James Cromwell filmography

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James Cromwell filmography
James Cromwell 2010.jpg
Cromwell in 2010
Occupation
  • Actor
Years active1955–present

The following is a list of acting credits for American character actor and activist James Cromwell .

Contents

With nearly 200 acting credits to his name, Cromwell has starred in Babe (1995), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), L.A. Confidential (1997), The Green Mile (1999), Space Cowboys (2000), The Sum of All Fears (2002), I, Robot (2004), and The Artist (2011), Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom’’(2018), as well as the television series Six Feet Under (2003–05), 24 (2007), American Horror Story: Asylum (2012), and Halt and Catch Fire (2015).

Cromwell has been nominated for four Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Babe. In 2013, he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor for his role in Still Mine and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role in American Horror Story: Asylum. [1]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1955 Daddy Long Legs ExtraAppears at ~1:11:01 on RHS of screen
1976 Murder by Death Marcel
1978 The Cheap Detective Schnell
1981 Nobody's Perfekt Dr. Carson
1982 Born to the Wind Fish Belly
1983 The Man with Two Brains Realtor
1984 The House of God Officer Quick
Tank Deputy Euclid Baker
Revenge of the Nerds Mr. SkolnickCredited as "Jamie Cromwell"
Oh, God! You Devil Priest
1985 Explorers Mr. Müller
1986 A Fine Mess Detective Blist
The Last Precinct Chief Bludhorn
1987 Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise Mr. Skolnick
1988 The Rescue Admiral Rothman
1989 The Runnin' Kind Unknown
Pink Cadillac Motel Desk Clerk
1992 The Babe Brother Mathias
1993 Romeo Is Bleeding Cage
1995 Babe Farmer Arthur Hoggett
1996 Eraser William Donohue
The People vs. Larry Flynt Charles Keating
Star Trek: First Contact Dr. Zefram Cochrane
1997 L.A. Confidential Captain Dudley Smith
The Education of Little Tree Granpa
1998 Owd Bob Adam MacAdam
Species II Senator Judson Ross
Deep Impact Alan Rittenhouse
Babe: Pig in the City Farmer Arthur Hoggett
1999 The General's Daughter Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell
The Bachelor Priest
The Green Mile Warden Hal Moores
Snow Falling on Cedars Judge Fielding
2000 Space Cowboys Bob Gerson
2002 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron The ColonelVoice [2]
The Sum of All Fears President J. Robert Fowler
The NaziFranz
2003 Blackball Ray Speight
The Snow Walker Walter Shepherd
2004 I, Robot Dr. Alfred Lanning
2005 The Longest Yard Warden Rudolph Hazen
2006 The Queen Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
2007 Dante's Inferno Virgil
Becoming Jane Reverend Austen
Spider-Man 3 George Stacy
2008Hit FactorOrson Fierce
Tortured Jack
W. George H. W. Bush
2009 A Lonely Place for Dying Howard Simons
Surrogates Dr. Lionel Canter
2010 Secretariat Ogden Phipps
2011AdmissionsThe Clerk
The Artist Clifton
2012 Cowgirls 'n Angels Terence Parker
Memorial Day Bud Vogel
Flying into Love Lyndon B. Johnson
Still Mine Craig Morrison
Soldiers of Fortune Sam Haussmann
2013 The Trials of Cate McCall Justice Sumpter
2014 Big Hero 6 Robert Callaghan / YokaiVoice [2]
2016 The Promise Henry Morgenthau Sr.
2017 Marshall Judge Foster
2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Benjamin Lockwood [3]
2019 The Laundromat Joseph David "Joe" Martin
2020 Never Too Late Jack Bronson
Emperor John Brown
2022 Prancer: A Christmas Tale Bud Mcshane
2023 Merry Little Batman Alfred Pennyworth Voice; direct-to-streaming film [4] [5]
2024 Rebel Ridge Judge

