“Well, you know Shakespeare?” he asks, slipping into Hamlet. Apart from the first three letters, what do the two have in common? Since then he has been on call whenever an intimidating, towering (at 6ft 7in he’s the tallest actor ever to be Oscar-nominated), often grouchy presence is required, from hard-boiled detective in LA Confidential to Prince Philip in The Queen and countless others: The Artist, The Green Mile, Six Feet Under, Boardwalk Empire, Jack Bauer’s dad in 24, The Young Pope…īut his main role is that of activist rather than actor. It was on a farm most of us first met Cromwell, as Farmer Hoggett in the 1995 classic Babe. A full lineup and more information can be found here.Winter in upstate New York, it’s cold comfort to find James Cromwell in a farming town: “Not Warwick, War-Wick,” the 80-year-old actor explains when The Big Issue calls, “in isolation, like most everybody else, trying to get through this pandemic with my head still intact.” 21 to 28, during which time more than 25 Polish movies will be screened in North Hollywood. The 22nd annual Polish Film Festival runs Oct. “It’s wonderful that the Polish film festival is presenting him the Pola Negri award this October here in Los Angeles.” “James is not just an incredible actor, but an inspiration for his dedicated activism and work for a more humane, democratic and progressive world,” added Ambros. It reminded me of some of the experimental films I saw in the ’60s, made by artists like Warhol, Jodorowsky, Cassavetes and Jonas Mekas.”
“When I was made aware of his new film, Mondo Hollywood, I was excited to come on board because of the energy and messages it instills through psychedelia, comedy, and the counterculture genre. “A few years ago, I presented and executive produced Janek’s first film, Imminent Threat, a documentary about the war on terror and how it impacts civil rights and civil liberties,” Cromwell said in a statement regarding his association to the Polish helmer.
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