James Cromwell Add to My Celebs Age 72 Birthday Jan. 27th, 1940 Born in Los Angeles, California, USA Height 6' 5 1/2"

James Cromwell's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Impact Lloyd Citizen Baines Senator Bai… Hot L Baltimore Bill Lewis Partners Mr. Saxonho… The Nancy Walker Show Glen

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Secretariat 2009 - Surrogates 2008 - W. 2008 - Tortured 2007 - Becoming Jane 2007 - Spider-Man 3 2006 - The Queen 2005 - The Longest Yard 2004 - I, Robot 2003 - Blackball 2002 - The Sum of All Fears 2000 - Space Cowboys 1999 - The General's Daughter 1999 - The Bachelor 1999 - The Green Mile 1999 - Snow Falling on Cedars 1998 - Deep Impact 1998 - Species II 1998 - Babe: Pig in the City 1997 - L.A. Confidential 1996 - The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 - Star Trek: First Contact 1996 - Eraser 1995 - Babe 1992 - The Babe 1989 - Pink Cadillac 1987 - Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise 1986 - A Fine Mess 1985 - Explorers 1984 - Tank 1984 - Revenge of the Nerds 1984 - Oh, God! You Devil 1983 - The Man with Two Brains 1978 - The Cheap Detective 1976 - Murder by Death 1955 - Daddy Long Legs

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Born in Los Angeles but raised in Manhattan and educated at Middlebury College and Carnegie Tech, James Cromwell - the son of noted film director John Cromwell (I) - studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon. He went into the theater (like both his parents) doing everything from Shakespeare to experimental plays. He started doing TV in 1974, gaining some notice in a recurring role as Archie Bunker's buddy Stretch Cunningham in "All in the Family" (1971), made his film debut in 1976, and goes back to the stage periodically. Some of his more noted film roles have been in Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and the surprise hit about a charming pig, Babe (1995). He garnered some of the best reviews of his career - many of which said he should have received an Oscar - for his role as a corrupt, conniving police captain in L.A. Confidential (1997).


TRIVIA:

• In _The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)_ (qv), he plays 'Charles Keating (II)' (qv), a publisher. Keating has the same first and last initials (CK) as Charles Kane, the character in 'Orson Welles' (qv)' _Citizen Kane (1941)_ (qv). In that movie, Charles (Foster) Kane is a newspaper publisher based, in no small part, upon real-life newspaper magnate 'William Randolph Hearst' (qv). Cromwell portrayed Hearst in the behind-the-scenes look at "Citizen Kane", entitled _RKO 281 (1999) (TV)_ (qv).
• Son of actress 'Kay Johnson (I)' (qv) and director/actor 'John Cromwell (I)' (qv).
• Played a fictional President in _The Sum of All Fears (2002)_ (qv) and real-life President 'Lyndon Johnson (I)' (qv). 'Donald Moffat' (qv), who has also played Johnson, played the fictional President in _Clear and Present Danger (1994)_ (qv).
• Educated at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
• He is known to be a passionate liberal who openly supports several progressive political causes. He is most outspoken about the protection of animals.
• Celebrity sponsor of the Great American Meatout, March 20, 2001.
• Stars in the remake of _'Salem's Lot (2004) (TV)_ (qv), based on 'Stephen King (I)' (qv) 's novel, and his wife, 'Julie Cobb' (qv), starred in the original 1979 version.
• Attended the prestigious Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, the alma mater of 'Harry Hamlin' (qv) and 'Oliver Stone (I)' (qv).

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