Portrait of James Cromwell

Acting

James Cromwell

Career

Active from 1975 to 2026, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Leading roles
44
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Fail Safe
Fail Safe
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 134 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
James Cromwell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.8, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    2.0, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 7
  • Political Intrigue 6
  • Coming-of-Age 5
  • Melancholy 4
  • Family-Friendly 4
  • Biographical Drama 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Classic Sitcom 3
  • Lighthearted 3
  • Heartwarming 3
  • Nostalgic 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

172
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Night Vet
Night Vet

as Dr. Abel Evergood

Get Lost
Get Lost

as Frederick (Red King)

2020s

13 titles Β· average score 67
Living With A Visionary
Living With A Visionary (2026)

as Narrator (voice)

BAT-FAM
BAT-FAM (2025)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show Β· as Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (voice)

Sugar
Sugar (2024)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show Β· as Jonathan Siegel

Murder in a Small Town
Murder in a Small Town (2024)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show Β· as George Wilcox

Rebel Ridge
Rebel Ridge (2024)
GoodWatch score 77

as Judge

Merry Little Batman
Merry Little Batman (2023)
GoodWatch score 75

as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

Prancer: A Christmas Tale
Prancer: A Christmas Tale (2022)
GoodWatch score 69

as Bud

Law & Order: Organized Crime
Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show Β· as Miles Darman

Operation Buffalo
Operation Buffalo (2020)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show Β· as Cranky

Emperor
Emperor (2020)
GoodWatch score 51

as John Brown

Never Too Late
Never Too Late (2020)
GoodWatch score 44

as Jack Bronson

Star Trek: Lower Decks
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show Β· as Dr. Zefram Cochrane (voice)

2010s

32 titles Β· average score 67
The Family
The Family (2019)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show Β· as Douglas Coe

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
GoodWatch score 53

as Benjamin Lockwood

Marshall
Marshall (2017)
GoodWatch score 73

as The Judge

The Trials of Cate McCall
The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
GoodWatch score 54

as Justice Sumpter

Still Mine
Still Mine (2012)
GoodWatch score 78

as Craig Morrison

Soldiers of Fortune
Soldiers of Fortune (2012)
GoodWatch score 25

as Haussman

Cowgirls n' Angels
Cowgirls n' Angels (2012)
GoodWatch score 65

as Terence Parker

Hide Away
Hide Away (2011)
GoodWatch score 36

as The Ancient Mariner

The Artist
The Artist (2011)
GoodWatch score 85

as Clifton

Memorial Day
Memorial Day (2011)
GoodWatch score 62

as Bud Vogel

American Horror Story
American Horror Story (2011)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show Β· as Dr. Arthur Arden

Admissions
Admissions (2011)

as The Clerk

2000s

34 titles Β· average score 63
Surrogates
Surrogates (2009)
GoodWatch score 48

as Dr. Lionel Canter

Tortured
Tortured (2008)
GoodWatch score 55

as Jack

Becoming Jane
Becoming Jane (2007)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mr. Austen

The Queen
The Queen (2006)
GoodWatch score 83

as Prince Philip

Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (2005)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show Β· as Cardinal Adam Sapieha

I, Robot
I, Robot (2004)
GoodWatch score 63

as Dr. Alfred Lanning

Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot (2004)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show Β· as Donald Callahan

The Snow Walker
The Snow Walker (2003)
GoodWatch score 80

as Walter "Shep" Shepherd

Blackball
Blackball (2003)
GoodWatch score 44

as Ray Speight

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
GoodWatch score 68

as The Colonel (voice)

The Sum of All Fears
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
GoodWatch score 55

as President Fowler

Space Cowboys
Space Cowboys (2000)
GoodWatch score 68

as Bob Gerson

1990s

31 titles Β· average score 62
The General's Daughter
The General's Daughter (1999)
GoodWatch score 47

as General Joseph Campbell

The Green Mile
The Green Mile (1999)
GoodWatch score 78

as Warden Hal Moores

RKO 281
RKO 281 (1999)
GoodWatch score 81

as William Randolph Hearst

Babe: Pig in the City
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
GoodWatch score 61

as Farmer Arthur Hoggett

Deep Impact
Deep Impact (1998)
GoodWatch score 50

as Alan Rittenhouse

Owd Bob
Owd Bob (1998)
GoodWatch score 64

as Adam MacAdam

Species II
Species II (1998)
GoodWatch score 28

as Senator Ross

L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential (1997)
GoodWatch score 86

as Dudley Smith

The Education of Little Tree
The Education of Little Tree (1997)
GoodWatch score 66

as Nonno

Eraser
Eraser (1996)
GoodWatch score 54

as Donahue

The People vs. Larry Flynt
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
GoodWatch score 78

as Charles Keating

Babe
Babe (1995)
GoodWatch score 79

as Farmer Hoggett

1980s

37 titles Β· average score 59
The Rescue
The Rescue (1988)
GoodWatch score 54

as Adm. Rothman

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show Β· as Jaglom Shrek / Prime Minister Nayrok

Easy Street
Easy Street (1986)

TV show

Explorers
Explorers (1985)
GoodWatch score 58

as Mr. MΓΌller

Tank
Tank (1984)
GoodWatch score 40

as Deputy Euclid

Spraggue
Spraggue (1984)

as Lt. George Hurley

Oh, God! You Devil
Oh, God! You Devil (1984)
GoodWatch score 43

as Priest

Night Court
Night Court (1984)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show Β· as Alan

The Man with Two Brains
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
GoodWatch score 68

as Realtor

Knight Rider
Knight Rider (1982)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show Β· as Curtis

Family Ties
Family Ties (1982)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show Β· as John Hancock

Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues (1981)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show

1970s

23 titles Β· average score 69
Dallas
Dallas (1978)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show Β· as Gerald Kane

The Girl in the Empty Grave
The Girl in the Empty Grave (1977)
GoodWatch score 67

as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.

Deadly Game
Deadly Game (1977)

as Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.

Three's Company
Three's Company (1977)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show Β· as Detective Lannigan

The Nancy Walker Show
The Nancy Walker Show (1976)

TV show Β· as Glen

Alice
Alice (1976)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

Hot l Baltimore
Hot l Baltimore (1975)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Barney Miller
Barney Miller (1975)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show Β· as Wilkinson / Dr. Edmund Danworth

Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show Β· as Harve Miller

The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files (1974)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show Β· as Terry

M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H (1972)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

All in the Family
All in the Family (1971)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show Β· as Stretch Cunningham