Person
John Cullum
Acting · Born 1930-03-02 · Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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
Barry Moredock
Law & Order
Harold Dorning
The Blacklist
Ted King
The Good Wife
Cardinal James
Mad Men
Lee Garner, Sr.
ER
David Greene
The Middle
Big Mike
Damages
Ed O'Malley
Madam Secretary
Senator Beau Carpenter
Quantum Leap
John O'Malley / Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote
Filmography
- 2022Simchas and SorrowsNate
- 2021The AcolyteArch Pontifex
- 2021John Cullum: An Accidental StarSelf
- 2020JunglelandYates
- 2019Prodigal SonLogan Zeiger
- 2016ChristineBob Andersen
- 2015Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtDaddy's Daddy
- 2014The HistorianBrigston Hadley
- 2014Madam SecretarySenator Beau Carpenter
- 2014Before We GoHarry
- 2014Love Is StrangeFather Raymond
- 2014Adult WorldStan
- 2013Kill Your DarlingsProfessor Steeves
- 2013The BlacklistTed King
- 2013Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln CenterThe Starkeeper
- 2013KilimanjaroMilton
- 2011The ConspiratorJustice Wylie
- 2010All Good ThingsRichard Panatierre
- 2010Lafayette: The Lost HeroSelf - Narrator
- 2009The MiddleBig Mike
- 2009The Good WifeCardinal James
- 2009Nurse JackieWally
- 2007DamagesEd O'Malley
- 2007Mad MenLee Garner, Sr.
- 200630 RockMysterious Man
- 2006The Notorious Bettie PagePreacher in Nashville
- 2006The Night ListenerPap Noone
- 2005Secrets of Angels, Demons and MasonsNarrator
- 2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)
- 2003Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripOther Voices (voice)
- 2001Ricochet RiverLink Curren
- 1999Held UpJack
- 1999RoswellJames Valenti Sr.
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitBarry Moredock
- 1999Inherit the WindJudge Merle Coffey
- 1998The Magnificent SevenReverend Owen Mosley
- 1997The Secret Life of AlgernonAlgernon Pendleton
- 1994Touched by an AngelMark Twain
- 1994ERDavid Greene
- 1990Law & OrderHarold Dorning
- 1990Northern ExposureHolling Vincoeur
- 1989Money, Power, Murder.Rev. Endicott
- 1989Quantum LeapJohn O'Malley / Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote
- 1988ShootdownRobert Allardyce
- 1987Sweet CountryBen
- 1985Marie: A True StoryDeputy Attorney General
- 1985Spenser: For Hire
- 1985The EqualizerStuart Cane
- 1984The ActThe President
- 1983The Day AfterJim Dahlberg
- 1983The ProdigalElton Stuart
- 1982Carl Sandburg: Echoes and SilencesCarl Sandburg
- 1982American PlayhouseSelf / Carl Sandburg
- 1978Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryMr. Jamison
- 1978Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryMr. Jamison
- 1973The Man Without a CountryAaron Burr
- 19721776Edward Rutledge (SC)
- 1971Great PerformancesWalter
- 1968The Outcasts
- 1967Androcles and the LionRoman Captain
- 1966HawaiiImmanuel Quigley
- 1966The Lyrics of Alan Jay LernerSelf
- 1964HamletLaertes
- 1963All the Way HomeAndrew
- 1956The Edge of Night
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner
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