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John Cullum

Known for acting · Born 2 March 1930 · 96 · Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

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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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Known for

Northern Exposure

1990

The Edge of Night

1956

Quantum Leap

1989

ER

1994

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Before We Go

2014

The Middle

2009

The Day After

1983

Jungleland

2020

Kill Your Darlings

2013

1776

1972

Mad Men

2007

Acting (66)

2022Simchas and SorrowsNateFilm
2021The AcolyteArch PontifexFilm
2021John Cullum: An Accidental StarSelfFilm
2020JunglelandYatesFilm
2019Prodigal SonLogan ZeigerSeries
2016ChristineBob AndersenFilm
2015Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtDaddy's DaddySeries
2014Before We GoHarryFilm
2014Adult WorldStanFilm
2014Madam SecretarySenator Beau Carpenter · 3 episodes, Seantor Beau CarpenterSeries
2014Love Is StrangeFather RaymondFilm
2014The HistorianBrigston HadleyFilm
2013The BlacklistTed KingSeries
2013Kill Your DarlingsProfessor SteevesFilm
2013KilimanjaroMiltonFilm
2013Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln CenterThe StarkeeperFilm
2011The ConspiratorJustice WylieFilm
2010All Good ThingsRichard PanatierreFilm
2010Lafayette: The Lost HeroSelf - NarratorFilm
2009The MiddleBig Mike · 9 episodesSeries
2009The Good WifeCardinal JamesSeries
2009Nurse JackieWallySeries
2007Mad MenLee Garner, Sr. · 2 episodesSeries
2007DamagesEd O'MalleySeries
200630 RockMysterious ManSeries
2006The Night ListenerPap NooneFilm
2006The Notorious Bettie PagePreacher in NashvilleFilm
2005Secrets of Angels, Demons and MasonsNarratorFilm
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)Film
2003Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripOther Voices (voice)Film
2001Ricochet RiverLink CurrenFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitBarry Moredock · 11 episodesSeries
1999RoswellJames Valenti Sr. · 2 episodesSeries
1999Held UpJackFilm
1999Inherit the WindJudge Merle CoffeyFilm
1998The Magnificent SevenReverend Owen MosleySeries
1997The Secret Life of AlgernonAlgernon PendletonFilm
1994ERDavid Greene · 15 episodesSeries
1994Touched by an AngelMark TwainSeries
1990Law & OrderHarold Dorning, Bernard Powell, Sr.Series
1990Northern ExposureHolling Vincoeur · 110 episodesSeries
1989Quantum LeapJohn O'Malley / Miguel de Cervantes / Don QuixoteSeries
1989Money, Power, Murder.Rev. EndicottFilm
1988ShootdownRobert AllardyceFilm
1987Sweet CountryBenFilm
1985The EqualizerStuart Cane, Judge Howard TaineySeries
1985Spenser: For HireSeries
1985Marie: A True StoryDeputy Attorney GeneralFilm
1984The ActThe PresidentFilm
1983The Day AfterJim DahlbergFilm
1983The ProdigalElton StuartFilm
1982American PlayhouseSelf / Carl SandburgSeries
1982Carl Sandburg: Echoes and SilencesCarl SandburgFilm
1978Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryMr. Jamison · 3 episodesSeries
1978Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryMr. JamisonFilm
1973The Man Without a CountryAaron BurrFilm
19721776Edward Rutledge (SC)Film
1971Great PerformancesWalter, Self · 2 episodes, Lawyer RoyallSeries
1968The OutcastsSeries
1967Androcles and the LionRoman CaptainFilm
1966HawaiiImmanuel QuigleyFilm
1966The Lyrics of Alan Jay LernerSelfFilm
1964HamletLaertesFilm
1963All the Way HomeAndrewFilm
1956The Edge of Night · 306 episodesSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner, Self - Nominee / PerformerSeries

Directing (1)

1989Quantum LeapDirectorSeries

Writing (2)

2021John Cullum: An Accidental StarIdeaFilm
1997The Secret Life of AlgernonWriterFilm