James Cromwell

Actor, Producer, Soundtrack

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Born in Los Angeles but raised in Manhattan and educated at Middlebury College and Carnegie-Mellon University, James Cromwell is the son of film director John Cromwell and actress Kay Johnson. He studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon, and went into the theatre (like his parents) doing everything from Shakespeare to experimental plays. He started appearing on television in 1974, gaining some notice in a recurring role as Archie Bunker's friend Stretch Cunningham on All in the Family (1971), made his film debut in 1976, and goes back to the stage periodically. Some of his more noted film roles have been in Revenge of the Nerds (1984), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and the surprise classic about a charming pig, Babe (1995). He garnered some of the best reviews of his career (many of which said he should have received an Oscar) for his role as a corrupt, conniving police captain in L.A. Confidential (1997).

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Movies

Known For

L.A. Confidential

(1997)

The Green Mile

(1999)

The General's Daughter

(1999)

Star Trek: First Contact

(1996)

James Cromwell Movies

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Previous (62)

2023 |
Merry Little Batmanas Alfred Pennyworth
2022 |
Prancer: A Christmas Taleas Bud
2022 |
The Mercy for Animals Gala
2020 |
Emperoras John Brown
2020 |
Never Too Lateas Jack Bronson
2019 |
Countdown to Year Zero
2019 |
The Laundromatas Joe Martin
2019 |
The Queen
The Queen
2019
1h 8m
Documentary
7.2
The behind the scenes of a national drag queen contest in New York City, including the rehearsals leading up to the contest, the conversations in the dressing room and the jealousies that emerge before and after the competition.
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asPrince Philip
2018 |
Blowout: Who's Next?as Narrator
2018 |
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
PG-13
2h 8m
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
6.1
When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.
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asBenjamin Lockwood
2017 |
A Crack in Everything
2017 |
Up to Us
2017 |
Marshall
Marshall
2017
PG-13
1h 58m
Biography, Crime, Drama, History
7.3
The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.
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asJudge Foster
2017 |
The Promise
The Promise
2017
PG-13
2h 13m
Action, Adventure, Drama, War
6.1
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris - a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
asAmbassador Morgenthau
2014 |
In Between Songs
2014 |
Big Hero 6
Big Hero 6
2014
PG
1h 42m
Action, Adventure, Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who together team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
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asRobert Callaghan
2013 |
The Trials of Cate McCallas Justice Sumpter
2012 |
Still Mineas Craig Morrison
2012 |
Memorial Dayas Bud Vogel
2009 |
A Lonely Place for Dyingas Howard Simons
2012 |
Soldiers of Fortuneas Haussman
2012 |
Cowgirls 'n Angelsas Terence
2011 |
Hide Awayas The Ancient Mariner
2011 |
The Artistas Clifton
2010 |
Making Burros Fly
2010 |
MindFlux
2010 |
Skin Trade
2010 |
Secretariatas Ogden Phipps
2009 |
Surrogatesas Older Canter
2007 |
Dante's Infernoas Virgil
2007 |
Looking for Else
2007 |
Becoming Janeas Reverend Austen
2007 |
Spider-Man 3as Captain Stacy
2006 |
Animal People: The Humane Movement in America
2006 |
Sustainable Table: What's on Your Plate?
2006 |
King Leopold's Ghost
2004 |
I, Robotas Dr. Alfred Lanning
2003 |
The Snow Walkeras Walter Shepherd
2003 |
Blackballas Ray
2002 |
The Sum of All Fearsas President Fowler
2002 |
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarronas The Colonel
2000 |
Central Casting
2000 |
Space Cowboysas Bob Gerson
1999 |
Snow Falling on Cedarsas Judge Fielding
1999 |
The Green Mile
The Green Mile
1999
R
3h 9m
Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
8.6
Paul Edgecomb, the head death row guard at a prison in 1930s Louisiana, meets an inmate, John Coffey, a black man who is accused of murdering two girls. His life changes drastically when he discovers that John has a special gift.
asWarden Hal Moores
1999 |
The Bacheloras Priest
1999 |
The General's Daughteras General Campbell
1998 |
Owd Bobas Adam MacAdam
1998 |
Babe: Pig in the Cityas Farmer Arthur Hoggett
1998 |
Deep Impactas Alan Rittenhouse
1998 |
Species IIas Senator Ross
1997 |
The Education of Little Treeas Granpa
1997 |
L.A. Confidentialas Dudley Smith
1996 |
The People vs. Larry Flyntas Charles Keating
1996 |
Star Trek: First Contactas Zefram Cochrane
1996 |
Eraseras Donahue
1995 |
Babeas Farmer Hoggett
1992 |
The Babeas Brother Mathias
1984 |
The House of Godas Officer Quick
1984 |
Tankas Deputy Euclid
1983 |
The Man with Two Brainsas Realtor
1981 |
Nobody's Perfektas Dr. Carson