
Other notable work includes “The Green Mile,” “Star Trek: First Contact,” “L.A. With over four decades in the industry under his belt, Cromwell is best known for a wide variety of roles across genres and mediums, from his Oscar-nominated turn in “Babe” to his Emmy-winning work in “American Horror Story: Asylum.” You want “gravitas” for your film? Get Cromwell. As the big brain (and even bigger pocketbook) of the Jurassic enterprise, it’s easy enough to imagine that the character of “Benjamin Lockwood” was first designed as a way to bring Attenborough back, before real life forced some serious retconning from screenwriters Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly (he even has his own cane that comes complete with a fly-in-amber topper).Įnter Benjamin Lockwood, played with characteristic aplomb by one-time Oscar nominee Cromwell. Co-starring are Justice Smith, Daniella Pineda, Rafe Spall, Ted Levine, Toby Jones, Isabella Sermon, and Geraldine Chaplin.Remember John Hammond? The father of Jurassic Park? What if we told you the dino-obsessed billionaire and doting grandfather didn’t resurrect all those hallowed beasts by himself? (“Yes, that sounds pretty reasonable,” you’d probably say.) The passing of the original Hammond, lauded British actor Richard Attenborough, in the months before the first “Jurassic World” hit theaters likely opened up a space for another lauded British actor to step in as the elder statesmen behind the franchise. Wong and Jeff Goldblum, reprising their roles as Doctors Henry Wu and Ian Malcolm, respectively.

However, a conspiracy is brought to light that reveals the expedition's true goals. After the US government resolves to not intervene in saving the dinosaurs, Claire enlists the help of former Velociraptor trainer Owen Grady ( Chris Pratt) to assist the rescue expedition, which is funded by Benjamin Lockwood ( James Cromwell), John Hammond's former partner. Three years after the Jurassic World incident, Claire Dearing ( Bryce Dallas Howard) has become the head of an organization called the Dinosaur Protection Group, and is campaigning to allow the DPG to rescue Isla Nublar's dinosaurs and relocate them, as Nublar's once dormant volcano is increasing in activity with an eruption imminent. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is the 2018 science-fiction adventure sequel to 2015's Jurassic World and is the fifth installment in the Jurassic Park feature film series.
