John Cullum

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

The Blacklist

Law & Order

Law & Order

The Good Wife

ER

Mad Men

The Middle

All Movies (40)

• Simchas and Sorrows2022 · as Nate
• The Acolyte2021 · as Arch Pontifex
• John Cullum: An Accidental Star2021 · as Self
• Jungleland2020 · as Yates
• Christine2016 · as Bob Andersen
• The Historian2014 · as Brigston Hadley
• Before We Go2014 · as Harry
• Love Is Strange2014 · as Father Raymond
• Adult World2014 · as Stan
• Kill Your Darlings2013 · as Professor Steeves
• Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center2013 · as The Starkeeper
• Kilimanjaro2013 · as Milton
• The Conspirator2011 · as Justice Wylie
• All Good Things2010 · as Richard Panatierre
• Lafayette: The Lost Hero2010 · as Self - Narrator
• The Notorious Bettie Page2006 · as Preacher in Nashville
• The Night Listener2006 · as Pap Noone
• Secrets of Angels, Demons and Masons2005 · as Narrator
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson2004 · as Other Voices (voice)
• Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip2003 · as Other Voices (voice)
• Ricochet River2001 · as Link Curren
• Held Up1999 · as Jack
• Inherit the Wind1999 · as Judge Merle Coffey
• The Secret Life of Algernon1997 · as Algernon Pendleton
• Money, Power, Murder.1989 · as Rev. Endicott
• Shootdown1988 · as Robert Allardyce
• Sweet Country1987 · as Ben
• Marie: A True Story1985 · as Deputy Attorney General
• The Act1984 · as The President
• The Day After1983 · as Jim Dahlberg
• The Prodigal1983 · as Elton Stuart
• Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences1982 · as Carl Sandburg
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry1978 · as Mr. Jamison
• The Man Without a Country1973 · as Aaron Burr
• 17761972 · as Edward Rutledge (SC)
• Androcles and the Lion1967 · as Roman Captain
• Hawaii1966 · as Immanuel Quigley
• The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner1966 · as Self
• Hamlet1964 · as Laertes
• All the Way Home1963 · as Andrew

All TV Shows (31)

• Prodigal Son2019 · as Logan Zeiger
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt2015 · as Daddy's Daddy
• Madam Secretary2014 · as Senator Beau Carpenter
• Madam Secretary2014 · as Seantor Beau Carpenter
• The Blacklist2013 · as Ted King
• The Middle2009 · as Big Mike
• The Good Wife2009 · as Cardinal James
• Nurse Jackie2009 · as Wally
• Damages2007 · as Ed O'Malley
• Mad Men2007 · as Lee Garner, Sr.
• 30 Rock2006 · as Mysterious Man
• Roswell1999 · as James Valenti Sr.
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Barry Moredock
• The Magnificent Seven1998 · as Reverend Owen Mosley
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Mark Twain
• ER1994 · as David Greene
• Law & Order1990 · as Harold Dorning
• Law & Order1990 · as Bernard Powell, Sr.
• Northern Exposure1990 · as Holling Vincoeur
• Quantum Leap1989 · as John O'Malley / Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote
• Spenser: For Hire1985
• The Equalizer1985 · as Stuart Cane
• The Equalizer1985 · as Judge Howard Tainey
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry1978 · as Mr. Jamison
• Great Performances1971 · as Walter
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Lawyer Royall
• The Outcasts1968
• The Edge of Night1956
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee / Performer