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Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming

Acting

Born: January 27, 1965Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK

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
Filmography
Avengers: Doomsday

Avengers: Doomsday

Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler

2026
Glenrothan

Glenrothan

Donal

2026
One Night Out with Alan Cumming

One Night Out with Alan Cumming

Host

2026
Being Stanley Baxter

Being Stanley Baxter

Self

2025
Sleazy Tiger

Sleazy Tiger

Alan Cumming

2025
A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole

A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole

self

2025
V13

V13

Sigmund Freud

2025
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center

92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center

Self

2024
Drive Back Home

Drive Back Home

Perley

2024
Genie

Genie

Flaxman

2023
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

Narrator (voice)

2023
Rare Objects

Rare Objects

Peter Kessler

2023
Marlowe

Marlowe

Lou Hendricks

2023
Ooh the Banter!

Ooh the Banter!

Self (archive footage)

2022
My Father's Dragon

My Father's Dragon

Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)

2022
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!

Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!

Self - Host

2022
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men

Therapist

2022
My Old School

My Old School

Brandon Lee

2022
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

Narrator (voice)

2021
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

Alan Cumming

2020
Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins

Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins

Self

2020
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II

Endgame & Rough for Theatre II

B / Hamm

2020
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Narrator (voice)

2018
Show Dogs

Show Dogs

Dante (voice)

2018
Always at The Carlyle

Always at The Carlyle

Self

2018
Michael Jackson's Halloween

Michael Jackson's Halloween

Meriwether (voice)

2017
Battle of the Sexes

Battle of the Sexes

Ted Tinling

2017
Queer as Art

Queer as Art

Self

2017
After Louie

After Louie

Sam Cooper

2017
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

Self (voice)

2017
Hurricane Bianca

Hurricane Bianca

Lawrence Taylor

2016
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder

Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder

Self

2015
Strange Magic

Strange Magic

Bog King (voice)

2015
Chu and Blossom

Chu and Blossom

Uncle

2014
Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire

Self

2013
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

Gutsy Smurf (voice)

2013

Picasso Baby

Self

2013
The Smurfs 2

The Smurfs 2

Gutsy Smurf (voice)

2013
Almost in Love

Almost in Love

Hayden

2013
Any Day Now

Any Day Now

Rudy Donatello

2012
Maladies

Maladies

Alan

2012
Sir Billi

Sir Billi

Gordon the Goat (voice)

2012
The Outback

The Outback

Bog (voice)

2012
The Smurfs

The Smurfs

Gutsy Smurf (voice)

2011
The Money Pet

The Money Pet

The Narrator (voice)

2011
Burlesque

Burlesque

Alexis

2010
Jackboots on Whitehall

Jackboots on Whitehall

Hitler (voice)

2010
The Tempest

The Tempest

Sebastian

2010
Riverworld

Riverworld

Judas Caretaker

2010
Boogie Woogie

Boogie Woogie

Dewey Dalamanatousis

2010
It's Complicated

It's Complicated

TV Actor (uncredited)

2009
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV

Victoria Wood: Seen on TV

2009
Dare

Dare

Grant Matson

2009
The Real Cabaret

The Real Cabaret

Self

2009

The Mystery of Claywoman

Jon Lauting Phd.

2009
PoliWood

PoliWood

Self

2009
Ptown Diaries

Ptown Diaries

Narrator

2009
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World

Chuck (voice)

2007
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

Self

2007
Suffering Man's Charity

Suffering Man's Charity

John Vandermark

2007
Gray Matters

Gray Matters

Gordy

2007

The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event

2006
Full Grown Men

Full Grown Men

The Hitchhiker

2006
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR

2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Self

2006
Motherfucker: A Movie

Motherfucker: A Movie

Self

2006
Ripley Under Ground

Ripley Under Ground

Jeff Constant

2005
Sweet Land

Sweet Land

Frandsen

2005
Bam Bam and Celeste

Bam Bam and Celeste

Eugene

2005
Neverwas

Neverwas

Jake

2005
Bad Blood

Bad Blood

Davie Mitchell

2005
Son of the Mask

Son of the Mask

Loki

2005
Eighteen

Eighteen

Father Chris

2005
Garfield

Garfield

Persnikitty (voice)

2004
The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

Mark Bodine

2004
FX2: Visual Effects

FX2: Visual Effects

Self

2003
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!

Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!

Himself

2003
X2 Global Webcast Highlights

X2 Global Webcast Highlights

Self

2003
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2

Self

2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Fegan Floop

2003
X2

X2

Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler

2003
Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

Mr. Folair

2002
Becoming Men

Becoming Men

2002
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Fegan Floop

2002
Searching for Debra Winger

Searching for Debra Winger

Self (uncredited)

2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

Self

2002
Intimate Affairs

Intimate Affairs

Sevy

2002
This is Stanley Baxter

This is Stanley Baxter

Self

2001
The Anniversary Party

The Anniversary Party

Joe Therrian

2001
Josie and the Pussycats

Josie and the Pussycats

Wyatt Frame

2001
Spy Kids

Spy Kids

Fegan Floop

2001
For My Baby

For My Baby

Daniel Orgelbrand

2000
Get Carter

Get Carter

Jeremy Kinnear

2000
Loser

Loser

Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)

2000
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged

2000
Company Man

Company Man

General Batista

2000
Urbania

Urbania

Brett

2000
Titus

Titus

Saturninus

1999
Annie

Annie

Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan

1999
Eyes Wide Shut

Eyes Wide Shut

Desk Clerk

1999
Plunkett & Macleane

Plunkett & Macleane

Lord Rochester

1999
Spice World

Spice World

Piers

1997
Buddy

Buddy

Dick Croner

1997
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

Sandy Frink

1997
Bathtime

Bathtime

Wrigley

1997
Burn Your Phone

Burn Your Phone

Andy

1996
Emma

Emma

Mr. Elton

1996
Goldeneye: The Secret Files

Goldeneye: The Secret Files

Self

1995
GoldenEye

GoldenEye

Boris Grishenko

1995
Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends

Sean Walsh

1995

GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast

Self

1995
Second Best

Second Best

Bernard

1994
Black Beauty

Black Beauty

Black Beauty (voice)

1994
Butter

Butter

Ronnie

1994
That Sunday

That Sunday

1994
Cabaret

Cabaret

Emcee

1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love

Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love

Greg Deane

1993
The Airzone Solution

The Airzone Solution

MacNamara

1993
Dread Poets' Society

Dread Poets' Society

Shelley

1992
Prague

Prague

Alexander Novak

1992
The Last Romantics

The Last Romantics

Tulloch

1992
Bernard and the Genie

Bernard and the Genie

Bernard Bottle

1991

Conquest of the South Pole

1989

Passing Glory

Rab

1986