Ten fun facts about James Cromwell

Fact 1
James Oliver Cromwell was born on January 27, 1940 in Las Angeles, California, USA. Although he was born in California, James was raised in New York where he attended the Middlebury College and Carnegie Tech.

Fact 2
His dad was film director John Cromwell who had studied at Carnegie-Mellon.

Fact 3
James first started in theater, as did both of his parents, where he acted in a number of different types of roles from Shakespeare to experimental and modern.

Fact 4
He first started in television after the theater work and was cast as Stretch Cunningham on the popular television series, “All in the Family.”

Fact 5
James Cromwell continues to enjoy working on stage and periodically returns to the theater to do a play or two.

Fact 6
His first notable movie role was in the 1984 cult classic “Revenge of the Nerds.” He also worked on “Babe” in1995, “Star Trek: First Contact” in 1996 and “LA Confidential” in 1997.

Fact 7
James married Anne Ulvestad on November 27, 1976 and was married to her for ten years, during which time they had three children together.

Fact 8
During his illustrious career he has been nominated for 3 Emmy Awards, 1 Oscar award and 4 Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Fact 9
James is actually the only actor that has ever said the words “star trek” on the television series and this is a noted trivia fact for “Star Trek” fans.

Fact 10
James was arrested in 2001 for being a part of an animal rights protest at a Wendy’s in Fairfax, Virginia in which he was ordered to remain out of the restaurants unless he intended on actually dining there.