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Film & TV
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 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,…
Known for
- Living With A Visionary — Narrator (voice)2026
- BAT-FAM — Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (voice)2025
- Rebel Ridge — Judge2024
- Sugar — Jonathan Siegel2024
- Murder in a Small Town — George Wilcox2024
- Merry Little Batman — Alfred Pennyworth (voice)2023
- Prancer: A Christmas Tale — Bud2022
- Law & Order: Organized Crime — Miles Darman2021
- Emperor — John Brown2020
- Never Too Late — Jack Bronson2020
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Key facts
- Born
- James Oliver Cromwell , ( 1940-01-27 ) January 27, 1940 (age 86) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Other name
- Jamie Cromwell
- Education
- Carnegie Mellon University ( BFA )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1974–present
- Spouses
- Anne Ulvestad, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1977 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1986 ) Julie Cobb , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2005 ) Anna Stuart , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2014 )
- Parents
- John Cromwell Kay Johnson
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Oliver
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Father
- John Cromwell
- Mother
- Kay Johnson
- Occupation
- actor
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Six Feet Under
- Movement
- animal rights movement
- Image
- James Cromwell 2010.jpg
- Height
- 79
- Residence
- Warwick
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- Commons category
- James Cromwell
- date of birth
- 1940-01-27
- lifestyle
- veganism
- birth name
- James Oliver Cromwell
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- stepparent
- Ruth Nelson
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- James Cromwell
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Encyclopedic overview
James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American actor. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Babe (1995). Other film roles include Star Trek: First Contact (1996), L.A. Confidential (1997), Deep Impact (1998), The Green Mile (1999), Space Cowboys (2000), I, Robot (2004), The Longest Yard (2005), The Queen (2006), Spider-Man 3 (2007), W. (2008), Secretariat (2010), The Artist (2011), Still Mine (2012), The Promise (2016), Marshall (2017), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), and Emperor (2020). He has also voiced roles in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002), and Big Hero 6 (2014).
Cromwell is also well known for his roles in television including guest starring in 4 episodes of ER (2001), Angels in America (2003), Six Feet Under (2003–2005), The West Wing (2004), American Horror Story: Asylum (2012–2013), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Boardwalk Empire (2012–2013), The Young Pope (2016), Counterpart (2018–2019), Succession (2018–2023), for which he earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor, and Sugar (2024).
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