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974 The Rockford Files TerryEpisode: "The Countess"
All in the Family Stretch Cunningham3 episodes
Maude AlfieEpisode: "Last Tango in Tuckahoe"
1975 Hot l Baltimore Bill Lewis13 episodes
Barbary Coast RoyEpisode: "The Ballad of Redwing Jail"
1976–1977 The Nancy Walker Show Glen13 episodes
1977 Police Story LutzEpisode: "Ice Time"
M*A*S*H Captain Leo BardonaroEpisode: "Last Laugh"
Three's Company Detective LanniganEpisode: "Chrissy's Night Out"
Barney Miller Sgt. WilkinsonEpisode: "Group Home"
1978 Maude Dr. FarringtonEpisode: "The Obscene Phone Call"
Alice Detective Ralph HiltonEpisode: "Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?"
1979 Barney Miller Neil SpencerEpisode: "Strip Joint"
Flatbush SonnyEpisode: "Kar Kannibals"
Eight Is Enough Coach PollardEpisode: "The Better Part of Valor"
Diff'rent Strokes Father O'BrienEpisode: "Arnold's Hero"
The White Shadow Mr. HamiltonEpisode: "Mainstream"
1980 Flo LeonEpisode: "Homecoming"
The White Shadow Art CummingsEpisode: "The Death of Me Yet"
Little House on the Prairie Harve MillerEpisode: "Laura Ingalls Wilder: Part 1 & 2"
1981 Barney Miller Jason ParrishEpisode: "Liquidation"
1982 Nurse Paul MooreEpisode: "A Place to Die"
Father Murphy Farley Webster2 episodes
1984 Buffalo Bill Staunton McMollerEpisode: "Jerry Lewis Week"
Gimme a Break! Russell CosgroveEpisode: "Class of '84"
1984–1985 Dallas Gerald Kane3 episodes
1985 Night Court AlanEpisode: "Nuts About Hurry"
Family Ties John HancockEpisode: "Philadelphia Story"
Riptide Joey DietzEpisode: "Girls Night Out"
Hardcastle and McCormick Jake FellowsEpisode: "Undercover McCormick"
Knight Rider CurtisEpisode: "Ten Wheel Trouble"
Wildside Fake Buffalo Bill Episode: "Buffalo Who?"
Hill Street Blues LowenhandlerEpisode: "Grin and Bear It"
Hunter Seymour RobbinsEpisode: "Sniper"
The Twilight Zone Obediah PayneEpisode: "A Message From Charity"
1985–1986 Scarecrow and Mrs. King Gregory2 episodes
1986 Amazing Stories FrancisEpisode: "One for the Road"
1986 Magnum, P.I. French PolicemanEpisode: "Photo Play"
1986–1987 Easy Street Quentin Standard22 episodes
1988 China Beach AmbassadorEpisode: "Pilot"
Mr. Belvedere Roy GallagherEpisode: "Fat Cats"
Mama's Boy Lucky3 episodes
1989 Christine Cromwell ArthurEpisode: "Things That Go Bump in the Night"
1990 Life Goes On Bill HendersonEpisode: "Thacher and Henderson"
Matlock Judge Raymond PriceEpisode: "Nowhere to Turn"
1990-1993 Star Trek: The Next Generation Prime Minister Nayrok/Jaglom Shrek3 episodes: "The Hunted" and "Birthright Part 1 & 2"
1991 The Young Riders JacobEpisode: "Peacemakers"
Jake and the Fatman HavillandEpisode: "It Never Entered My Mind"
1994 L.A. Law Attorney HuttonEpisode: "McKenzie, Brackman, Barnum and Bailey"
Home Improvement FredEpisode: "My Dinner with Wilson"
1995 Renegade Jeremy SilimenEpisode: Stalker's Moon
Picket Fences The BishopEpisode: "Saint Zach"
Hawkeye LongsworthEpisode: "The Visit"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine HanokEpisode: "Starship Down"
1995–1996 Partners Mr. Saxonhouse2 episodes
1996 Strange Luck MinisterEpisode: "Healing Hands"
The Client Officer Joe DentonEpisode: "The High Ground"
2001 ER Bishop Stewart4 episodes
Star Trek: Enterprise Dr. Zefram Cochrane2 episodes
Citizen Baines Senator Elliot Baines7 episodes; Also Producer
2003 Angels in America Henry2 episodes
2003–2005 Six Feet Under George Sibley 26 episodes
2004 The West Wing President D. Wire NewmanEpisode: "The Stormy Present"
Salem's Lot Father Donald Callahan 2 episodes
2005 Pope John Paul II Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha
2007 24 Phillip Bauer8 episodes
Masters of Science Fiction Randolph LudwinEpisode: "Watchbird"
2008 My Own Worst Enemy Alistar Trumble6 episodes
2009 Impact Lloyd2 episodes
2010 Pius XII: Under the Roman Sky Pope Pius XII
2012–2013 Boardwalk Empire Andrew W. Mellon 4 episodes
2012–2013 American Horror Story: Asylum Dr. Arthur Arden/Hans Gruper10 episodes
2013 Do No Harm Dr. Phillip Carmelo3 episodes
2013–2014 Betrayal Thatcher Karsten13 episodes
2014–2015 Murder in the First Warren Daniels10 episodes
2015 Halt and Catch Fire Jacob Wheeler8 episodes
2016 The Young Pope Cardinal Michael Spencer
2017–2019 The Detour J.R.10 episodes
2017 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Albert B. Fall Episode: "Sinclair Broadcast Group"
2018–2023 Succession Ewan Roy7 episodes
2018–2020 Big Hero 6: The Series Robert Callaghan / YokaiVoice, 2 episodes [2]
2018–2019 Berlin Station Gilbert Dorn4 episodes
2018–2019 Counterpart Yanek6 episodes
2019 The Family Douglas Coe 5 episodes
2020 Operation Buffalo General "Cranky" Crankford6 episodes
2022 Law & Order: Organized Crime Miles Darman2 episodes
Julia John McWilliamsEpisode: "Boeuf Bourguignon"
Star Trek: Lower Decks Holographic Zefram Cochrane (voice)Episode: "Grounded"
2024 Sugar Jonathan Siegel7 episodes
Murder in a Small Town George WilcoxEpisode: "The Suspect"
2025Bat-FamAlfred Pennyworth (voice)Main role [6]

