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James Cromwell
Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
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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.
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2026
Living With A Visionary
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2025
BAT-FAM
TV show Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (voice)
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2024
Murder in a Small Town
TV show George Wilcox
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2024
Rebel Ridge
Movie Judge
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2024
Sugar
TV show Jonathan Siegel
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2023
Merry Little Batman
Movie Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
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2022
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
Movie Bud
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2021
Mondo Hollywoodland
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime
TV show Miles Darman
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2020
Emperor
Movie John Brown
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2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks
TV show Dr. Zefram Cochrane (voice)
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2020
Operation Buffalo
TV show Cranky
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2020
Never Too Late
Movie Jack Bronson
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2019
The Immortal
Movie Grandfather
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2019
The Laundromat
Movie Joseph David Martin
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2019
The Family
TV show Douglas Coe
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2019
Countdown to Year Zero
Movie
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2018
Running for Good: The Fiona Oakes Documentary
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Movie Benjamin Lockwood
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2018
Succession
TV show Ewan Roy
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2017
Counterpart
TV show Yanek
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2017
Marshall
Movie The Judge
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2016
The Promise
Movie Henry Morgenthau Sr.
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2016
The Young Pope
TV show Cardinal Michael Spencer
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2016
Berlin Station
TV show Gilbert Dorn
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2016
50 Years of Star Trek
Movie Self
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2016
The Detour
TV show J.R.
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2016
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2015
Imminent Threat
Movie Executive Producer
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2014
Walking the Mile
Movie Self
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2014
Big Hero 6
Movie Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
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2014
In Between Songs
Movie Narrator
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2014
Murder in the First
TV show Warren Daniels
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2014
Halt and Catch Fire
TV show Jacob Wheeler
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2014
Star Trek: Enterprise - In a Mirror, Darkly
Movie Zefram Cochrane (archive footage)
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2013
The Trials of Cate McCall
Movie Justice Sumpter
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2012
La Classe américaine
Movie Self
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2012
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
Movie Self - Interviewee
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2012
Still Mine
Movie Craig Morrison
