Born in Los Angeles but raised in Manhattan and educated at Middlebury
College and Carnegie Tech, James Cromwell - the son of noted film
director John Cromwell - studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon. He went
into the theater (like both his parents) doing everything from
Shakespeare to experimental plays. He started doing TV in 1974,
gaining some notice in a recurring role as Archie Bunker's buddy
Stretch Cunningham in "All in the Family" (1971), made his film debut
in 1976, and goes back to the stage periodically. Some of his more
noted film roles have been in L.A. Confidential (1997), Revenge of the
Nerds (1984) and the surprise hit about a charming pig, Babe (1995).

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