Acting
John Cullum
Born 1930-03-02
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring John Cullum
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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The Blacklist
2013
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Law & Order
1990
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Mad Men
2007
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Before We Go
2014
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ER
1994
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The Middle
2009
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Kill Your Darlings
2013
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The Good Wife
2009
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Quantum Leap
1989
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (75 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Simchas and Sorrows | Nate | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Acolyte | Arch Pontifex | Movie | 2021 |
 | John Cullum: An Accidental Star | Self | Movie | 2021 |
| John Cullum: An Accidental Star | Idea | Movie | 2021 |
 | Jungleland | Yates | Movie | 2020 |
 | Prodigal Son | Logan Zeiger | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Christine | Bob Andersen | Movie | 2016 |
 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Daddy's Daddy | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Historian | Brigston Hadley | Movie | 2014 |
 | Madam Secretary | Senator Beau Carpenter | TV Series | 2014 |
| Madam Secretary | Seantor Beau Carpenter | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Before We Go | Harry | Movie | 2014 |
 | Love Is Strange | Father Raymond | Movie | 2014 |
 | Adult World | Stan | Movie | 2014 |
 | Kill Your Darlings | Professor Steeves | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Blacklist | Ted King | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center | The Starkeeper | Movie | 2013 |
 | Kilimanjaro | Milton | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Conspirator | Justice Wylie | Movie | 2011 |
 | All Good Things | Richard Panatierre | Movie | 2010 |
 | Lafayette: The Lost Hero | Self - Narrator | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Middle | Big Mike | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The Good Wife | Cardinal James | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Nurse Jackie | Wally | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Damages | Ed O'Malley | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Mad Men | Lee Garner, Sr. | TV Series | 2007 |
 | 30 Rock | Mysterious Man | TV Series | 2006 |
 | The Notorious Bettie Page | Preacher in Nashville | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Night Listener | Pap Noone | Movie | 2006 |
 | Secrets of Angels, Demons and Masons | Narrator | Movie | 2005 |
 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | Movie | 2004 |
 | Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | Other Voices (voice) | Movie | 2003 |
 | Ricochet River | Link Curren | Movie | 2001 |
 | Held Up | Jack | Movie | 1999 |
 | Roswell | James Valenti Sr. | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Barry Moredock | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Inherit the Wind | Judge Merle Coffey | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Magnificent Seven | Reverend Owen Mosley | TV Series | 1998 |
 | The Secret Life of Algernon | Algernon Pendleton | Movie | 1997 |
| The Secret Life of Algernon | Writer | Movie | 1997 |
 | Touched by an Angel | Mark Twain | TV Series | 1994 |
 | ER | David Greene | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Law & Order | Harold Dorning | TV Series | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Bernard Powell, Sr. | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Northern Exposure | Holling Vincoeur | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Money, Power, Murder. | Rev. Endicott | Movie | 1989 |
 | Quantum Leap | John O'Malley / Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote | TV Series | 1989 |
| Quantum Leap | Director | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Shootdown | Robert Allardyce | Movie | 1988 |
 | Sweet Country | Ben | Movie | 1987 |
 | Marie: A True Story | Deputy Attorney General | Movie | 1985 |
 | Spenser: For Hire | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Equalizer | Stuart Cane | TV Series | 1985 |
| The Equalizer | Judge Howard Tainey | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Act | The President | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Day After | Jim Dahlberg | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Prodigal | Elton Stuart | Movie | 1983 |
 | Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences | Carl Sandburg | Movie | 1982 |
 | American Playhouse | Self / Carl Sandburg | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Mr. Jamison | Movie | 1978 |
 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Mr. Jamison | TV Series | 1978 |
 | The Man Without a Country | Aaron Burr | Movie | 1973 |
 | 1776 | Edward Rutledge (SC) | Movie | 1972 |
 | Great Performances | Walter | TV Series | 1971 |
| Great Performances | Self | TV Series | 1971 |
| Great Performances | Lawyer Royall | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Outcasts | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Androcles and the Lion | Roman Captain | Movie | 1967 |
 | Hawaii | Immanuel Quigley | Movie | 1966 |
 | The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner | Self | Movie | 1966 |
 | Hamlet | Laertes | Movie | 1964 |
 | All the Way Home | Andrew | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Edge of Night | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner | TV Series | 1956 |
| Tony Awards | Self - Nominee / Performer | TV Series | 1956 |