James Cromwell
Birthday: January 27, 1940
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Height: 6' 7"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for James Cromwell. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

Spider-Man 3	(2007)
[ Tobey Maguire ][ Topher Grace ][ James Franco ][ Thomas Haden Church ][ Ted Raimi ]
Becoming Jane	(2007)
[ Anne Hathaway ][ James McAvoy ][ Ian Richardson ]
The Queen	(2006)
[ Michael Sheen ]
Avenger	(2006)
[ Sam Elliott ][ Timothy Hutton ]
Dante's Inferno	(2006)
[ Dermot Mulroney ][ Tony Hale ][ Bill Chott ]
Pope John Paul II	(2005)
[ Christopher Lee ][ Jon Voight ][ Cary Elwes ][ Ben Gazzara ]
Static	(2005)
[ Jeremy Sisto ][ Peter Krause ]
All Alone	(2005)
[ Jeremy Sisto ][ Peter Krause ]
Ecotone	(2005)
[ Peter Krause ]
Singing for Our Lives	(2005)
[ Peter Krause ][ Ed Begley Jr. ]
The Longest Yard	(2005)
[ Adam Sandler ][ Burt Reynolds ][ Rob Schneider ][ Chris Rock ][ William Fichtner ]
I, Robot	(2004)
[ Will Smith ][ Shia LaBeouf ][ Alan Tudyk ][ Bruce Greenwood ][ Chi McBride ]
'Salem's Lot	(2004)
[ Donald Sutherland ][ Rob Lowe ][ Stephen King ][ Rutger Hauer ][ Nicholas Hammond ]
The Snow Walker	(2003)
[ Barry Pepper ][ Jon Gries ]
Blackball	(2003)
[ Vince Vaughn ][ Ian McNeice ]
RFK	(2002)
[ Ving Rhames ][ Linus Roache ][ Martin Donovan ][ David Paymer ][ Jacob Vargas ]
The Nazi	(2002)
The Sum of All Fears	(2002)
[ Ben Affleck ][ Morgan Freeman ][ Liev Schreiber ][ Bruce McGill ][ Philip Baker Hall ]
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	(2002)
[ Matt Damon ][ Hans Zimmer ]
The Magnificent Ambersons	(2002)
[ Jonathan Rhys Meyers ][ Michael O'Keefe ][ Bruce Greenwood ]
A Death in the Family	(2002)
Twist of Fate	(2002)
A Walk in the Woods	(2001)
Thy Will Be Done	(2001)
[ Mark Valley ]
Rock, Paper, Scissors	(2001)
[ Matt Craven ]
Great Bear Rainforest	(2001)
Space Cowboys	(2000)
[ Clint Eastwood ][ Tommy Lee Jones ][ Tommy Lee ][ Donald Sutherland ][ Frank Sinatra ]
Fail Safe	(2000)
[ George Clooney ][ Harvey Keitel ][ Hank Azaria ][ Don Cheadle ][ Sam Elliott ]
A Slight Case of Murder	(1999)
[ William H Macy ][ William H. Macy ][ Vincent Pastore ][ Adam Arkin ][ James Pickens Jr. ]
Snow Falling on Cedars	(1999)
[ Ethan Hawke ][ Max von Sydow ][ Sam Shepard ][ Bing Crosby ][ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ]
The General's Daughter	(1999)
[ John Travolta ][ James Woods ][ Timothy Hutton ][ Clarence Williams III ][ John Benjamin Hickey ]
The Green Mile	(1999)
[ Tom Hanks ][ Michael Clarke Duncan ][ Sam Rockwell ][ Stephen King ][ Gary Sinise ]
RKO 281	(1999)
[ John Malkovich ][ Ridley Scott ][ Liev Schreiber ][ Tony Scott ][ Roy Scheider ]
The Bachelor	(1999)
[ Chris O'Donnell ][ Peter Ustinov ][ Artie Lange ][ Hal Holbrook ]
Babe: Pig in the City	(1998)
[ Hugo Weaving ][ Adam Goldberg ][ Mickey Rooney ][ Jim Cummings ][ James Cosmo ]
Deep Impact	(1998)
[ Elijah Wood ][ Steven Spielberg ][ Morgan Freeman ][ Robert Duvall ][ Jon Favreau ]
Species II	(1998)
[ Michael Madsen ][ Peter Boyle ][ Mykelti Williamson ][ Richard Belzer ][ George Dzundza ]
The Education of Little Tree	(1997)
[ Graham Greene ]
L.A. Confidential	(1997)
[ Kevin Spacey ][ Russell Crowe ][ Danny DeVito ][ Guy Pearce ][ Simon Baker ]
