James Cromwell played former President D. Wire Newman in The Stormy Present. He is an Academy Award nominated actor who starred in Babe, Star Trek: First Contact (with Robert Picardo), L.A. Confidential (with Matt McCoy), The Green Mile, The Sum of All Fears (with Colm Feore and Philip Baker Hall), The Artist (with John Goodman and Nina Siemaszko), Space Cowboys (with William Devane), The Queen, Spider-Man 3 (with J.K. Simmons and Dylan Baker), W. (with Jesse Bradford), Surrogates, I, Robot, Secretariat (with Baker), The General's Daughter (with Daniel von Bargen) and Deep Impact (with Richard Schiff, Mary McCormack, Laura Innes and Suzy Nakamura). He also guest starred on Six Feet Under, 24, John Wells' ER and My Own Worst Enemy (starring Christian Slater).