He was natural John Oliver Cromwell within Los Angeles, California, but raised within Manhattan, New York. He was a adopted son of John Cromwell and actress Kay Johnson. Cromwell was educated at The Hill School, Middlebury College and the Carnegie Institute of Technology. He exposed acting at Carnegie Mellon University. He went into a theater (prefer each his parents) doing all about from either Shakespeare to experimental plays.

He began operate around televisiin in the mid-1970s (notably Stretch Cunningham on All in the Family and a lead character around "Hot L Baltimore"), processed his film debut inside 1976, and goes back to the stage sporadically.

His virtually all notable roles include Dr. Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek: First Contact (1996) (the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "In a Mirror, Darkly" later reused some of this footage [http://www.trektoday.com/news/270405_02.shtml]) & farmer Arthur Hoggett inside Babe (1995). He likewise played U.S. President Robert "Bob" Fowler in The Sum of All Fears (2002) and the role of a previous President D. Wire Newman inside an episode of The West Wing. He besides appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

In the 2004 movie I, Robot, he played Dr. Alfred Lanning, developer of modern golem & discoverer of the Three Laws of Robotics. He's when well recently appeared as a warder in the remaking of The Longest Yard.

Cromwell as well starred as a series regular in the endure deuce seasons of the HBO original series Six Feet Under, in which he played George Sibley, Ruth Fisher's geologist husband.

James Cromwell is as well an honorable vegan and frequently speaks retired in issues on carnal cruelty.

Selected Filmography
The Longest Yard (2005) Six Feet Under (2001) (TV series) (2004–2005) I, Robot (2004) '''Salem's Lot (2004) (TV) Angels in America (2003) The Sum of All Fears (2002) Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) (voice) The Magnificent Ambersons (2002) (TV) Space Cowboys (2000) The General's Daughter (1999) The Green Mile (1999) Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) Babe: Pig in the City (1998) Deep Impact (1998) Species II (1998) L.A. Confidential (1997) Star Trek: First Contact (1996) The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) Eraser (1996) Babe (1995) Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994) (TV) Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992) (TV) Miracle Landing (1990) (TV) Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987) Revenge of the Nerds (1984) The Man with Two Brains (1983) The Cheap Detective (1978) Murder by Death (1976) Hot L Baltimore'' (1975) (TV series)