John Cullum

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John Cullum

Acting 96 March 2, 1930

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

John Cullum (born March 2, 1930) is an American actor and singer. He is a five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time winner, both for Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Shenandoah in…

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8.0 1999 TV Show
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
The Blacklist

The Blacklist

7.6 2013 TV Show
Mad Men

Mad Men

8.1 2007 TV Show
Before We Go

Before We Go

6.7 2014 Movie
Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap

8.0 1989 TV Show
ER

ER

7.8 1994 TV Show
The Good Wife

The Good Wife

7.6 2009 TV Show
Kill Your Darlings

Kill Your Darlings

7.0 2013 Movie
The Middle

The Middle

7.6 2009 TV Show
Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

7.2 1994 TV Show
30 Rock

30 Rock

7.5 2006 TV Show

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John Cullum (born March 2, 1930) is an American actor and singer. He is a five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time winner, both for Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Shenandoah in 1975 and On the Twentieth Century in 1978). On screen, Cullum is best known for his starring role as tavern owner Holling Vincoeur in Northern Exposure (1990 - 1995), which earned him an Emmy nomination. He also had recurring roles on ER, Law & Order: SVU, The Middle, and Madam Secretary. His film appearances include Hawaii (1966), 1776 (1972), All Good Things (2010), Kill Your Darlings (2013), Before We Go (2014), and Christine (2016).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2022
    Simchas and Sorrows

    Movie Nate

  2. 2021
    The Acolyte

    Movie Arch Pontifex

  3. 2021
    John Cullum: An Accidental Star

    Movie Self

  4. 2020
    Jungleland

    Movie Yates

  5. 2019
    Prodigal Son

    TV show Logan Zeiger

  6. 2016
    Christine

    Movie Bob Andersen

  7. 2015
    Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

    TV show Daddy's Daddy

  8. 2014
    The Historian

    Movie Brigston Hadley

  9. 2014
    Madam Secretary

    TV show Senator Beau Carpenter

  10. 2014
    Before We Go

    Movie Harry

  11. 2014
    Love Is Strange

    Movie Father Raymond

  12. 2014
    Adult World

    Movie Stan

  13. 2013
    Kill Your Darlings

    Movie Professor Steeves

  14. 2013
    The Blacklist

    TV show Ted King

  15. 2013
    Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center

    Movie The Starkeeper

  16. 2013
    Kilimanjaro

    Movie Milton

More credits
  1. 2011
    The Conspirator

    Movie Justice Wylie

  2. 2010
    All Good Things

    Movie Richard Panatierre

  3. 2010
    Lafayette: The Lost Hero

    Movie Self - Narrator

  4. 2009
    The Middle

    TV show Big Mike

  5. 2009
    The Good Wife

    TV show Cardinal James

  6. 2009
    Nurse Jackie

    TV show Wally

  7. 2007
    Damages

    TV show Ed O'Malley

  8. 2007
    Mad Men

    TV show Lee Garner, Sr.

  9. 2006
    30 Rock

    TV show Mysterious Man

  10. 2006
    The Notorious Bettie Page

    Movie Preacher in Nashville

  11. 2006
    The Night Listener

    Movie Pap Noone

  12. 2005
    Secrets of Angels, Demons and Masons

    Movie Narrator

  13. 2004
    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Movie Other Voices (voice)

  14. 2003
    Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

    Movie Other Voices (voice)

  15. 2001
    Ricochet River

    Movie Link Curren

  16. 1999
    Held Up

    Movie Jack

  17. 1999
    Roswell

    TV show James Valenti Sr.

  18. 1999
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    TV show Barry Moredock

  19. 1999
    Inherit the Wind

    Movie Judge Merle Coffey

  20. 1998
    The Magnificent Seven

    TV show Reverend Owen Mosley

  21. 1997
    The Secret Life of Algernon

    Movie Algernon Pendleton

  22. 1994
    Touched by an Angel

    TV show Mark Twain

  23. 1994
    ER

    TV show David Greene

  24. 1990
    Law & Order

    TV show Harold Dorning