Owd Bob	(1997)
[ Colm Meaney ]
Star Trek: First Contact	(1996)
[ Patrick Stewart ][ Brent Spiner ][ Jonathan Frakes ][ Michael Dorn ][ Neal McDonough ]
The People vs. Larry Flynt	(1996)
[ Edward Norton ][ Crispin Glover ][ Oliver Stone ][ Woody Harrelson ][ Milos Forman ]
Eraser	(1996)
[ Arnold Schwarzenegger ][ James Caan ][ Robert Pastorelli ][ Danny Nucci ][ Nick Chinlund ]
Do We Have to Write You a Check?	(1995)
Babe	(1995)
[ Hugo Weaving ][ Ross Bagley ][ Courtland Mead ]
The Visit	(1995)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial	(1995)
[ James Woods ][ Oliver Stone ][ Henry Thomas ][ Courtland Mead ]
The Shaggy Dog	(1994)
[ Jeremy Sisto ][ Scott Weinger ][ Ed Begley Jr. ][ Jon Polito ]
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love	(1994)
[ Robert Carradine ][ Ted McGinley ][ Curtis Armstrong ][ Paul Gleason ][ Robert Picardo ]
Romeo Is Bleeding	(1993)
[ Gary Oldman ][ Ron Perlman ][ Roy Scheider ][ Michael Wincott ][ Dennis Farina ]
Birthright: Part 1	(1993)
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation	(1992)
[ Clancy Brown ][ Robert Carradine ][ Ted McGinley ][ Curtis Armstrong ][ Chi McBride ]
The Babe	(1992)
[ John Goodman ][ Richard Tyson ]
In a Child's Name	(1991)
[ Christopher Meloni ][ Michael Ontkean ]
The Hunted	(1990)
Miracle Landing	(1990)
[ Will Estes ][ Wayne Rogers ][ Armin Shimerman ]
Pink Cadillac	(1989)
[ Jim Carrey ][ Clint Eastwood ][ Geoffrey Lewis ][ Sven-Ole Thorsen ][ William Moseley ]
The Runnin' Kind	(1989)
[ David Packer ]
Christine Cromwell: Things That Go Bump in the Night	(1989)
[ Dean Cain ][ Mel Ferrer ][ Ralph Bellamy ]
The Rescue	(1988)
[ Kevin Dillon ]
China Beach	(1988)
[ Robert Picardo ][ Brian Wimmer ]
Alison's Demise	(1987)
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	(1987)
[ Anthony Edwards ][ Bradley Whitford ][ Robert Carradine ][ Curtis Armstrong ][ Donald Gibb ]
A Fine Mess	(1986)
[ Ted Danson ][ Paul Sorvino ][ Blake Edwards ][ Dennis Franz ][ Howie Mandel ]
Tail of the Dancing Weasel	(1985)
Explorers	(1985)
[ River Phoenix ][ Ethan Hawke ][ Frank Welker ][ Robert Picardo ][ Danny Nucci ]
Lockup in Laredo	(1985)
Deja Vu	(1984)
Oh, God! You Devil	(1984)
[ Robert Picardo ][ Ron Silver ][ George Burns ]
Revenge of the Nerds	(1984)
[ John Goodman ][ Anthony Edwards ][ Robert Carradine ][ Ted McGinley ][ Curtis Armstrong ]
Spraggue	(1984)
[ Michael Nouri ]
Tank	(1984)
[ James Garner ][ C. Thomas Howell ]
The House of God	(1984)
[ Michael Richards ][ Tim Matheson ][ Ossie Davis ][ Gilbert Gottfried ][ Charles Fleischer ]
The Man with Two Brains	(1983)
[ Steve Martin ][ David Warner ][ Jeffrey Combs ]
The Reluctant Runaway: Part 1	(1982)
The Wall	(1982)
[ Eli Wallach ][ Griffin Dunne ]
The Rainmaker	(1982)
[ Tommy Lee Jones ][ Tommy Lee ][ William Katt ]
Liquidation	(1981)
[ Walter Olkewicz ]
Nobody's Perfekt	(1981)
[ Alex Rocco ]
Barefoot in the Park	(1981)
A Christmas Without Snow	(1980)
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Part 1	(1980)
[ Patrick Labyorteaux ]
Strip Joint	(1979)
Mainstream	(1979)
The Hero	(1979)
The Cheap Detective	(1978)
[ David Ogden Stiers ][ Dom DeLuise ][ Abe Vigoda ][ Scatman Crothers ][ Sid Caesar ]
Group Home	(1977)
