skolnick
Picket Fences
1992
as The Bishop
Home Improvement
1991
as Fred
Miracle Landing
1990
as B.J. Cocker
American Dreamer
1990
The Runnin' Kind
1989
as Uncle Phil
Pink Cadillac
1989
as Motel Desk Clerk
Christine Cromwell
1989
The Rescue
1988
as Adm. Rothman
China Beach: Pilot
1988
as Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
China Beach
1988
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
1987
as Mr. Skolnick
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Prime Minister Nayrok
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Jaglom Shrek
The Last Precinct
1986
as Chief Bludhorn
A Fine Mess
1986
as Detective Blist
Matlock
1986
as Judge Raymond Price
Easy Street
1986
Explorers
1985
as Mr. Müller
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "A Message From Charity")
Wildside
1985
Amazing Stories
1985
as Francis
Tank
1984
as Deputy Euclid
Revenge of the Nerds
1984
as Mr. Skolnick
The House of God
1984
as Officer Quick
Oh, God! You Devil
1984
as Priest
Spraggue
1984
as Lt. George Hurley
Night Court
1984
as Alan
Hunter
1984
as Seymour Robbins
The Man with Two Brains
1983
as Realtor
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Barefoot In the Park
1982
as Harry Pepper
The Rainmaker
1982
as Noah Curry
The Wall
1982
as Francisek
Family Ties
1982
as John Hancock
Knight Rider
1982
as Curtis
Nobody's Perfekt
1981
as Dr. Carson
Hill Street Blues
1981
Foul Play
1981
as Bebet
A Christmas Without Snow
1980
as Reverend Lohman
Flo
1980
The Cheap Detective
1978
as Schnell
Peeping Times
1978
as Bernard Mantee
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
Dallas
1978
as Gerald Kane
The White Shadow
1978
as Mr. Hamilton
The White Shadow
1978
as Art Commings
The Girl in the Empty Grave
1977
as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
Deadly Game
1977
as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
Three's Company
1977
as Detective Lannigan
Eight Is Enough
1977
Murder by Death
1976
as Marcel Cassette
Alice
1976
All's Fair
1976
The Nancy Walker Show
1976
as Glen
Once an Eagle
1976
as J.L. Cleghorne
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
as Reverend Buryfield
Barney Miller
1975
as Sgt. Wilkinson
Hot l Baltimore
1975
Barbary Coast
1975
as Roy
Barney Miller
1975
as Neil Spencer
Barney Miller
1975
as Dr. Edmund Danworth
Barney Miller
1975
as Jason Parrish
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Harve Miller
The Rockford Files
1974
as Terry
Police Story
1973
M*A*S*H
1972
All in the Family
1971
as Stretch Cunningham
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Audience Member