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Biography

James Cromwell is the son of Kay Johnson (actress) and John Cromwell (actor/director), and stepson of Ruth Nelson(actress). He started his further education at…more

Born

1/27/1940, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

James Oliver Cromwell

Gender

Male

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Star (7)

Role
- Six Feet Under
  George Sibley (episode 40+, recurring previously)
  - S 5: Ep 12 Everyone's Waiting
    8/21/05
  - S 5: Ep 11 Static
    8/14/05
  - S 5: Ep 10 All Alone
    8/7/05
  - S 5: Ep 9 Ecotone
    7/31/05
  - S 5: Ep 8 Singing For Our Lives
    7/24/05
  - + 19 More Credits
- Citizen Baines
  Elliott Baines
  - S 1: Ep 6 Lost And Found
    11/3/01
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Appraisal
    10/27/01
  - S 1: Ep 4 Three Days In November
    10/20/01
  - S 1: Ep 3 Days Of Confusion
    10/13/01
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Whole Thump-Thump-Thump
    10/6/01
  - + 4 More Credits
- Easy Street
  Quentin Standard
  - S 1: Ep 22 Spring Fever
    4/29/87
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Mad Gardener
    1/31/87
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Check is in the Mail
    1/18/87
  - S 1: Ep 14 Frames and Dames
    1/11/87
  - S 1: Ep 13 Friends for Life
    12/14/86
  - + 12 More Credits
- The Last Precinct
  Chief Bludhorn
  - S 1: Ep 8 Three-Ring Circus
    5/30/86
  - S 1: Ep 7 Toehold
    5/16/86
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Ghost of a Chance
    5/9/86
  - S 1: Ep 5 Never Cross A Vampire
    5/2/86
  - S 1: Ep 4 I Want My Mummy
    4/25/86
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Nancy Walker Show
  Glen
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Partners
    7/11/77
  - S 1: Ep 11 Kenneth's Memoirs
    12/23/76
  - S 1: Ep 10 Terry's Depression
    12/16/76
  - S 1: Ep 9 Rival Agents
    12/9/76
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Matter of Principle
    11/11/76
  - + 3 More Credits
- Hot L Baltimore
  Bill Lewis
  - S 1: Ep 13 Ainsley's Secret
    4/25/75
  - S 1: Ep 12 Suzy's Problem
    4/11/75
  - S 1: Ep 11 Ainsley Loves April
    4/4/75
  - S 1: Ep 10 Historic L Baltimore
    3/28/75
  - S 1: Ep 9 Brigham's Con
    3/21/75
  - + 8 More Credits
- Masters of Science Fiction
  Randolph Ludwin
  - S 1: Ep 5 Watchbird
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- My Own Worst Enemy
  Alistair Trumbull
  - S 1: Ep 9 Henry And The Terrible...Day
    12/15/08
  - S 1: Ep 8 Love In All The Wrong Places
    12/8/08
- 24
  Phillip Bauer
  - S 6: Ep 24 Day 6: 5:00 A.M. - 6:00 A.M.
    5/21/07
  - S 6: Ep 23 Day 6: 4:00 A.M. - 5:00 A.M.
    5/21/07
  - S 6: Ep 22 Day 6: 3:00 A.M. - 4:00 A.M.
    5/14/07
  - S 6: Ep 21 Day 6: 2:00 A.M. - 3:00 A.M.
    5/7/07
  - S 6: Ep 10 Day 6: 3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
    2/19/07
  - + 3 More Credits
Guest Star (67)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 24: Ep 117 February 27, 2012
    2/27/12
- Piers Morgan Tonight
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 24 February 6, 2012 - Frank Rich; The Cast of 'The Artist'
    2/6/12
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 117 Episode #5.117
    1/18/12
  - S 5: Ep 57 Episode #5.057
    11/9/11
  - S 3: Ep 62 Episode #3.062
    11/17/09
- My Own Worst Enemy
  Alistair Trumbull
  - S 1: Ep 7 Down Rio Way
    12/1/08
  - S 1: Ep 3 Hello Henry
    10/27/08
  - S 1: Ep 2 Hummingbird
    10/20/08
- e-Talk Daily
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 74 May 1, 2007
    5/1/07
- Shootout
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 16 Amber Tamblyn, James Cromwell
    2/18/07
- Six Feet Under
