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

Barry Moredock

Law & Order

Harold Dorning

Law & Order

Bernard Powell, Sr.

The Blacklist

Ted King

The Good Wife

Cardinal James

The Equalizer

Stuart Cane

The Equalizer

Judge Howard Tainey

ER

David Greene

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2022	Simchas and Sorrows	Nate
2021	The Acolyte	Arch Pontifex
2021	John Cullum: An Accidental Star	Self
2020	Jungleland	Yates
2016	Christine	Bob Andersen
2014	Adult World	Stan
2014	The Historian	Brigston Hadley
2014	Before We Go	Harry
2014	Love Is Strange	Father Raymond
2013	Kilimanjaro	Milton
2013	Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center	The Starkeeper
2013	Kill Your Darlings	Professor Steeves
2010	All Good Things	Richard Panatierre
2010	Lafayette: The Lost Hero	Narrator
2006	The Night Listener	Pap Noone
2005	Secrets of Angels, Demons and Masons	Narrator
2005	The Notorious Bettie Page	Preacher in Nashville
2004	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson	Other Voices (voice)
2003	Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip	Other Voices (voice)
2001	Ricochet River	Link Curren
2001	Urinetown	Caldwell B. Cladwell
1999	Held Up	Jack
1999	Inherit the Wind	Judge Merle Coffey
1997	The Secret Life of Algernon	Algernon Pendleton
1989	Money, Power, Murder.	Rev. Endicott
1988	Shootdown	Robert Allardyce
1987	Sweet Country	Ben
1985	Marie: A True Story	Deputy Attorney General
1984	The Act	The President
1983	The Day After	Jim Dahlberg
1983	The Prodigal	Elton Stuart
1982	Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences	Carl Sandburg
1978	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	Mr. Jamison
1973	The Man Without a Country	Aaron Burr
1972	1776	Edward Rutledge (SC)
1967	Androcles and the Lion	Roman Captain
1966	Hawaii	Immanuel Quigley
1966	The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner	Self
1964	Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre	Laertes
1963	All the Way Home	Andrew

Year	TV Show	Role
2019	Prodigal Son	Logan Zeiger
2015	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Daddy's Daddy
2014	Madam Secretary	Senator Beau Carpenter
2014	Madam Secretary	Seantor Beau Carpenter
2013	The Blacklist	Ted King
2009	The Middle	Big Mike
2009	The Good Wife	Cardinal James
2007	Mad Men	Lee Garner, Sr.
2006	30 Rock	Mysterious Man
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Barry Moredock
1999	Roswell	James Valenti Sr.
1998	The Magnificent Seven	Reverend Owen Mosley
1994	ER	David Greene
1994	Touched by an Angel	Mark Twain
1990	Northern Exposure	Holling Vincoeur
1990	Law & Order	Harold Dorning
1990	Law & Order	Bernard Powell, Sr.
1989	Quantum Leap	John O'Malley / Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote
1985	Spenser: For Hire
1985	The Equalizer	Stuart Cane
1985	The Equalizer	Judge Howard Tainey
1978	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	Mr. Jamison
1971	Great Performances	Lawyer Royall
1971	Great Performances	Walter
1971	Great Performances	Self
1968	The Outcasts
1956	The Edge of Night
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee/Performer
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Winner