List of awards and nominations received by James Cromwell
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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
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Best Supporting Actor | Babe | Nominated | [1] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critics Choice Movie Awards | ||||
| 2011 | Best Cast | The Artist | Nominated | [2] |
| Critics Choice Television Awards | ||||
| 2012 | Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries | American Horror Story: Asylum | Nominated | [3] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
| 2000 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | RKO 281 | Nominated | [4] |
| 2001 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | ER (episode: "A Walk In The Woods") | Nominated | [5] |
| 2003 | Six Feet Under | Nominated | [6] | |
| 2013 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | American Horror Story: Asylum | Won | [7] |
| 2020 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Succession (episode: "Dundee") | Nominated | [8] |
| 2022 | Succession (episode: "Retired Janitors of Idaho") | Nominated | [9] | |
| 2023 | Succession (episode: "Church and State") | Nominated | [10] | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | L.A. Confidential | Nominated | [11] |
| 2000 | The Green Mile | Nominated | [12] | |
| 2005 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | Six Feet Under | Nominated | [13] |
| 2006 | Nominated | [14] | ||
| 2012 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | The Artist | Nominated | [15] |
Miscellaneous awards
| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 2000 | The General's Daughter | Favorite Supporting Actor – Suspense | Nominated | [16] |
| Canadian Screen Awards | 2013 | Still Mine | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Won | [17] |
| Satellite Awards | 2024 | Succession | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated | [18] |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2005 | The Longest Yard | Choice Movie Villain | Nominated | [19] |
Honorary awards
| Organizations | Year | Accolade | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Luis Obispo International Film Festival | 2007 | King Vidor Memorial Award | Honored | |
| Polish Film Festival | 2021 | Pola Negri Award | Honored |
References
- ^ "Academy Awards, USA (1996)". IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2012)". IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Critics' Choice Television Awards (2013)". Critics' Choice Awards. Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Primetime Emmy Awards (2000)". IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Primetime Emmy Awards (2001)". IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Primetime Emmy Awards (2003)". IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Primetime Emmy Awards (2013)". IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "72nd Emmy Awards Complete Nomination List" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
- ^ Lewis, Hilary; Nordyke, Kimberly (July 12, 2022). "2022 Emmy Awards Nominations Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series Nominees / Winners 2023". Television Academy. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ "Screen Actors Guild Awards (1998)". IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Screen Actors Guild Awards (2000)". IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005)". IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006)". IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012)". IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000)". IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Genie Awards (2013)". IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "IPA Reveals Nominations for the 28th Satellite™ Awards". International Press Academy. December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ "Teen Choice Awards (2005)". IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
