‘THE QUEEN’: JAMES CROMWELL

James Cromwell, an American, played Philip opposite Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II, a performance that won her an Oscar in 2007. The New York Times said Cromwell played Philip as a “dim bulb,” one of a cast of secondary characters who “prove especially crucial because it’s through their dealings with the queen, their awe and boobishness ..., that we start to get a handle on her.” Cromwell was nominated for an Oscar in 1995 for Babe; he starred in Six Feet Under and the L.A. Confidential.