Alan Cumming
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
Credits
- 2026 · Avengers: Doomsday as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
- 2025 · The Mighty Nein as Gustav (voice)
- 2025 · RoboGobo as Dame Luxley (voice)
- 2024 · Paris & Nicole: The Encore as Narrator
- 2024 · Doctor Who as Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
- 2024 · Doctor Who: Unleashed as Self
- 2023 · Genie as Flaxman
- 2023 · Marlowe as Lou Hendricks
- 2023 · The Traitors as Self - Host
- 2022 · My Father's Dragon as Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
- 2022 · Abominable and the Invisible City as Burnish (voice)
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Actor
- 2022 · Dead End: Paranormal Park as Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice)
- 2021 · Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland as Self
- 2021 · The Prince as Owen
- 2021 · Schmigadoon! as Mayor Aloysius Menlove
- 2021 · Schmigadoon! as Dooley Blight
- 2020 · Briarpatch as Clyde Brattle
- 2019 · Helpsters as Dancer Dave
- 2019 · Prodigal Son as Simon Hoxley
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Today with Jenna & Sheinelle as Self
- 2018 · Show Dogs as Dante (voice)
- 2018 · Instinct as Dylan Reinhart
- 2017 · Battle of the Sexes as Ted Tinling
- 2017 · Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- 2017 · Queers. as Steve
- 2017 · Queers. as
- 2017 · The Good Fight as Eli Gold
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Strange Magic as Bog King (voice)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Broad City as Alan Cumming
- 2013 · Picasso Baby as Self
- 2013 · The Smurfs 2 as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
- 2012 · The Outs as Alan Cumming
- 2011 · The Smurfs as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
- 2011 · Web Therapy as Austen Clarke
- 2011 · The Runaway as Desrae
- 2011 · Bubble Guppies as The Glitch (voice)
- 2010 · Burlesque as Alexis
- 2010 · The Tempest as Sebastian
- 2009 · It's Complicated as TV Actor (uncredited)
- 2009 · Dare as Grant Matson
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Eli Gold
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Web Therapy as Austen Clarke
- 2008 · Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack as Self - Hijacker
- 2007 · Tin Man as Glitch
- 2007 · Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Chuck Masters (voice)
- 2007 · Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Zeke (voice)
- 2007 · Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Chuck (voice)
- 2007 · Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Rupert (voice)
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Me, Eloise as (voice)
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Web Junk 20 as
- 2005 · Ripley Under Ground as Jeff Constant
- 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- 2005 · Doctor Who as King James
- 2005 · Son of the Mask as Loki
- 2005 · Eighteen as Father Chris
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · Shoebox Zoo as Bruno the Bear (voice)
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- 2004 · Garfield as Persnikitty (voice)
- 2004 · The L Word as Billie Blaikie
- 2003 · Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Fegan Floop
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest host
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2002 · Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams as Fegan Floop
- 2002 · Through the Night with... as Self
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 2001 · Spy Kids as Fegan Floop
- 2000 · Get Carter as Jeremy Kinnear
- 2000 · Loser as Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
- 2000 · The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
- 2000 · God, the Devil and Bob as The Devil (voice)
- 1999 · Titus as Saturninus
- 1999 · Eyes Wide Shut as Desk Clerk
- 1999 · Plunkett & MacLeane as Lord Rochester
- 1998 · Sex and the City as Oscar
- 1997 · Spice World as Piers
- 1997 · Romy and Michele's High School Reunion as Sandy Frink
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · 3rd Rock from the Sun as Angus 'The Hole' McDuff
- 1995 · GoldenEye as Boris Grishenko
- 1995 · Circle of Friends as Sean Walsh
- 1994 · Gargoyles as John Castaway (voice)
- 1994 · The High Life as Sebastian Flight
- 1994 · That Sunday as
- 1993 · Cabaret as Emcee
- 1993 · Frasier as Ahmrit
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents as Greg Deane
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Loki (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1986 · Passing Glory as Rab
- 1985 · Screen Two as Tulloch
- 1983 · Taggart as
- 1980 · Masterpiece Mystery as Self - Host
- 1979 · Question Time as Self - Panellist
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · Lunch Hour as
- 2026 · Glenrothan as Donal
