James Cromwell
AKA: Jim Crowell
Birthday: 1940-01-27
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
James Oliver Cromwell (born 27 January 1940) is an American film and television actor, probably best known for his role as Dr. Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek: First Contact. 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 29 May 1986.
Filmography
Character: Dr. Zefram Cochrane
Character: Warden Hal Moores
Character: Philip of Edinburgh
Character: Captain Stacey
Character: Dr. Alfred Lanning
Character: Charles Keating
Character: George H.W. Bush
Character: Judge Fielding
Character: General Joseph Campbell
Character: President Fowler
Character: Marcel Cassette
Character: Alan Rittenhouse
Character: The Colonel (voice)
Character: Farmer Arthur Hoggett
Character: William Donohue
Character: Farmer Hoggett
Character: Walter "Shep" Shepherd
Character: Brother Mathias
Character: Reverend Lohman
Character: Paul Devereaux
Character: President Lyndon Baines Johnson
Character: William Randolph Hearst
Character: Dr. Lionel Canter
Character: Terence Parker
Character: The Ancient Mariner
Character: Craig Morrison
Character: Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
Character: Charlie Mulvihill
Character: Justice Sumpter
Character: Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Character: Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
Character: Chief Bludhorn
Character: Deputy Malcom Rossiter Jr.
Character: Henry Morgenthau Sr.
Character: Frederick (Red King)
Character: Judge Pounders
Character: Card. Adam Sapieha
Character: Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Character: Dr. Abel Evergood
Character: Benjamin Lockwood
Character: Bernard Mantee
Character: Joseph David Martin
Character: Virgil (voice)
Character: Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey
Character: Self - Interviewee
Character: Motel Desk Clerk
Character: Self / Warden Hal Moores
Character: Detective Blist
Character: Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)
Character: Lt. George Hurley
Character: Major Amberson