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 "I was embarrassed by the director, Blake Edwards, who looked at me and said, `what am I supposed to do with THAT?`. I was a little hurt to be referred to as an inanimate object at an audition. I was told by my agent that a number of big stars won`t work with anyone two inches taller than them and most of them are under six feet, so you have to be prepared to have trouble." "The goal of the government was to get all the leaders of the Black Panther Party in jail so that they could be killed systematically through prison violence, and that way they could stop what was a very powerful and evolving movement. I don`t think we would have the kind of prison population now and what happens in this country with the gangs if the Panthers had been allowed to continue what they decided to do, which was basically empower black communities to take back their self control and reestablish the dignity of being a black person in this country" - on the Black Panthers movement of the 1960s
"Andy Warhol said everybody gets their 15 minutes of fame. And if this is mine, I couldn`t imagine a better 15 minutes." [in reference to his Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Babe (1995)).
Trivia
Step-son of actress Ruth Nelson.
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Played a fictional President in The Sum of All Fears (2002) and real-life President Lyndon Johnson. Donald Moffat, who has also played Johnson, played the fictional President in Clear and Present Danger (1994).
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Was given the role of the Prison Warden in The Longest Yard (2005) after negotiations with Gary Oldman fell through.
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Shares a birthday with actress Mimi Rogers, actress Rosamund Pike, Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, actor Alan Cumming and actress Bridget Fonda.
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In addition to having played three United States Presidents, he appears in The Queen (2006) as Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
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In The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), he plays Charles Keating, a publisher. Keating has the same first and last initials (CK) as Charles Kane, the character in Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). In that movie, Charles (Foster) Kane is a newspaper publisher based, in no small part, upon real-life newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. Cromwell portrayed Hearst in the behind-the-scenes look at "Citizen Kane", entitled RKO 281 (1999) (TV).
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Played a US President three times - fictional President Fowler in The Sum of All Fears (2002) fictional President Newman in "The West Wing" (1999) and Lyndon B. Johnson in the telemovie RFK (2002) (TV).
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He is the only actor to ever utter the words "Star Trek" on Star Trek itself. In the movie Star Trek: First Contact (1996) his character said to the crew, "...and you're all astronauts, on some kind of....star trek?"
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In addition to having played four United States Presidents, he appears in The Queen (2006) as Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Used to be 6` 7" but lost height due to age, he is now 6` 5".
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Attended the prestigious Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, the alma mater of Harry Hamlin and Oliver Stone.
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Stars in the remake of `Salem`s Lot (2004) (TV), based on Stephen King `s novel, and his wife, Julie Cobb, starred in the original 1979 version.
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Former son-in-law of actor Lee J. Cobb.
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He is known to be a passionate liberal who openly supports several progressive political causes. He is most outspoken about the protection of animals.
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Worked with the Black Panthers in the 1960s.
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He struggled somewhat early in his career due to his height and the fact that few producers wanted someone towering over their leading men. Many of his early roles show him seated or leaning on something.
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At 6` 7", he is the tallest Oscar-nominated actor of all time (he was nominated for his Best Actor in a Support Role in Babe (1995)).
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Was arrested for trespassing during an animal rights demonstration in Virginia, targeting the Wendy`s fast food chain. He and four other PETA protesters refused to leave after urging patrons to boycott the restaurant. Cromwell was released on his own recognizance after about five hours. [3 July 2001]
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Celebrity sponsor of the Great American Meatout, March 20, 2001.
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A believer in non-terrestrial intelligence.
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Besides his own appearances in the Star Trek series, ex-wife Julie Cobb played Yeoman Thompson in "By Any Other Name" and daughter Rosemary Morgan played Piri in "The Chute.".
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Educated at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
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Son of actress Kay Johnson and director/actor John Cromwell.
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Played a US President four times - fictional President Fowler in The Sum of All Fears (2002) fictional President Newman in "The West Wing" (1999), Lyndon B. Johnson in the telemovie RFK (2002) (TV), and George H.W. Bush in Oliver Stone`s film W. (2008).
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