- 2025 · Sleazy Tiger as Alan Cumming
- 2025 · My Happy Place as Self
- 2025 · V13 as Sigmund Freud
- 2024 · 92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center as Self
- 2024 · All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train as Self - Host
- 2024 · Chimp Crazy as Self
- 2024 · Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes as Self
- 2018 · They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Always at The Carlyle as Self
- 2017 · Michael Jackson's Halloween as Meriwether (voice)
- 2017 · The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin as Self (voice)
- 2016 · Hurricane Bianca as Lawrence Taylor
- 2014 · Chu and Blossom as Uncle
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
- 2012 · Any Day Now as Rudy Donatello
- 2012 · Urban Secrets as
- 2012 · The Outback as Bog (voice)
- 2010 · Jackboots on Whitehall as Hitler (voice)
- 2010 · Boogie Woogie as Dewey Dalamanatousis
- 2008 · Masterpiece Mystery! as Self - Host
- 2007 · ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self
- 2007 · Gray Matters as Gordy
- 2006 · Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
- 2006 · MOFO NYC as Self
- 2005 · Sweet Land as Frandsen
- 2005 · Bam Bam and Celeste as Eugene
- 2005 · Neverwas as Jake
- 2005 · Playing It Straight as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Goodbye Girl as Mark Bodine
- 2003 · X2 Global Webcast Highlights as Self
- 2003 · The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 as Self
- 2002 · Nicholas Nickleby as Mr. Folair
- 2002 · Searching for Debra Winger as Self (uncredited)
- 2002 · AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories as Self
- 2002 · Intimate Affairs as Sevy
- 2001 · The Anniversary Party as Joe Therrian
- 2001 · Josie and the Pussycats as Wyatt Frame
- 2000 · Company Man as General Batista
- 2000 · Urbania as Brett
- 1999 · Annie as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
- 1997 · Buddy as Dick Croner
- 1997 · Bathtime as Wrigley
- 1996 · Emma as Mr. Elton
- 1995 · Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
- 1995 · GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
- 1994 · Black Beauty as Black Beauty (voice)
- Future · Untitled Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Sequel as Sandy Frink
- Future · Rhona Who Lives by the River as Hamish
- 1994 · Second Best as Bernard
- Future · The Diary as
- 2025 · Being Stanley Baxter as Self
- 2025 · A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole as self
- 2024 · Drive Back Home as Perley
- 2023 · Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Rare Objects as Peter Kessler
- 2022 · Ooh the Banter! as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza! as Self - Host
- 2022 · Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men as Therapist
- 2022 · My Old School as Brandon Lee
- 2021 · The Nutcracker and the Mouse King as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America as Alan Cumming
- 2020 · Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins as Self
- 2020 · Endgame & Rough for Theatre II as B / Hamm
- 2017 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2017 · After Louie as Sam Cooper
- 2015 · Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder as Self
- 2013 · Almost in Love as Hayden
- 2012 · Maladies as Alan
- 2012 · Sir Billi as Gordon the Goat (voice)
- 2011 · The Money Pet as The Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Riverworld as Judas Caretaker
- 2009 · Victoria Wood: Seen on TV as
- 2009 · The Real Cabaret as Self
- 2009 · The Mystery of Claywoman as Jon Lauting Phd.
- 2009 · PoliWood as Self
- 2009 · Ptown Diaries as Narrator
- 2007 · Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Chuck (voice)
- 2007 · Suffering Man's Charity as John Vandermark
- 2006 · The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event as
- 2006 · Full Grown Men as The Hitchhiker
- 2006 · Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema as Self
- 2005 · Bad Blood as Davie Mitchell
- 2003 · FX2: Visual Effects as Self
- 2003 · Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler! as Himself
- 2003 · X2 as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
- 2001 · This is Stanley Baxter as Self
- 1993 · The Airzone Solution as MacNamara
- 1991 · Bernard and the Genie as Bernard Bottle
- Future · Death Do Us Part as
- Future · Borges and Me as
- 2002 · Becoming Men as
- 2000 · For My Baby as Daniel Orgelbrand
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- 1996 · Burn Your Phone as Andy
- Future · Run as Steve
- 1994 · Butter as Ronnie
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love as Greg Deane
- 1992 · Dread Poets' Society as Shelley
- 1992 · Prague as Alexander Novak
- 1992 · The Last Romantics as Tulloch
- 1989 · Conquest of the South Pole as
- Future · The Naturalized as Self
- Future · Treasure Trekkers as (voice)