Cast & creator
John Cullum
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Law & Order
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).
42
film credits
33
television credits
72
1956–2022 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (75)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Barry Moredock
1999
Law & Order
Harold Dorning
1990Law & Order
Bernard Powell, Sr.
1990
The Blacklist
Ted King
2013
The Good Wife
Cardinal James
2009
Mad Men
Lee Garner, Sr.
2007
The Middle
Big Mike
2009
ER
David Greene
1994
Great Performances
Walter
1971Great Performances
Self
1971Great Performances
Lawyer Royall
1971
30 Rock
Mysterious Man
2006
Quantum Leap
John O'Malley / Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote
1989Quantum Leap
Director
1989
Touched by an Angel
Mark Twain
1994
American Playhouse
Self / Carl Sandburg
1982
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
Madam Secretary
Senator Beau Carpenter
2014Madam Secretary
Seantor Beau Carpenter
2014
Damages
Ed O'Malley
2007
Nurse Jackie
Wally
2009
Northern Exposure
Holling Vincoeur
1990
The Equalizer
Stuart Cane
1985The Equalizer
Judge Howard Tainey
1985
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Daddy's Daddy
2015
Roswell
James Valenti Sr.
1999
Prodigal Son
Logan Zeiger
2019
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Magnificent Seven
Reverend Owen Mosley
1998
The Outcasts
1968
The Edge of Night
1956
All Good Things
Richard Panatierre
2010
The Day After
Jim Dahlberg
1983
The Conspirator
Justice Wylie
2011
Kill Your Darlings
Professor Steeves
2013
Before We Go
Harry
2014
Adult World
Stan
2014
1776
Edward Rutledge (SC)
1972
The Notorious Bettie Page
Preacher in Nashville
2006
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mr. Jamison
1978
Inherit the Wind
Judge Merle Coffey
1999
The Night Listener
Pap Noone
2006
Love Is Strange
Father Raymond
2014
Jungleland
Yates
2020
Marie: A True Story
Deputy Attorney General
1985
Christine
Bob Andersen
2016
Hamlet
Laertes
1964
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
2004
Kilimanjaro
Milton
2013
Held Up
Jack
1999
Hawaii
Immanuel Quigley
1966
The Act
The President
1984
All the Way Home
Andrew
1963
Androcles and the Lion
Roman Captain
1967
Shootdown
Robert Allardyce
1988
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Other Voices (voice)
2003
Sweet Country
Ben
1987
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
The Starkeeper
2013
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mr. Jamison
1978
Lafayette: The Lost Hero
Self - Narrator
2010
The Man Without a Country
Aaron Burr
1973
Ricochet River
Link Curren
2001
The Secret Life of Algernon
Algernon Pendleton
1997The Secret Life of Algernon
Writer
1997
Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
Carl Sandburg
1982
Money, Power, Murder.
Rev. Endicott
1989
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
Self
1966
The Prodigal
Elton Stuart
1983
The Historian
Brigston Hadley
2014
Simchas and Sorrows
Nate
2022
John Cullum: An Accidental Star
Self
2021John Cullum: An Accidental Star
Idea
2021
The Acolyte
Arch Pontifex
2021
Secrets of Angels, Demons and Masons
Narrator
2005