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My Take
James Cromwell, for me, lives in two registers at once. He is the gentle farmer who sang to a pig in Babe, yet he can turn unsettling and menacing in projects like Six Feet Under, and that range is the whole point of a great character actor. His Carnegie Mellon stage training shows in how effortlessly he moves between voice work, blockbuster supporting turns, and intimate drama. An Emmy winner born in 1940 and still working, still willing to put himself on the line for his convictions, he is exactly the kind of weathered, principled performer I find impossible not to admire.
Overview
James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American actor. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Babe (1995). Other film roles include Star Trek: First Contact (1996), L.A.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- James Cromwell
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェームズ・クロムウェル
- Reading
- じぇーむず・くろむうぇる
- Born
- January 27, 1940 (age 86)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 79 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / character actor / stage actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Carnegie Mellon University
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Babe | — | |
| Notable work | Six Feet Under | — |
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.