Acting · Knoxville, Tennessee, USA · Born March 2, 1930
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).
MovieSimchas and Sorrows
2022
as Nate
MovieThe Acolyte
2021
as Arch Pontifex
MovieJohn Cullum: An Accidental Star
2021
as Self
MovieJungleland
2020
as Yates
TVProdigal Son
2019
as Logan Zeiger
MovieChristine
2016
as Bob Andersen
TVUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Daddy's Daddy
MovieThe Historian
2014
as Brigston Hadley
TVMadam Secretary
2014
as Senator Beau Carpenter
MovieBefore We Go
2014
as Harry
MovieLove Is Strange
2014
as Father Raymond
MovieAdult World
2014
as Stan
MovieKill Your Darlings
2013
as Professor Steeves
TVThe Blacklist
2013
as Ted King
MovieRodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
2013
as The Starkeeper
MovieKilimanjaro
2013
as Milton
MovieThe Conspirator
2011
as Justice Wylie
MovieAll Good Things
2010
as Richard Panatierre
MovieLafayette: The Lost Hero
2010
as Self - Narrator
TVThe Middle
2009
as Big Mike
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Cardinal James
TVNurse Jackie
2009
as Wally
TVDamages
2007
as Ed O'Malley
TVMad Men
2007
as Lee Garner, Sr.
TV30 Rock
2006
as Mysterious Man
MovieThe Notorious Bettie Page
2006
as Preacher in Nashville
MovieThe Night Listener
2006
as Pap Noone
MovieSecrets of Angels, Demons and Masons
2005
as Narrator
MovieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
MovieHoratio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
as Other Voices (voice)
MovieRicochet River
2001
as Link Curren
MovieHeld Up
1999
as Jack
TVRoswell
1999
as James Valenti Sr.
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Barry Moredock
MovieInherit the Wind
1999
as Judge Merle Coffey
TVThe Magnificent Seven
1998
as Reverend Owen Mosley
MovieThe Secret Life of Algernon
1997
as Algernon Pendleton
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Mark Twain
TVER
1994
as David Greene
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Harold Dorning
TVNorthern Exposure
1990
as Holling Vincoeur
MovieMoney, Power, Murder.
1989
as Rev. Endicott
TVQuantum Leap
1989
as John O'Malley / Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote
MovieShootdown
1988
as Robert Allardyce
MovieSweet Country
1987
as Ben
MovieMarie: A True Story
1985
as Deputy Attorney General
TVSpenser: For Hire
1985
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Stuart Cane
MovieThe Act
1984
as The President
MovieThe Day After
1983
as Jim Dahlberg
MovieThe Prodigal
1983
as Elton Stuart
MovieCarl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
1982
as Carl Sandburg
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Self / Carl Sandburg
MovieRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
as Mr. Jamison
TVRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
as Mr. Jamison
MovieThe Man Without a Country
1973
as Aaron Burr
Movie1776
1972
as Edward Rutledge (SC)
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Walter
TVThe Outcasts
1968
MovieAndrocles and the Lion
1967
as Roman Captain
MovieHawaii
1966
as Immanuel Quigley
MovieThe Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
1966
as Self
MovieHamlet
1964
as Laertes
MovieAll the Way Home
1963
as Andrew
TVThe Edge of Night
1956
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
