Alan Cumming
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 27, 1965 (age 61)
- Birthplace
- Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Biography
Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish actor, writer and presenter. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and an Olivier Award. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the West End production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1991). His other Olivier-nominated roles were in The Conquest of the South Pole (1988), La Bête (1992), and Cabaret (1994). Cumming won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for reprising his role as the Emcee on Broadway in Cabaret (1998). His other performances on Broadway include Design for Living (2001) and Macbeth (2013). Cumming is known for his film roles in Circle of Friends (1995), GoldenEye (1995), Emma (1996), Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), Buddy (1997), Spice World (1997), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), The Tempest (2010), Burlesque (2010), and Battle of the Sexes (2017). He is also known for his roles as Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy (2001–2003), Nightcrawler in X2 (2003), and Loki in Son of the Mask (2005). On television, Cumming is best known for his role in the CBS series The Good Wife (2010–2016), for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Cumming also starred in the CBS series Instinct (2018–2019), the Apple TV+ series Schmigadoon! (2021–2023) and presents the Peacock reality game show, The Traitors. Cumming has written a novel, Tommy's Tale (2002), and two memoirs in 2014 and 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Cumming, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
The Diary
Movie
Lunch Hour
Movie
Run
Movie · as Steve
The Naturalized
Movie · as Self
Romy and Michele 2
Movie · as Sandy Frink
Death Do Us Part
Movie · as Lord Ingannamorte
Glenrothan
Movie · as Donal
Borges and Me
Movie · as Alastair Reid
Avengers: Doomsday
Movie · as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Treasure Trekkers
Movie · as (voice)
Kiloran Bay
Movie · as Torquil
One Night Out with Alan Cumming
Movie · as Self - Host
Toy Story 5
Movie · as Evil Bullseye (voice)
Les Parfait(s) : Arnaques en Famille
Movie · as Sean Mac Callaghan
Tip Toe
TV · as Leo Struthers · 5 eps
Club Cumming
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Killer Among Us
TV · as Self - Host · 10 eps
V13
Movie · as Sigmund Freud
Sleazy Tiger
Movie · as Alan Cumming
A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole
Movie · as self
Being Stanley Baxter
Movie · as Self
RoboGobo
TV · as Dame Luxley (voice) · 50 eps
My Happy Place
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Mighty Nein
TV · as Gustav (voice) · 1 ep
Drive Back Home
Movie · as Perley
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Movie · as Self
Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Chimp Crazy
TV · as Self · 4 eps
All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train
TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps
Paris & Nicole: The Encore
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
Doctor Who
TV · as Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice) · 1 ep
Doctor Who: Unleashed
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Boarders
TV · as Alan · 1 ep
Rare Objects
Movie · as Peter Kessler
Marlowe
Movie · as Lou Hendricks
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Genie
Movie · as Flaxman
The Traitors
TV · as Self - Host · 60 eps
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
Movie · as Therapist
My Old School
Movie · as Brandon Lee
My Father's Dragon
Movie · as Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!
Movie · as Self - Host
Ooh the Banter!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV · as Self – Actor · 1 ep
Abominable and the Invisible City
TV · as Burnish (voice) · 10 eps
Dead End: Paranormal Park
TV · as Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice) · 2 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Password
TV · as Self - Celebrity Guest · 1 ep
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Schmigadoon!
TV · as Mayor Aloysius Menlove, Dooley Blight · 6 eps
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
TV · as Self · 7 eps
The Prince
TV · as Owen · 12 eps
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
Movie · as B / Hamm
Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins
Movie · as Self
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Movie · as Alan Cumming
Briarpatch
TV · as Clyde Brattle · 10 eps
Prodigal Son
TV · as Simon Hoxley · 2 eps
The Tamron Hall Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Helpsters
TV · as Dancer Dave · 1 ep
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Show Dogs
Movie · as Dante (voice)
Always at The Carlyle
Movie · as Self
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Instinct
TV · as Dylan Reinhart · 24 eps
Battle of the Sexes
Movie · as Ted Tinling
After Louie
Movie · as Sam Cooper
Michael Jackson's Halloween
Movie · as Meriwether (voice)
Queer as Art
Movie · as Self
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Movie · as Self (voice)
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Queers.
TV · as Steve · 1 ep
The Good Fight
TV · as Eli Gold · 2 eps
Hurricane Bianca
Movie · as Lawrence Taylor
Strange Magic
Movie · as Bog King (voice)
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
Movie · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Chu and Blossom
Movie · as Uncle
Broad City
TV · as Alan Cumming · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
The Smurfs 2
Movie · as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Almost in Love
Movie · as Hayden
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
Movie · as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Muse of Fire
Movie · as Self
Picasso Baby
Movie · as Self
The Outback
Movie · as Bog (voice)
Maladies
Movie · as Alan
Sir Billi
Movie · as Gordon the Goat (voice)
Any Day Now
Movie · as Rudy Donatello
Urban Secrets
TV · 10 eps
The Outs
TV · as Alan Cumming · 3 eps
The Smurfs
Movie · as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
The Money Pet
Movie · as The Narrator (voice)
The Runaway
TV · as Desrae · 6 eps
Web Therapy
TV · as Austen Clarke · 10 eps
Bubble Guppies
TV · as The Glitch (voice) · 1 ep
Burlesque
Movie · as Alexis
Boogie Woogie
Movie · as Dewey Dalamanatousis
Riverworld
Movie · as Judas Caretaker
The Tempest
Movie · as Sebastian
Jackboots on Whitehall
Movie · as Hitler / Braveheart (voice)
Dare
Movie · as Grant Matson
It's Complicated
Movie · as TV Actor (uncredited)
Ptown Diaries
Movie · as Narrator
The Real Cabaret
Movie · as Self
PoliWood
Movie · as Self
The Mystery of Claywoman
Movie · as Jon Lauting Phd.
