<P> James Oliver Cromwell ( born January 27 , 1940 ) is an American actor . 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 ) , The Artist ( 2011 ) and Marshall ( 2017 ) , as well as the television series Six Feet Under ( 2003 -- 2005 ) , 24 ( 2007 ) and Halt and Catch Fire ( 2015 ) . </P>
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James Oliver Cromwell