  George Sibley
  - S 4: Ep 4 Can I Come Up Now?
    7/11/04
  - S 3: Ep 13 I'm Sorry, I'm Lost
    6/1/03
  - S 3: Ep 12 Twilight
    5/18/03
  - S 3: Ep 11 Death Works Overtime
    5/11/03
- The West Wing
  Former Pres. D. W. Newman
  - S 5: Ep 10 The Stormy Present
    1/7/04
- Angels In America
  Roy's Doctor
  - S 1: Ep 2 Part 2 Perestroika
    12/14/03
  - S 1: Ep 1 Part 1 Millennium Approaches
    12/7/03
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 24 Show #1026
    10/12/01
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 60 James Cromwell and Melissa George
    9/26/01
  - S 3: Ep 161 James Cromwell, Regina King, and Wailing Souls
    2/15/01
- Star Trek: Enterprise
  Dr. Zefram Cochrane (uncredited)
  - S 1: Ep 2 Broken Bow (2)
    9/26/01
  - S 1: Ep 1 Broken Bow (1)
    9/26/01
- ER
  Bishop Stewart
  - S 7: Ep 15 The Crossing
    2/22/01
  - S 7: Ep 14 A Walk in the Woods
    2/15/01
  - S 7: Ep 13 Thy Will Be Done
    2/8/01
  - S 7: Ep 11 Rock, Paper, Scissors
    1/11/01
- The Client
  Joe
  - S 1: Ep 18 The High Ground
    3/26/96
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 68: Ep 1 The 68th Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/96
- Dennis Miller Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 5 Animal Rights
    2/23/96
- Partners
  Mr. Saxonhouse
  - S 1: Ep 18 Can We Keep Her, Dad?
    2/19/96
  - S 1: Ep 11 Do We Have to Write You a Check?
    12/4/95
- Strange Luck
  Minister
  - S 1: Ep 13 Healing Hands
    1/5/96
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  Hanok
  - S 4: Ep 7 Starship Down
    11/6/95
- Picket Fences
  The Bishop
  - S 3: Ep 20 Saint Zach
    4/28/95
- Hawkeye
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Visit
    2/19/95
- Home Improvement
  Fred
  - S 4: Ep 9 My Dinner With Wilson
    11/22/94
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Shrek
  - S 6: Ep 17 Birthright (2)
    3/1/93
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Jaglom Shrek
  - S 6: Ep 16 Birthright (1)
    2/22/93
- Jake and the Fatman
  Havilland
  - S 4: Ep 19 It Never Entered My Mind
    3/20/91
- The Young Riders
  Jacob
  - S 2: Ep 14 The Peacemakers
    1/19/91
- Matlock
  Judge Raymond Price
  - S 5: Ep 2 Nowhere to Turn (1)
    9/25/90
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Nayrok
  - S 3: Ep 11 The Hunted
    1/8/90
- Mr. Belvedere
  Roy Gallagher
  - S 5: Ep 1 Fat Cats
    10/14/88
- China Beach
  Ambassador Weymouth
  - S 1: Ep 2 China Beach (2)
    4/26/88
  - S 1: Ep 1 China Beach (1)
    4/26/88
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
  Gregory
  - S 3: Ep 18 Wrong Number
    3/3/86
  - S 3: Ep 4 Tail of the Dancing Weasel
    10/14/85
- Amazing Stories
  Francis
  - S 1: Ep 15 One For the Road
    1/19/86
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Obediah Paine
  - S 1: Ep 15 A Message from Charity
    11/1/85
- Hill Street Blues
  Lowenhandler
  - S 5: Ep 23 Grin and Bear It
    5/16/85
- Hunter
  Seymour Robbins
  - S 1: Ep 19 Sniper
    5/11/85
- Wildside
  Fake Buffalo Bill
  - S 1: Ep 5 Buffalo Who?
    4/18/85
- Knight Rider
  Curtis
  - S 3: Ep 19 Ten Wheel Trouble
    3/24/85
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Jake Fellows
  - S 2: Ep 20 Undercover McCormick
    3/11/85
- Riptide
  Joey Dietz
  - S 2: Ep 17 Girls Night Out
    2/19/85
- Dallas
  Gerald Kane
  - S 8: Ep 17 Bail Out
    1/25/85
  - S 8: Ep 15 Lockup in Laredo
    1/4/85
  - S 8: Ep 13 Deja Vu
    12/21/84
- Family Ties
  John Hancock
  - S 3: Ep 15 Philadelphia Story
    1/17/85
- Night Court
  Alan
  - S 2: Ep 14 Nuts About Harry
    1/17/85
- Gimme a Break!
  Russell Cosgrove
  - S 3: Ep 22 Class of '84
    5/3/84
- Buffalo Bill
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 2 Jerry Lewis Week
