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James Cromwell

James Cromwell's biography

James Cromwell is 82 years old television actor born at Los Angeles. He was born on Saturday 27th of January 1940. He is often nicknamed as Jamie. According to year of birth 1940 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 27th of January means he is Aquarius. Aquarius is an Airy sign. They are smart thinkers, social, communicative, independent and intelligent people.

He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be television actor. You can know him also as film actor, character actor, stage actor, voice actor. He is recently known as actor. He received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie American Horror Story: Asylum in 2013

James Cromwell's dad

James Cromwell's father's name is John Cromwell. He is known as film director. His father was born on Friday 23rd of December 1887 in Toledo. His father died on Wednesday 26th of September 1979 in Santa Barbara. John Cromwell was 39 years old, when this happened.

James Cromwell's mom

James Cromwell's mother's name is Kay Johnson. She is known as actor. His mother was born on Tuesday 29th of November 1904 in Mount Vernon. James Cromwell was born when she was 36 years old. His mother died on Monday 17th of November 1975 in Waterford. Kay Johnson was 35 years old, when this happened.

James Cromwell's family

James Cromwell's ex spouse

Julie Cobb

James Cromwell and Julie Cobb have been together since 1986 for 19 years. Julie is known as actor. His ex spouse was born on Thursday 29th of May 1947 in Los Angeles.

James Cromwell's schools

We found 4 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Carnegie Mellon University, Middlebury College, The Hill School, HB Studio.

Detailed informations about his schools

  • Attended the prestigious Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, the alma mater of Harry Hamlin and Oliver Stone.

James Cromwell's career

His main focus is to be television actor. He is famous thanks to Babe. You could see him also in American Horror Story: Asylum.

Awards and competitions

James Cromwell's Awards

  • He was awarded the 1979 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Terra Nova" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

James Cromwell's Rankings

  • Was ranked 56 of Total Film's Top 100 Greatest Movie Villains for his role as Captain Dudley Smith in L.A. Confidential (1997).

James Cromwell's Nominations

  • He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for work Babe in 1995

What James Cromwell has done for a first time

  • Is the only actor to ever utter the words "Star Trek" on Star Trek itself. In the film Star Trek: First Contact (1996), his character Zefram Cochrane said to the crew, "...and you're all astronauts on... some kind of star trek?".
  • His interest in drama was at first to become a stage director, and he began acting as a way of making ends meet.
  • Has twice played a prison warden, both with units of measure in the title: The Green Mile (1999) and The Longest Yard (2005). Has also been in two movies about pioneering space travel: Explorers (1985) and Star Trek: First Contact (1996).
  • Has worked with David Warner in The Man with Two Brains (1983). Both stars appeared in the very popular Star Trek series. Warner appeared in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) and Cromwell appeared in Star Trek: First Contact (1996).
  • Has worked with Malcolm McDowell in the comedy drama The Artist (2011). Both stars appeared in the very popular Star Trek series. McDowell appeared in Star Trek: Generations (1994) and Cromwell appeared in Star Trek: First Contact (1996).
  • Has worked with Ron Perlman in Romeo Is Bleeding (1993). Both stars appeared in the very popular Star Trek series. Cromwell appeared in Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Perlman appeared in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).

James Cromwell's quotes

  • [on his Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Babe (1995)] Andy Warhol said everybody gets their 15 minutes of fame. And if this is mine, I couldn't imagine a better 15 minutes.
  • In talking about the 2018 midterm elections, he said "If we don't stop [President Trump] now, then we will have a revolution for real. Then there will be blood in the streets."
  • Until men learn to celebrate and operate on the feminine aspect of themselves and stop the oppression of women, children, the environment, other species, we don't have a world to live in.
  • If men don't acknowledge their fear and suppress it, they put anger on top. They project their fear onto someone else and see an enemy and then act with anger and violence.
  • What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent.
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James Cromwell's body shape

Lets describe how James Cromwell looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.