John Cullum

Personal Info

Birthday

March 2, 1930

(95 years old)

Place of Birth

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

John Cullum

Biography

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).

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Blacklist

Law & Order

The Good Wife

Mad Men

30 Rock

The Middle

Filmography

2022
Simchas and Sorrows
as Nate
2021
The Acolyte
as Arch Pontifex
John Cullum: An Accidental Star
as Self
2020
Jungleland
as Yates
2016
Christine
as Bob Andersen
2014
The Historian
as Brigston Hadley
Before We Go
as Harry
Love Is Strange
as Father Raymond
Adult World
as Stan
2013
Kill Your Darlings
as Professor Steeves
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
as The Starkeeper
Kilimanjaro
as Milton
2011
The Conspirator
as Justice Wylie
2010
All Good Things
as Richard Panatierre
Lafayette: The Lost Hero
as Self - Narrator
2006
The Night Listener
as Pap Noone
2005
Secrets of Angels, Demons and Masons
as Narrator
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Preacher in Nashville
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as Other Voices (voice)
2001
Ricochet River
as Link Curren
Urinetown
as Caldwell B. Cladwell
1999
Held Up
as Jack
Inherit the Wind
as Judge Merle Coffey
1997
The Secret Life of Algernon
as Algernon Pendleton
1989
Money, Power, Murder.
as Rev. Endicott
1988
Shootdown
as Robert Allardyce
1987
Sweet Country
as Ben
1985
Marie: A True Story
as Deputy Attorney General
1984
The Act
as The President
1983
The Day After
as Jim Dahlberg
The Prodigal
as Elton Stuart
1982
Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
as Carl Sandburg
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Mr. Jamison
1973
The Man Without a Country
as Aaron Burr
1972
1776
as Edward Rutledge (SC)
1967
Androcles and the Lion
as Roman Captain
1966
Hawaii
as Immanuel Quigley
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
as Self
1964
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
as Laertes
1963
All the Way Home
as Andrew