Latest Update: James Cromwell & Career Highlights Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

As one of the most talked-about figures, James Cromwell has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What Is James Cromwell's Net Worth?

James Cromwell is an American actor and producer who has a net worth of $8 million. James Cromwell won a Primetime Emmy for his performance as Dr. Arthur Arden/Hans Gruper on the FX anthology series "American Horror Story: Asylum" (2012–2013), and he earned an Academy Award nomination for the role of Farmer Arthur Hoggett in the 1995 film "Babe."

James has played Quentin Standard on "Easy Street" (1986–1987), George Sibley on "Six Feet Under" (2003–2005), Phillip Bauer on "24" (2007), Cardinal Michael Spencer on "The Young Pope" (2016), and Ewan Roy on "Succession" (2018–present). Cromwell has more than 190 acting credits to his name, including the films "The People vs.Larry Flynt" (1996), "Star Trek: First Contact" (1996), "L.A. Confidential" (1997), "Deep Impact" (1998), "The Green Mile" (1999), "I, Robot" (2004), "The Queen" (2006), "Spider-Man 3" (2007), "W." (2008), "The Artist" (2011), and "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" (2018) and the television series "Hot l Baltimore" (1975), "The Nancy Walker Show" (1976–1977), "ER" (2001) "Citizen Baines" (2001), "My Own Worst Enemy" (2008), "Betrayal" (2013–2014), "Murder in the First" (2014–2015), "Halt and Catch Fire" (2015), and "The Detour" (2017–2019). James also produced the TV movie "Hit Factor" (2008), the films "A Lonely Place for Dying" (2009) and "Mondo Hollywoodland" (2019), and the documentaries "Imminent Threat" (2015) and "Running for Good: The Fiona Oakes Documentary" (2018). He has performed on Broadway as well, playing Montano in "Othello" (1970), Polonius in "Hamlet" (1992), and Bill in "Grand Horizons" (2019).

Early Life

James Cromwell was born James Oliver Cromwell on January 27, 1940, in Los Angeles, California. His mother, Kay Johnson, was an actress, and his father, John Cromwell, was an actor and director. Both of James' parents passed away in the 1970s. Kay and John divorced in 1946, and John was blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s though he claimed, "I was never anything that suggested a Red, and there never was the slightest evidence with which to accuse me of being one." James attended the Pennsylvania boarding school The Hill School, and after graduating in 1958, he enrolled at Middlebury College in Vermont. He later majored in theater at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania but left before earning his degree. Cromwell trained at New York City's HB Studio.

Career

In 1974, James made his TV debut in an episode of "The Rockford Files" and had a recurring role as Stretch Cunningham on "All in the Family." In 1975, he starred in the lead role of Bill Lewis on ABC's "Hot l Baltimore," and from 1976 to 1977, he returned to the network to play Glen on "The Nancy Walker Show." Cromwell's first feature film was 1976's "Murder by Death," then he appeared in "The Cheap Detective" (1978), "Nobody's Perfekt" (1981), "Born to the Wind" (1982), "The Man with Two Brains" (1983), "Oh, God! You Devil" (1984), "A Fine Mess" (1986), and "Pink Cadillac" (1989). He also played Mr. Skolnick in "Revenge of the Nerds" (1984), "Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise" (1987), "Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation" (1992), and "Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love" (1994). James guest-starred on "Police Story" (1977), "M*A*S*H" (1977), "Three's Company" (1977), "Barney Miller" (1977; 1979; 1981), "Maude" (1978), "Alice" (1978), "Diff'rent Strokes" (1979), "Little House on the Prairie" (1980), "Night Court" (1985), "Family Ties" (1985), "Hill Street Blues" (1985), "The Twilight Zone" (1985), and "Mama's Boy" (1988), and he had a recurring role as Gerald Kane on "Dallas" (1984–1985). From 1986 to 1987, he starred as Quentin Standard on the NBC sitcom "Easy Street" alongsideLoni Anderson.

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