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Actor James Cromwell Kicked Out of NY Event for Heckling

75-year-old American Horror Story actor James Cromwell was escorted from an event for protesting an energy company.

Dec 3, 2015

Watch The Artist Q&A Streaming Live!

Director Michel Hazanavicius, stars Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, James Cromwell, Missi Pyle, and producer Thomas Langmann are participating in the event.

Jan 6, 2012

James Cromwell Acting Credits

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Star Trek: The Next Generation

About James Cromwell

James Oliver Cromwell is an American film and television actor probably best known for his role as Dr Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek First Contact He has been nominated for an Oscar three Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards during his career Cromwell was born in Los Angeles California and was raised in Manhattan New York He was adopted by actress Kay Johnson and actor director and producer John Cromwell who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era He was educated at The Hill School Middlebury College and Carnegie Institute of Technology now Carnegie Mellon University where he studied engineering Like both his parents he was drawn to the theater doing everything from Shakespeare to experimental plays He has long been an advocate of leftist causes In an October 2008 interview he strongly attacked the Republican Party and the George W Bush administration saying their controversial foreign policy would either destroy us or the entire planet He became a vegetarian in 1974 after seeing a stockyard in Texas and experiencing the smell terror and anxiety He became an ethical vegan while playing the character of Farmer Hoggett in the movie Babe in 1995 He frequently speaks out on issues regarding animal cruelty for PETA largely the treatment of pigs Cromwell was married to Anne Ulvestad from 1976 to 1986 They had three children He married his second wife Julie Cobb on 29 May 1986