Deadly Game	(1977)
[ Andy Griffith ][ Dan O'Herlihy ]
The Girl in the Empty Grave	(1977)
[ Andy Griffith ][ George Gaynes ]
Murder by Death	(1976)
[ Peter Sellers ][ Alec Guinness ][ David Niven ]
Last Tango in Tuckahoe	(1974)
Archie Is Missing!	(1974)
Archie's Raise	(1974)
Nowhere to Turn	(0)
[ Walter Olkewicz ]

Trivia

• Vegan.
• Son of actress Kay Johnson and director/actor John Cromwell
• Step-son of actress Ruth Nelson.
• Educated at Carnegie Institute of Technology
• Besides his own appearances in the Star Trek series, his wife Julie Cobb played Yeoman Thompson in "By Any Other Name" and daughter Rosemary Morgan played Piri in "The Chute."
• A believer in non-terrestrial intelligence.
• Celebrity sponsor of the Great American Meatout, March 20, 2001.
• Was arrested for trespassing during an animal rights demonstration in Virginia, targeting the Wendy's fast food chain. He and four other PETA protesters refused to leave after urging patrons to boycott the restaurant. Cromwell was released on his own recognizance after about five hours. [3 July 2001]
• He is the only actor to ever utter the words "Star Trek" on Star Trek itself. In the movie Star Trek: First Contact (1996) his character said to the crew, "...and you're all astronauts, on some kind of....star trek?"
• Played a US President three times - fictional President Fowler in The Sum of All Fears (2002) fictional President Newman in "The West Wing" (1999) and Lyndon B. Johnson in the telemovie RFK (2002) (TV).
• In The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), he plays Charles Keating, a publisher. Keating has the same first and last initials (CK) as Charles Kane, the character in Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). In that movie, Charles (Foster) Kane is a newspaper publisher based, in no small part, upon real-life newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. Cromwell portrayed Hearst in the behind-the-scenes look at "Citizen Kane", entitled RKO 281 (1999) (TV).
• At 6' 7", he is the tallest Oscar-nominated actor of all time (he was nominated for his Best Actor in a Support Role in Babe (1995)).
• Was given the role of the Prison Warden in The Longest Yard (2005) after negotiations with Gary Oldman fell through.
• He struggled somewhat early in his career due to his height and the fact that few producers wanted someone towering over their leading men. Many of his early roles show him seated or leaning on something.
• Shares a birthday with actress Mimi Rogers, actress Rosamund Pike, Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, actor Alan Cumming and actress Bridget Fonda.
• Was a member of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s
• He is known to be a passionate liberal who openly supports several progressive political causes. He is most outspoken about the protection of animals.
• Former son-in-law of actor Lee J. Cobb
• Stars in the remake of 'Salem's Lot (2004) (TV), based on Stephen King 's novel, and his wife, Julie Cobb, starred in the original 1979 version.
• Attended the prestigious Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, the alma mater of Harry Hamlin and Oliver Stone.

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