James Cromwell
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-01-27
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Cast
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
7.29
The Green Mile
1999
8.50
The Queen
2006
6.95
Spider-Man 3
2007
6.44
I, Robot
2004
6.95
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
6.30
L.A. Confidential
1997
7.80
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
7.00
W.
2008
6.20
Species II
1998
5.20
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
6.00
The General's Daughter
1999
6.40
The Bachelor
1999
5.20
Becoming Jane
2007
7.30
The Sum of All Fears
2002
6.36
Space Cowboys
2000
6.40
Tank
1984
5.70
Fail Safe
2000
6.96
Murder by Death
1976
7.17
Deep Impact
1998
6.23
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
2.00
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002
7.69
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
5.63
Eraser
1996
6.08
The Longest Yard
2005
6.67
The Cheap Detective
1978
6.20
Babe
1995
6.24
Explorers
1985
6.20
Tortured
2008
5.40
The Rescue
1988
5.30
Revenge of the Nerds
1984
6.50
The Snow Walker
2003
6.98
A Slight Case of Murder
1999
6.50
The Babe
1992
5.60
Blackball
2003
5.18
The Education of Little Tree
1997
6.59
A Christmas Without Snow
1980
5.56
Avenger
2006
6.00
Secretariat
2010
7.40
RFK
2002
5.64
A Lonely Place for Dying
2009
1.00
RKO 281
2000
6.40
Surrogates
2009
6.13
Pope Pius XII
2010
4.20
In Between Songs
2014
0.00
Project Viper
2002
4.67
The Artist
2011
7.46
The House of God
1984
2.67
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
5.60
Cowgirls n' Angels
2012
6.00
Memorial Day
2011
6.08
Hide Away
2011
4.43
Soldiers of Fortune
2012
4.91
Still Mine
2012
6.88
Nobody's Perfekt
1981
3.40
The Girl in the Empty Grave
1977
7.14
The Shaggy Dog
1994
4.81
Owd Bob
1998
5.58
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
6.34
Merry Little Batman
2023
6.61
Countdown to Year Zero
2019
0.00
Miracle Landing
1990
5.68
Big Hero 6
2014
7.73
The Last Precinct
1986
0.00
Deadly Game
1977
6.50
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
2022
6.80
Walking the Mile
2014
5.00
The Promise
2016
6.90
Get Lost
0.00
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
7.10
Barefoot In the Park
1982
5.00
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
6.60
The Immortal
2019
0.00
China Beach: Pilot
1988
0.00
Marshall
2017
7.30
Daddy Long Legs
1955
6.30
The Man with Two Brains
1983
6.23
Night Vet
0.00
The Rainmaker
1982
6.67
Farm to Fridge
2011
7.50
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
6.50
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
7.75
Peeping Times
1978
4.00
A Death in the Family
2002
4.67
The Laundromat
2019
6.00
Dante's Inferno
2007
6.22
The Runnin' Kind
1989
1.00
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
6.20
Pink Cadillac
1989
5.50
Emperor
2020
7.60
Never Too Late
2020
5.76
A Fine Mess
1986
4.54
Looking For Else
2007
0.00
The Wall
1982
5.75
La Classe américaine
2012
5.80
A Carol Christmas
2003
5.60
Oh, God! You Devil
1984
5.61
The John Garfield Story
2003
8.00
Spraggue
1984
0.00
Rebel Ridge
2024
7.00
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002
5.75
Admissions
2011
0.00
