James Cromwell
James CromwellTowering character actor James Cromwell was born Jan. 27, 1940, in Los Angeles, the son of veteran Hollywood director John Cromwell (Of Human Bondage, Dead Reckoning). Fans of television's "All in the Family" will remember James as Archie Bunker's drinking pal, Stretch Cunningham.

From TV, Cromwell went on to small roles in numerous 1970s and '80s films, including Murder by Death, The Cheap Detective, The Man with Two Brains, Revenge of the Nerds and Pink Cadillac. Ironically, he appeared in the 1992 film The Babe (the Babe Ruth biopic) but soared to fame three years later as Farmer Hoggett in Babe (the talking-pig family classic). Cromwell was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for that performance and repeated the role in the sequel Babe: Pig in the City.

Later roles include Star Trek: First Contact, Eraser, L.A. Confidential, The Green Mile, I, Robot and Angels in America.

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  • The QueenThe Queen

    After Princess Diana's shocking death, Queen Elizabeth II and the newly elected Tony Blair try to manage Diana's loss on a personal level while reacting to public demand that the princess be memorialized in a manner beyond standard protocol. Read More

  • BabeBabe

    Director Chris Noonan's tale of precocious piglet Babe's (voiced by Christine Cavanaugh) struggle to fit in and become a champion sheepherder won the hearts of audiences and critics. Nominated for seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture), Babe won the Visual Effects Oscar, and everything from... Read More

  • Babe: Pig in the CityBabe: Pig in the City

    After winning the sheepherding contest, Babe (voiced by Elizabeth Daily) comes home to the reality that Farmer and Mrs. Hoggett (James Cromwell and Magda Szubanski) may lose their land. The prize porker and Mrs. Hoggett go to the big city in a desperate attempt to save the farm but become separated.... Read More

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    Directed by Stephen Frears, this televised play broadcast live on CBS is a remake of director Sidney Lumet's 1964 Cold War nail-biter, which follows U.S. officials in a race to stop nuclear war from breaking out after a technical malfunction. The all-star cast includes Richard Dreyfuss, Don Cheadle,... Read More

  • TorturedTortured

    Undercover FBI agent Jimmy Vaughn (Cole Hauser) is put to the ultimate test when he's ordered by a notorious crime boss to interrogate and torture a mob accountant (Laurence Fishburne) accused of stealing millions of dollars in dirty money. Nolan Lebovitz writes and directs this nail-biting thriller... Read More

All James Cromwell Movies
The Artist (2011)
PG-13
A Year in Mooring (2011)
PG-13
Secretariat (2010)
PG
Pope Pius XII (2010)
NR
Surrogates (2009)
PG-13
Impact (2009)
Last Impact - Der Einschlag
NR
W. (2008)
Bush
PG-13
My Own Worst Enemy: The Complete Series (2008)
NR
Tortured (2008)
R
Dante's Inferno (2007)
NR
Becoming Jane (2007)
PG-13
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
(Bonus materials available separately)
PG-13
Masters of Science Fiction (2007)
NR
The Queen (2006)  Top 100
PG-13
Avenger (2006)
NR
The Longest Yard (2005)
PG-13
Pope John Paul II (2005)
NR
I, Robot (2004)
PG-13
Salem's Lot (2004)
NR
Oscar Wilde: Happy Birthday, Oscar Wilde (2004)
NR
National Lampoon's Blackball (2003)
R
Angels in America (2003)
NR
The Snow Walker (2003)
PG
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
G
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
PG-13
A Death in the Family (2002)
NR
RFK (2002)
NR
Six Feet Under (2001)
TV-MA
Space Cowboys (2000)
PG-13
Fail Safe (2000)
NR
The Magnificent Ambersons (2000)
NR
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
PG-13
The Green Mile (1999)
R
The General's Daughter (1999)
R
A Slight Case of Murder (1999)
NR
RKO 281 (1999)
R
The Bachelor (1999)
PG-13
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
G
Species II (1998)
R
L.A. Confidential (1997)
R
The Education of Little Tree (1997)
PG
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek VIII / Star Trek 8
PG-13
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
R
Eraser (1996)
R
Babe (1995)
G
Romeo Is Bleeding (1994)
R
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994)
NR
The Babe (1992)
PG
Pink Cadillac (1989)
PG-13
Explorers (1985)
PG
The Twilight Zone: Season 1 (The 80s) (1985)
TV-PG
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
R
The House of God (1984)
R
Revenge of the Nerds Double Feature (1984)
R
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
R
Buffalo Bill: Seasons 1 & 2 (1983)
NR
The Wall (1982)
UR
A Christmas Without Snow (1980)
NR
The Cheap Detective (1978)
Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective
PG
Murder by Death (1976)
PG
Seventh Victim / Shadows in the Dark (1943)
NR

 
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