James Cromwell

Career timeline

1. 1940 · Born

   Born in Los Angeles, California, USA

2. 1971 · Screen debut

   All in the Family (TV)

3. 1999 · Breakthrough

   The Green Mile (Movie)

4. 2024 · Latest release

   Murder in a Small Town (TV)

Career in numbers

13 1970s

14 1980s

15 1990s

13 2000s

15 2010s

5 2020s

• Drama53
• Comedy21
• Crime20
• Action11
• Mystery10
• Family10

Highest-rated title The Green Mile 1999 8.5 Most popular title American Horror Story 2011 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside James Cromwell in our catalogue.

James Caan

2 titles together

Adam Arkin

2 titles together

Morgan Freeman

2 titles together

Danny Nucci

2 titles together

Toby Jones

2 titles together

1. 2024 Murder in a Small Town as George Wilcox 6.7 TV
2. 2024 Rebel Ridge as Judge 7.0 Movie
3. 2024 Sugar as Jonathan Siegel 7.2 TV
4. 2021 Law & Order: Organized Crime as Miles Darman 7.9 TV
5. 2020 Star Trek: Lower Decks as Dr. Zefram Cochrane (voice) 7.6 TV
6. 2019 The Laundromat as Joseph David Martin 6.0 Movie
7. 2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as Benjamin Lockwood 6.5 Movie
8. 2018 Succession as Ewan Roy 8.3 TV
9. 2017 Counterpart as Yanek 7.5 TV
10. 2017 Marshall as The Judge 7.3 Movie
11. 2016 The Promise as Henry Morgenthau Sr. 6.8 Movie
12. 2016 The Young Pope as Cardinal Michael Spencer 7.7 TV
13. 2016 Berlin Station as Gilbert Dorn 7.2 TV
14. 2014 Big Hero 6 as Professor Robert Callaghan (voice) 7.7 Movie
15. 2014 Murder in the First as Warren Daniels 5.8 TV
16. 2014 Halt and Catch Fire as Jacob Wheeler 7.9 TV
17. 2011 The Artist as Clifton 7.4 Movie
18. 2011 American Horror Story as Dr. Arthur Arden 8.1 TV
19. 2010 Boardwalk Empire as Andrew W. Mellon 8.0 TV
20. 2010 Secretariat as Ogden Phipps 7.4 Movie
21. 2009 Surrogates as Dr. Lionel Canter 6.2 Movie
22. 2008 W. as George H.W. Bush 6.2 Movie
23. 2007 Spider-Man 3 as Captain Stacy 6.5 Movie
24. 2007 Becoming Jane as Mr. Austen 7.3 Movie
25. 2006 The Queen as Prince Philip 6.9 Movie
26. 2005 The Longest Yard as Warden Hazen 6.7 Movie
27. 2004 I, Robot as Dr. Alfred Lanning 7.0 Movie
28. 2002 The Sum of All Fears as President Fowler 6.4 Movie
29. 2002 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron as The Colonel (voice) 7.7 Movie
30. 2001 24 as Phillip Bauer 7.8 TV
31. 2001 Star Trek: Enterprise as Dr. Zefram Cochran (uncredited) 7.5 TV
32. 2001 Six Feet Under as George Sibley 8.1 TV
33. 2000 Space Cowboys as Bob Gerson 6.4 Movie
34. 1999 The Green Mile as Warden Hal Moores 8.5 Movie
35. 1999 The West Wing as President D. Wire Newman 8.3 TV
36. 1999 The General's Daughter as General Joseph Campbell 6.4 Movie
37. 1998 Babe: Pig in the City as Farmer Arthur Hoggett 5.7 Movie
38. 1998 Deep Impact as Alan Rittenhouse 6.3 Movie
39. 1998 Species II as Senator Ross 5.2 Movie
40. 1997 L.A. Confidential as Dudley Smith 7.8 Movie
41. 1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt as Charles Keating 7.0 Movie
42. 1996 Star Trek: First Contact as Dr. Zefram Cochrane 7.3 Movie
43. 1996 Eraser as Donahue 6.1 Movie
44. 1995 Babe as Farmer Hoggett 6.3 Movie
45. 1994 ER as Bishop Stewart 7.8 TV
46. 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Hanok 7.9 TV
47. 1992 Picket Fences as The Bishop 7.4 TV
48. 1991 Home Improvement as Fred 7.4 TV
49. 1988 China Beach 7.4 TV
50. 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation as Prime Minister Nayrok 8.4 TV
51. 1987 Jake and the Fatman 6.2 TV
52. 1986 Matlock as Judge Raymond Price 7.0 TV
53. 1985 Amazing Stories as Francis 7.5 TV
54. 1985 The Twilight Zone as (segment "A Message From Charity") 7.7 TV
55. 1985 Explorers as Mr. Müller 6.3 Movie
56. 1984 Hunter as Seymour Robbins 7.1 TV
57. 1984 Revenge of the Nerds as Mr. Skolnick 6.4 Movie
58. 1984 Night Court as Alan 7.3 TV
59. 1983 Scarecrow and Mrs. King 6.6 TV
60. 1982 Knight Rider as Curtis 7.5 TV
61. 1982 Family Ties as John Hancock 7.2 TV
62. 1981 Hill Street Blues 7.6 TV
63. 1978 The White Shadow as Mr. Hamilton TV
64. 1978 Dallas as Gerald Kane 6.9 TV
65. 1977 Three's Company as Detective Lannigan 7.6 TV
66. 1977 Eight Is Enough 6.2 TV
67. 1976 Alice 7.0 TV
68. 1976 Murder by Death as Marcel Cassette 7.1 Movie
69. 1976 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman as Reverend Buryfield TV
70. 1975 Barney Miller as Wilkinson 7.4 TV
71. 1974 The Rockford Files as Terry 7.6 TV
72. 1974 Little House on the Prairie as Harve Miller 8.0 TV
73. 1973 Police Story 7.0 TV
74. 1972 M*A*S*H 8.0 TV
75. 1971 All in the Family as Stretch Cunningham 7.8 TV

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