Television films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976StrandedJerry Holmes
Once an Eagle J. L. Cleghorne
1977The Girl in the Empty GraveDeputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
Deadly GameDeputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
1980 A Christmas Without Snow Reverend Lohman
1981 Barefoot in the Park Harry Pepper
1982The RainmakerNoah Curry
The WallFrancisek
1984SpraggueLieutenant Hurley
EarthlingsSimon Games
1986 Dream West Major General David Hunter
1987Alison's DemiseHumboldt Hobson
1990 Miracle Landing B.J. Cocker
1991In a Child's NameOfficialUncredited
1992 Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation Mr. Skolnick
1994 Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love Mr. Skolnick
The Shaggy Dog Charlie "The Robber" Mulvihill
1995 Indictment: The McMartin Trial Judge Pounders
1999A Slight Case of MurderJohn Edgerson
RKO 281 William Randolph Hearst
2002A Death in the FamilyJoel Lynch
The Magnificent Ambersons Major Amberson
RFK President Lyndon B. Johnson
2003 A Carol Christmas The Ghost of Christmas Future Uncredited
2006 Avenger Paul Devereaux
2009StrikeoutDirector
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers Hank Paulson

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
1970 Othello Montano Broadway revival
1992 Hamlet Polonius Broadway revival
2007 Long Day's Journey into Night James Tyrone, Sr. Druid Theatre
2012 Waiting for Godot Pozzo Center Theatre Group
2014 Rupert Rupert Murdoch Sydney Theatre Company
2019Grand HorizonsBill Hayes Theater

References

  1. "Nominees & Winners - 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmys.com. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "James Cromwell (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 14, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  3. "James Cromwell shares details about 'Jurassic World' sequel". Ora TV. April 24, 2017. Archived from the original on April 27, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  4. Melissa, Billie (November 14, 2023). "Luke Wilson Is Bruce Wayne in Merry Little Batman". Men's Journal | Streaming. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  5. Flook, Ray (November 13, 2023). "Merry Little Batman: The Joker Teases a Trailer Drop for This Tuesday". bleedingcool.com. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  6. Milligan, Mercedes (September 18, 2025). "Prime Video's 'Bat-Fam' Unmasks Voice Cast Heroes and Villains".

See also