James Cromwell had a role in a movie.
A Lonely Place for Dying . Starring Ross Marquand , Michael Wincott , Michael Scovotti and James Cromwell , the film is set in 1972 during the Cold War . James Cromwell . Some of his more notable films include Star Trek : First Contact ( 1996 ) , L.A. Confidential ( 1997 ) , The Green Mile ( 1999 ) , Space Cowboys ( 2000 ) , The Sum of All Fears ( 2002 ) , I , Robot ( 2004 ) , The Longest Yard ( 2005 ) , The Queen ( 2006 ) , Secretariat ( 2010 ) and The Artist ( 2011 ) , as well as the television series Six Feet Under ( 2003 -- 2005 ) , 24 ( 2007 ) and Halt and Catch Fire ( 2015 ) . Cromwell has been nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards , as well as the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Babe ( 1995 ) . He won his first Primetime Emmy Award for his role in American Horror Story : Asylum ( 2012 ) and a Canadian Screen Award for his role in Still Mine ( 2013 ) .