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
Movie · as Self
The Good Wife
TV · as Eli Gold · 140 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps
Web Therapy
TV · as Austen Clarke · 4 eps
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
TV · as Self - Hijacker · 1 ep
Ripley Under Ground
Movie · as Jeff Constant
Suffering Man's Charity
Movie · as John Vandermark
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Movie · as Self
Gray Matters
Movie · as Gordy
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
TV · as Chuck Masters (voice), Zeke (voice), Chuck (voice), Rupert (voice) · 14 eps
Tin Man
TV · as Glitch · 3 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Phineas and Ferb
TV · as The Haberdasher (voice) · 1 ep
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Movie · as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
Full Grown Men
Movie · as The Hitchhiker
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Movie · as Self
Motherfucker: A Movie
Movie · as Self
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
Movie
The One Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Web Junk 20
TV · 1 ep
Me, Eloise
TV · as (voice) · 1 ep
America's Got Talent
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Son of the Mask
Movie · as Loki
Sweet Land
Movie · as Frandsen
Neverwas
Movie · as Jake
Eighteen
Movie · as Father Chris
Bam Bam and Celeste
Movie · as Eugene
Bad Blood
Movie · as Davie Mitchell
Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of “Son of The Mask”
Movie · as Self
Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes: Creating “Son of The Mask”
Movie · as Self
Collectormania 7
Movie · as Self
8 Out of 10 Cats
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Playing It Straight
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Doctor Who
TV · as King James · 1 ep
The Goodbye Girl
Movie · as Mark Bodine
Garfield
Movie · as Persnikitty (voice)
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Shoebox Zoo
TV · as Bruno the Bear (voice) · 26 eps
The L Word
TV · as Billie Blaikie · 6 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Movie · as Fegan Floop
X2
Movie · as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
Movie · as Self
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!
Movie · as Himself
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
Movie · as Self
FX2: Visual Effects
Movie · as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest Host · 1 ep
Nicholas Nickleby
Movie · as Mr. Folair
Searching for Debra Winger
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Intimate Affairs
Movie · as Sevy
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Movie · as Fegan Floop
Becoming Men
Movie
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Movie · as Self
V Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Through the Night with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Spy Kids
Movie · as Fegan Floop
The Anniversary Party
Movie · as Joe Therrian
Josie and the Pussycats
Movie · as Wyatt Frame
This is Stanley Baxter
Movie · as Self
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Movie · as The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
Get Carter
Movie · as Jeremy Kinnear
Company Man
Movie · as General Batista
For My Baby
Movie · as Daniel Orgelbrand
Loser
Movie · as Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
Urbania
Movie · as Brett
God, the Devil and Bob
TV · as The Devil (voice) · 13 eps
Annie
Movie · as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
Titus
Movie · as Saturninus
Plunkett & Macleane
Movie · as Lord Rochester
Eyes Wide Shut
Movie · as Desk Clerk
Sex and the City
TV · as Oscar · 1 ep
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Movie · as Sandy Frink
Buddy
Movie · as Dick Croner
Spice World
Movie · as Piers
Bathtime
Movie · as Wrigley
EP Daily
TV · 1 ep
Emma
Movie · as Mr. Elton
Burn Your Phone
Movie · as Andy
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
3rd Rock from the Sun
TV · as Angus 'The Hole' McDuff · 1 ep
GoldenEye
Movie · as Boris Grishenko
Circle of Friends
Movie · as Sean Walsh
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Movie · as Self
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Movie · as Self
Ghosts
TV · as Philip · 1 ep
Black Beauty
Movie · as Black Beauty (voice)
Second Best
Movie · as Bernard
That Sunday
Movie
Butter
Movie · as Ronnie
The High Life
TV · as Sebastian Flight · 6 eps
Gargoyles
TV · as John Castaway (voice) · 1 ep
The Airzone Solution
Movie · as MacNamara
Cabaret
Movie · as Emcee
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
Movie · as Greg Deane
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps
Rik Mayall Presents
TV · as Greg Deane · 1 ep
Frasier
TV · as Ahmrit · 1 ep
Prague
Movie · as Alexander Novak
The Last Romantics
Movie · as Tulloch
Dread Poets' Society
Movie · as Shelley
Bernard and the Genie
Movie · as Bernard Bottle
Have I Got News for You
TV · as Self · 1 ep
She-Play
TV · as Nick · 1 ep
Conquest of the South Pole
Movie
The Simpsons
TV · as Loki (voice) · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Shadow of the Stone
TV · as Tom Henderson · 5 eps
Passing Glory
Movie · as Rab
ScreenPlay
TV · as Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1 ep
Screen Two
TV · as Tulloch, Andy, Alexander Novak · 1 ep
Travelling Man
TV · as Jamie · 1 ep
Taggart
TV · as Jamie McCormack · 1 ep
Masterpiece Mystery
TV · as Self - Host · 291 eps
Take the High Road
TV · as Jim Hunter · 6 eps
Question Time
TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Presenter · 1 ep
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The BAFTA Awards
TV · as Host · 1 ep