    1/5/84
- Father Murphy
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Reluctant Runaway (2)
    11/23/82
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Reluctant Runaway (1)
    11/16/82
- Diff'rent Strokes
  Delivery Man
  - S 4: Ep 23 Stress? What Stress?
    4/22/82
- Barney Miller
  Dr. Edmund Danworth
  - S 8: Ep 5 Stress Analyzer
    11/26/81
- Barney Miller
  Jason Parrish
  - S 7: Ep 22 Liquidation
    5/21/81
- I'm a Big Girl Now
  Bartender
  - S 1: Ep 5 Singles Bar
    11/28/80
- Little House on the Prairie
  Harve Miller
  - S 7: Ep 2 Laura Ingalls Wilder (2)
    9/29/80
  - S 7: Ep 1 Laura Ingalls Wilder (1)
    9/22/80
- Flo
  Leon
  - S 1: Ep 1 Homecoming
    3/24/80
- Barney Miller
  Neil Spencer
  - S 6: Ep 6 Strip Joint
    11/1/79
- Diff'rent Strokes
  Father O'Brien
  - S 2: Ep 7 Arnold's Hero (a.k.a.) The Hero
    10/24/79
- The White Shadow
  Mr. Hamilton
  - S 1: Ep 13 Mainstream
    3/5/79
- Eight Is Enough
  Coach Pollard
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Better Part of Valor
    2/21/79
- Alice (1985)
  Det. Ralph Hilton
  - S 3: Ep 9 Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?
    11/19/78
- Maude
  Dr. Farrington
  - S 6: Ep 13 The Obscene Phone Call
    1/16/78
- Three's Company
  Detective Lannigan
  - S 2: Ep 9 Chrissy's Night Out
    11/15/77
- M*A*S*H
  Leo Bardonaro
  - S 6: Ep 3 Last Laugh
    10/4/77
- Barney Miller
  Sgt. Wilkinson
  - S 3: Ep 20 Group Home
    3/10/77
- Police Story
  Lutz
  - S 4: Ep 20 Ice Time
    3/8/77
- All's Fair
  Shaw
  - S 1: Ep 19 Save the Yak
    3/7/77
- Insight
  Norman
  - S 16: Ep 45 Jesus B.C.
    7/10/76
- Barbary Coast
  Roy
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Ballad of Redwing Jail
    9/29/75
- All In The Family
  Stretch Cunningham
  - S 5: Ep 11 Archie and the Miracle
    11/23/74
  - S 5: Ep 9 Where's Archie? (2) (a.k.a.) Archie is Missing (2)
    11/9/74
  - S 5: Ep 4 The Bunkers and Inflation (4) (a.k.a.) Archie's Raise
    10/5/74
- Maude
  Alfie
  - S 3: Ep 9 Last Tango in Tuckahoe
    11/11/74
- The Rockford Files
  Terry
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Countess
    9/27/74

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- James Cromwell returned to the big screen again in May 2007 as Captain Stacy in Spiderman 3. He plays the father of Gwen Stacy, a 'sort of' love interest for Peter Parker.
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- He founded Hecel Oyakapi, which is Lakota for "they do it this way". The non-profit organization's mission is to have a teaching and theater facility, so the Lakota people could tell their story and culture through the arts. It also helps Lakota students.
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- He's worked with the Humane Farming Association to protect farm animals from inhumane treatment.
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- Talking about his role as Prince Philip. Cromwell:Oh, Jesus, I worked my ass on it. My problem was that you cannot make a mistake when you are playing Philip in one sound, because if you do, the reality goes out the window.
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- Talking about his time filming The Queen. Cromwell: I was very surprised that the overwhelming majority of the people on the set -- how can I put this -- loathed Diana. Diana to them is the worst kind of English person you could possibly be.
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- James Cromwell: (In reference to his Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Babe) Andy Warhol said everybody gets their 15 minutes of fame. And if this is mine, I couldn't imagine a better 15 minutes.
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