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James Oliver Cromwell, born in Los Angeles and raised in Manhattan, is an American actor whose career spans film and television, marked by performances in "Star Trek: First Contact," "Babe," "L.A. Confidential," and "Spider-Man 3." Adopted by blacklisted director John Cromwell, Cromwell followed a circuitous path to acting, studying engineering before embracing the stage and screen. A vocal critic of political and social injustices, he has used his platform to advocate for leftist causes and animal rights, notably adopting veganism after a transformative experience at a Texas stockyard. Cromwell’s accolades include Oscar and Emmy nominations, reflecting a career as dedicated to activism as it is to craft.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Living With A Visionary | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2024 | Rebel Ridge | Judge | Film |
| 2022 | Prancer: A Christmas Tale | Bud | Film |
| 2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Benjamin Lockwood | Film |
| 2017 | Marshall | The Judge | Film |
| 2017 | Counterpart | Yanek | TV |
| 2016 | The Promise | Henry Morgenthau Sr. | Film |
| 2016 | 50 Years of Star Trek | Self | Film |
| 2016 | The Young Pope | Cardinal Michael Spencer | TV |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | Professor Robert Callaghan (voice) | Film |
| 2012 | Still Mine | Craig Morrison | Film |
| 2012 | Cowgirls n' Angels | Terence Parker | Film |
| 2012 | Soldiers of Fortune | Haussman | Film |
| 2011 | The Artist | Clifton | Film |
| 2011 | Memorial Day | Bud Vogel | Film |
| 2011 | Hide Away | The Ancient Mariner | Film |
| 2010 | Pope Pius XII | Pope Pius XII | Film |
| 2010 | Secretariat | Ogden Phipps | Film |
| 2009 | A Lonely Place for Dying | Howard Simons | Film |
| 2009 | The Last Days of Lehman Brothers | Hank Paulson | Film |
| 2009 | Beyond All Boundaries | Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey | Film |
| 2009 | Impact | Lloyd | TV |
| 2009 | Surrogates | Dr. Lionel Canter | Film |
| 2008 | Tortured | Jack | Film |
| 2008 | W. | George H.W. Bush | Film |
| 2007 | Dante's Inferno | Virgil (voice) | Film |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Captain Stacy | Film |
| 2007 | Becoming Jane | Mr. Austen | Film |
| 2006 | The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird | Self | Film |
| 2006 | The Queen | Prince Philip | Film |
| 2006 | Avenger | Paul Devereaux | Film |
| 2005 | Pope John Paul II | Cardinal Adam Sapieha | TV |
| 2005 | Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy | Narrator | Film |
| 2005 | The Longest Yard | Warden Hazen | Film |
| 2004 | I, Robot | Dr. Alfred Lanning | Film |
| 2003 | Blackball | Ray Speight | Film |
| 2003 | A Carol Christmas | Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited) | Film |
| 2003 | The Snow Walker | Walter "Shep" Shepherd | Film |
| 2002 | Project Viper | MP 1 | Film |
| 2002 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | The Colonel (voice) | Film |
| 2002 | RFK | President Lyndon Baines Johnson | Film |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | President Fowler | Film |
| 2002 | A Death in the Family | Joel Lynch | Film |
| 2002 | The Magnificent Ambersons | Major Amberson | Film |
| 2001 | Citizen Baines | Elliott Baines | TV |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | George Sibley | TV |
| 2000 | Fail Safe | Gordon Knapp | Film |
| 2000 | Space Cowboys | Bob Gerson | Film |
| 1999 | A Slight Case of Murder | John Edgarson | Film |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Judge Fielding | Film |
| 1999 | RKO 281 | William Randolph Hearst | Film |
| 1999 | The Green Mile | Warden Hal Moores | Film |
| 1999 | The General's Daughter | General Joseph Campbell | Film |
| 1999 | The Bachelor | Priest | Film |
| 1998 | Babe: Pig in the City | Farmer Arthur Hoggett | Film |
| 1998 | Species II | Senator Ross | Film |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | Alan Rittenhouse | Film |
| 1998 | Owd Bob | Adam MacAdam | Film |
| 1997 | The Education of Little Tree | Nonno | Film |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Dudley Smith | Film |
| 1996 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Charles Keating | Film |
| 1996 | Eraser | William Donohue | Film |
| 1996 | Star Trek: First Contact | Dr. Zefram Cochrane | Film |
| 1995 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Judge Pounders | Film |
| 1995 | Babe | Farmer Hoggett | Film |
| 1994 | Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love | Mr. Skolnick | Film |
| 1994 | The Shaggy Dog | Charlie Mulvihill | Film |
| 1993 | Romeo Is Bleeding | Cage | Film |
| 1992 | The Babe | Brother Mathias | Film |
| 1992 | Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation | Mr. Skolnick | Film |
| 1989 | Pink Cadillac | Motel Desk Clerk | Film |
| 1988 | The Rescue | Adm. Rothman | Film |
| 1987 | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | Mr. Skolnick | Film |
| 1986 | A Fine Mess | Detective Blist | Film |
| 1985 | Explorers | Mr. Müller | Film |
| 1984 | Tank | Deputy Euclid | Film |
| 1984 | Revenge of the Nerds | Mr. Skolnick | Film |
| 1984 | Oh, God! You Devil | Priest | Film |
| 1984 | Spraggue | Lt. George Hurley | Film |
| 1984 | The House of God | Officer Quick | Film |
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