Actor
James Cromwell
Born 27 January 1940 · Los Angeles, California, USA
James Cromwell (born 1940) is an American actor and the son of director John Cromwell and actress Kay Johnson. A prolific character player, he is best known for playing Farmer Hoggett in Babe and the corrupt Captain Dudley Smith in L.A. Confidential. He is also a vocal animal-rights activist.
Key films
Babe (1995)
His gentle turn as Farmer Hoggett became his signature role and earned an Oscar nomination.
L.A. Confidential (1997)
He played the charming but corrupt police captain Dudley Smith in this acclaimed neo-noir.
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
He played Zefram Cochrane, inventor of warp drive, a fan-favourite role in the Star Trek franchise.
The Green Mile (1999)
He played prison warden Hal Moores in the acclaimed Stephen King adaptation.
The Queen (2006)
He played Prince Philip in Stephen Frears' drama about the royal family after Princess Diana's death.
Key awards
- 1996: Academy Award nomination, Best Supporting Actor (Babe)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 115
- 1976Murder by Death · as Marcel CassetteActor
- 1977The Girl in the Empty Grave · as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.Actor
- 1977Deadly Game · as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.Actor
- 1978The Cheap Detective · as SchnellActor
- 1978Peeping Times · as Bernard ManteeActor
- 1980A Christmas Without Snow · as Reverend LohmanActor
- 1981Nobody's Perfekt · as Dr. CarsonActor
- 1982The Wall · as FrancisekActor
- 1982Barefoot In the Park · as Harry PepperActor
- 1982The Rainmaker · as Noah CurryActor
- 1983The Man with Two Brains · as RealtorActor
- 1984Revenge of the Nerds · as Mr. SkolnickActor
- 1984Tank · as Deputy EuclidActor
- 1984Oh, God! You Devil · as PriestActor
- 1984The House of God · as Officer QuickActor
- 1984Spraggue · as Lt. George HurleyActor
- 1985Explorers · as Mr. MüllerActor
- 1986A Fine Mess · as Detective BlistActor
- 1986The Last Precinct · as Chief BludhornActor
- 1987Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise · as Mr. SkolnickActor
- 1988The Rescue · as Adm. RothmanActor
- 1988China Beach: Pilot · as Ambassador at Large Roland WeymouthActor
- 1989Pink Cadillac · as Motel Desk ClerkActor
- 1989The Runnin' Kind · as Uncle PhilActor
- 1990Miracle Landing · as B.J. CockerActor
- 1992The Babe · as Brother MathiasActor
- 1992Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation · as Mr. SkolnickActor
- 1993Romeo Is Bleeding · as CageActor
- 1994Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love · as Mr. SkolnickActor
- 1994The Shaggy Dog · as Charlie MulvihillActor
- 1995Babe · as Farmer HoggettActor
- 1995Indictment: The McMartin Trial · as Judge PoundersActor
- 1996Eraser · as DonahueActor
- 1996Star Trek: First Contact · as Dr. Zefram CochraneActor
- 1996The People vs. Larry Flynt · as Charles KeatingActor
- 1997L.A. Confidential · as Dudley SmithActor
- 1997The Education of Little Tree · as NonnoActor
- 1998Deep Impact · as Alan RittenhouseActor
- 1998Babe: Pig in the City · as Farmer Arthur HoggettActor
- 1998Species II · as Senator RossActor
- 1998Owd Bob · as Adam MacAdamActor
- 1999The Green Mile · as Warden Hal MooresActor
- 1999The General's Daughter · as General Joseph CampbellActor
- 1999The Bachelor · as PriestActor
- 1999Snow Falling on Cedars · as Judge FieldingActor
- 1999RKO 281 · as William Randolph HearstActor
- 1999A Slight Case of Murder · as John EdgarsonActor
- 2000Space Cowboys · as Bob GersonActor
- 2000Fail Safe · as Gordon KnappActor
- 2000Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile · as Self / Warden Hal MooresActor
- 2002Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron · as The Colonel (voice)Actor
- 2002The Sum of All Fears · as President FowlerActor
- 2002Project Viper · as MP 1Actor
- 2002The Magnificent Ambersons · as Major AmbersonActor
- 2002RFK · as President Lyndon Baines JohnsonActor
- 2002A Death in the Family · as Joel LynchActor
- 2003The Snow Walker · as Walter "Shep" ShepherdActor
- 2003Blackball · as Ray SpeightActor
- 2003A Carol Christmas · as Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)Actor
- 2003The John Garfield Story · as SelfActor
- 2004I, Robot · as Dr. Alfred LanningActor
- 2004Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde · as SelfActor
- 2005The Longest Yard · as Warden HazenActor
- 2005Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy · as NarratorActor
- 2006The Queen · as Prince PhilipActor
- 2006Avenger · as Paul DevereauxActor
- 2006King Leopold's GhostActor
- 2006The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird · as SelfActor
- 2007Spider-Man 3 · as Captain StacyActor
- 2007Becoming Jane · as Mr. AustenActor
- 2007Dante's Inferno · as Virgil (voice)Actor
- 2007The Making of 'The Queen' · as SelfActor
- 2007Looking For Else · as SelfActor
- 2008W. · as George H.W. BushActor
- 2008Tortured · as JackActor
- 2008Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' · as SelfActor
- 2009Surrogates · as Dr. Lionel CanterActor
- 2009The Last Days of Lehman Brothers · as Hank PaulsonActor
- 2009Beyond All Boundaries · as Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William HalseyActor
- 2009Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil · as SelfActor
- 2009A Lonely Place for Dying · as Howard SimonsActor
- 2010Secretariat · as Ogden PhippsActor
- 2010Pope Pius XII · as Pope Pius XIIActor
- 2011The Artist · as CliftonActor
- 2011Memorial Day · as Bud VogelActor
- 2011Hide Away · as The Ancient MarinerActor
- 2011Farm to Fridge · as NarratorActor
- 2011Admissions · as The ClerkActor
- 2012Soldiers of Fortune · as HaussmanActor
- 2012Cowgirls n' Angels · as Terence ParkerActor
- 2012Still Mine · as Craig MorrisonActor
- 2012La Classe américaine · as SelfActor
- 2012The Artist: The Making of an American Romance · as SelfActor
- 2012A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington · as Self - IntervieweeActor
- 2012Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist · as HimselfActor
- 2013The Trials of Cate McCall · as Justice SumpterActor
- 2014Big Hero 6 · as Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)Actor
- 2014Walking the Mile · as SelfActor
- 2014Star Trek: Enterprise - In a Mirror, Darkly · as Zefram Cochrane (archive footage)Actor
- 2014In Between Songs · as NarratorActor
- 2016The Promise · as Henry Morgenthau Sr.Actor
- 201650 Years of Star Trek · as SelfActor
- 2016The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb · as Self - Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2017Marshall · as The JudgeActor
- 2018Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom · as Benjamin LockwoodActor
- 2019The Laundromat · as Joseph David MartinActor
- 2019That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars · as SelfActor
- 2019The Immortal · as GrandfatherActor
- 2019Countdown to Year ZeroActor
- 2020Emperor · as John BrownActor
- 2020Never Too Late · as Jack BronsonActor
- 2022Prancer: A Christmas Tale · as BudActor
- 2023Merry Little Batman · as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)Actor
- 2024Rebel Ridge · as JudgeActor
- 2026Living With A Visionary · as Narrator (voice)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.