Acting

John Cullum

Born 1930-03-02 · Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

John Cullum (born March 2, 1930) is an American actor and singer. He is a five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time winner, both for Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Shenandoah in 1975 and On the Twentieth Century in 1978). On screen, Cullum is best known for his starring role as tavern owner Holling Vincoeur in Northern Exposure (1990 - 1995), which earned him an Emmy nomination. He also had recurring roles on ER, Law & Order: SVU, The Middle, and Madam Secretary. His film appearances include Hawaii (1966), 1776 (1972), All Good Things (2010), Kill Your Darlings (2013), Before We Go (2014), and Christine (2016).

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Simchas and Sorrows
as Nate
2022
The Acolyte
as Arch Pontifex
2021
John Cullum: An Accidental Star
as Self
2021
John Cullum: An Accidental Star
Idea
2021
Jungleland
as Yates
2020
Prodigal Son
as Logan Zeiger
2019
Christine
as Bob Andersen
2016
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Daddy's Daddy
2015
The Historian
as Brigston Hadley
2014
Madam Secretary
as Senator Beau Carpenter
2014
Madam Secretary
as Seantor Beau Carpenter
2014
Before We Go
as Harry
2014
Love Is Strange
as Father Raymond
2014
Adult World
as Stan
2014
Kill Your Darlings
as Professor Steeves
2013
The Blacklist
as Ted King
2013
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
as The Starkeeper
2013
Kilimanjaro
as Milton
2013
The Conspirator
as Justice Wylie
2011
All Good Things
as Richard Panatierre
2010
Lafayette: The Lost Hero
as Self - Narrator
2010
The Middle
as Big Mike
2009
The Good Wife
as Cardinal James
2009
Nurse Jackie
as Wally
2009
Damages
as Ed O'Malley
2007
Mad Men
as Lee Garner, Sr.
2007
30 Rock
as Mysterious Man
2006
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Preacher in Nashville
2006
The Night Listener
as Pap Noone
2006
Secrets of Angels, Demons and Masons
as Narrator
2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
2004
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as Other Voices (voice)
2003
Ricochet River
as Link Curren
2001
Held Up
as Jack
1999
Roswell
as James Valenti Sr.
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Barry Moredock
1999
Inherit the Wind
as Judge Merle Coffey
1999
The Magnificent Seven
as Reverend Owen Mosley
1998
The Secret Life of Algernon
as Algernon Pendleton
1997
The Secret Life of Algernon
Writer
1997
Touched by an Angel
as Mark Twain
1994
ER
as David Greene
1994
Law & Order
as Harold Dorning
1990
Law & Order
as Bernard Powell, Sr.
1990
Northern Exposure
as Holling Vincoeur
1990
Money, Power, Murder.
as Rev. Endicott
1989
Quantum Leap
as John O'Malley / Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote
1989
Quantum Leap
Director
1989
Shootdown
as Robert Allardyce
1988
Sweet Country
as Ben
1987
Marie: A True Story
as Deputy Attorney General
1985
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Equalizer
as Stuart Cane
1985
The Equalizer
as Judge Howard Tainey
1985
The Act
as The President
1984
The Day After
as Jim Dahlberg
1983
The Prodigal
as Elton Stuart
1983
Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
as Carl Sandburg
1982
American Playhouse
as Self / Carl Sandburg
1982
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Mr. Jamison
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Mr. Jamison
1978
The Man Without a Country
as Aaron Burr
1973
1776
as Edward Rutledge (SC)
1972
Great Performances
as Lawyer Royall
1971
Great Performances
as Walter
1971
Great Performances
as Self
1971
The Outcasts
1968
Androcles and the Lion
as Roman Captain
1967
Hawaii
as Immanuel Quigley
1966
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
as Self
1966
Hamlet
as Laertes
1964
All the Way Home
as Andrew
1963
The Edge of Night
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Performer
1956