The following is a list of awards and nominations received by James Cromwell.
James Cromwell is an American actor. He is known for his diverse and distinctive character actor roles on stage and screen. He made his acting debut in 1974 he has amassed nearly 200 film and television credits to his name. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Awards, a Critics' Choice Television Award and five Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Cromwell gained acclaimed for his role as a humble country farmer in the family comedy-drama Babe (1995) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He played a police captain in the neo-noir L.A. Confidential (1997), a compassionate warden in the fantasy drama epic The Green Mile, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the docu drama The Queen (2006), a chauffeur to a silent film star in the comedy-drama The Artist (2011), three of which earned him nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture. He took a rare leading performance in the Canadian romantic drama Still Mine (2012) earning the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor.
On television, he portrayed newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst in the HBO historical drama film RKO 281 (1999) for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He had guest roles as kindly Episcopal Bishop in the NBC medical drama series ER (2001) and an emotionally complicated geology professor in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under (2003–05), both of which earned him nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
Cromwell earned acclaim for playing the sinister and complex Dr. Arthur Arden in the FX anthology horror series American Horror Story: Asylum (2012) for which he earned won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie as well as a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries. He portrayed a recurring guest role of Ewan Roy, a stern, principled brother of a media executive in the HBO drama series Succession (2019–2023), a role which earned him three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series and a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Television.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1996 Best Supporting Actor Babe
Critics Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics Choice Movie Awards 2011 Best Cast The Artist Critics Choice Television Awards 2012 Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries American Horror Story: Asylum
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 2000 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie RKO 281 2001Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series ER (episode: "A Walk In The Woods") 2003 Six Feet Under 2013 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie American Horror Story: Asylum 2020Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Succession (episode: "Dundee") 2022 Succession (episode: "Retired Janitors of Idaho") 2023 Succession (episode: "Church and State")
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1998Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture L.A. Confidential 2000 The Green Mile 2005Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama SeriesSix Feet Under 2006 2012 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture The Artist
Miscellaneous awards Organizations YearCategory Work Result Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000Favorite Supporting Actor – Suspense The General's Daughter Canadian Screen Awards 2013Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Still Mine Satellite Awards 2024Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Succession Teen Choice Awards 2005Choice Movie Villain The Longest Yard
Honorary awards Organizations Year Accolade Result San Luis Obispo International Film Festival 2007 King Vidor Memorial Award Polish Film Festival 2021 Pola Negri Award
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