User blog:ARTaylor/James Cromwell Turns 79

Today is the seventy-ninth birthday for James Cromwell. The actor was born on January 27, 1940 in Los Angeles, California and is the son of an actress and director. He made early appearances on M*A*S*H, The Rockford Files, and a recurring appearance on All in the Family. He made small appearances in all four of the Revenge of the Nerds series as Mr. Skolnick. He rose to fame in the 1990s as Farmer Hoggett in Babe. He would go on to play major roles in The People vs. Larry Flynt, L. A. Confidential, and The Green Mile. He is known for multiple roles in the Star Trek series appearing in minor roles on The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. He played Dr. Zefram Cochrane, the father of faster-than-light travel, in the film Star Trek: First Contact, reprising the role on Enterprise. He has done numerous television roles on series such as ER, Six Feet Under, The West Wing, and American Horror Story. He has portrayed such historical figures like Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in The Queen and President George Herbert Walker Bush in W.. During his career he has been nominated for four Emmy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has one a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Marvel fans would recognize his voice as Yokai/Robert Callaghan in the film Big Hero 6, reprising the role for the series.