From August 11, 2020: Academy Award-nominated Actor James Cromwell visited the show for a chat about his movie Emperor.
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James Cromwell earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Farmer Hoggett in the international smash BABE, and reprised his role in the hit sequel, BABE: PIG IN THE CITY. In 2018, he appeared notably in the Steven Spielberg/Universal blockbuster JURASSIC WORLD: ANCIENT FUTURES. He recently appeared opposite Meryl Streep in THE LAUNDROMAT for Steven Soderbergh, and will be seen in the period drama EMPEROR alongside Bruce Dern and Ben Robson. Cromwell appeared in THE PROMISE alongside Oscar Isaac and Christian Bale, and in MARSHALL alongside Chadwick Boseman and Sterling K. Brown, with other films including the Academy Award-winning THE ARTIST football dramedy THE LONGEST YARD opposite Adam Sandler, I, ROBOT alongside Will Smith, Oscar-nominated features THE GREEN MILE (Frank Darabont), THE QUEEN (Stephen rears), SECRETARIAT (Gary Ross), SPIDERMAN III (Sam Raimi), and LA CONFIDENTIAL (Curtis Hanson) among many others. Cromwell starred in STILL MINE opposite Genevieve Bujold (Toronto Film Festival Premiere / Top Ten Canadian Films of 2012), winning the Best Actor Award at the 2013 Canadian Film Awards, a Genie Award, and the Best Actor Award at the Seattle International Film Festival for his performance.
Cromwell won a 2013 Emmy Award for his turn opposite Jessica Lange and Lily Rabe on American Horror Story: Asylum. He currently recurs on HBO's Succession opposite Brian Cox, was just seen in two very different season-long arcs concurrently: on Epix's Berlin Station opposite Richard Jenkins and on Starz' Counterpart opposite J K Simmons. He earlier starred opposite Lee Pace on AMC's Halt & Catch Fire, in HBO miniseries The Young Pope opposite Jude Law and Diane Keaton, and continues his recurring role in the TBS comedy The Detour playing Jason Jones' mysterious, wily father-in-law. He played erudite defense attorney Warren Daniels on the TNT/Steven Bochco series Murder in the First, Andrew Mellon on HBO's Boardwalk Empire, starred on the ABC series Betrayal as billionaire industrialist Thatcher Karsten, and appeared on the Fox series 24 as Jack Bauer's father Phillip Bauer. He earned multiple Emmy Award nominations for his work on the HBO original series Six Feet Under, the HBO movie RKO 281, and the NBC drama ER. His body of work encompasses dozens of miniseries and MOWs, including TNT's A Slight Case of Murder, HBO's Angels in America, West Wing, Picket Fences, Home Improvement, L.A. Law, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Born in Los Angeles, Cromwell grew up in New York and Waterford, Connecticut, and studied at Carnegie Mellon University (then Carnegie Tech). His father, John Cromwell, an acclaimed actor and director, was one of the first presidents of the Screen Directors Guild. His mother, Kay Johnson, was a stage and film actress.
