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 · RoboGobo as Dame Luxley (voice)
- 2024 · Doctor Who as Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
- 2023 · Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Rare Objects as Peter Kessler
- 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 · My Old School as Brandon Lee
- 2021 · The Prince as Owen
- 2021 · Schmigadoon! as Mayor Aloysius Menlove
- 2021 · Schmigadoon! as Dooley Blight
- 2020 · The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America as Alan Cumming
- 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 Hoda & Jenna as Self
- 2018 · Show Dogs as Dante (voice)
- 2018 · Always at The Carlyle as Self
- 2018 · Instinct as Dylan Reinhart
- 2017 · Battle of the Sexes as Ted Tinling
- 2017 · Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- 2017 · The Good Fight as Eli Gold
- 2016 · Hurricane Bianca as Lawrence Taylor
- 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 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Broad City as Alan Cumming
- 2013 · The Smurfs 2 as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
- 2012 · Maladies as Alan
- 2012 · The Outback as Bog (voice)
- 2011 · The Smurfs as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
- 2011 · Web Therapy as Austen Clarke
- 2011 · Bubble Guppies as The Glitch (voice)
- 2010 · Burlesque as Alexis
- 2010 · The Tempest as Sebastian
- 2010 · Riverworld as Judas Caretaker
- 2009 · It's Complicated as TV Actor (uncredited)
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Eli Gold
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Boogie Woogie as Dewey Dalamanatousis
- 2008 · Web Therapy as Austen Clarke
- 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 · ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self
- 2007 · Gray Matters as Gordy
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
- 2005 · Neverwas as Jake
- 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- 2005 · Doctor Who as King James
- 2005 · Son of the Mask as Loki
- 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
- 2002 · Nicholas Nickleby as Mr. Folair
- 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 · Josie and the Pussycats as Wyatt Frame
- 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 · Urbania as Brett
- 1999 · Titus as Saturninus
- 1999 · Annie as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
- 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: The Secret Files as Self
- 1995 · GoldenEye as Boris Grishenko
- 1994 · Gargoyles as John Castaway (voice)
- 1994 · Black Beauty as Black Beauty (voice)
- 1993 · Frasier as Ahmrit
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · The Airzone Solution as MacNamara
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Loki (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 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
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Host
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · Borges and Me as
- 2025 · A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole as self
- 2025 · My Happy Place as Self
- 2023 · Genie as Flaxman
- 2022 · Dead End: Paranormal Park as Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice)
- 2020 · Briarpatch as Clyde Brattle
- 2017 · Michael Jackson's Halloween as Meriwether (voice)
- 2017 · Queers. as Steve
- 2017 · Queers. as
- 2017 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2017 · After Louie as Sam Cooper
- 2015 · Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder as Self
- 2014 · Chu and Blossom as Uncle
- 2013 · The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
- 2013 · Picasso Baby as Self
- 2013 · Almost in Love as Hayden
- 2012 · Any Day Now as Rudy Donatello
- 2012 · Sir Billi as Gordon the Goat (voice)
- 2012 · The Outs as Alan Cumming
- 2011 · The Runaway as Desrae
- 2010 · Jackboots on Whitehall as Hitler (voice)
- 2009 · The Mystery of Claywoman as Jon Lauting Phd.
- 2009 · PoliWood as Self
- 2008 · Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack as Self - Hijacker
- 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 · Suffering Man's Charity as John Vandermark
- 2006 · Me, Eloise as (voice)
- 2006 · Full Grown Men as The Hitchhiker
- 2006 · Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema as Self
- 2006 · Web Junk 20 as
- 2005 · Sweet Land as Frandsen
- 2005 · Bam Bam and Celeste as Eugene
- 2005 · Bad Blood as Davie Mitchell
- 2005 · Eighteen as Father Chris
- 2004 · The Goodbye Girl as Mark Bodine
- 2003 · The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2' as
- 2003 · X2 Global Webcast Highlights as Self
- 2002 · Intimate Affairs as Sevy
- 2001 · The Anniversary Party as Joe Therrian
- 2000 · For My Baby as Daniel Orgelbrand
- 2000 · Company Man as General Batista
- 2000 · God, the Devil and Bob as The Devil (voice)
- 1997 · Buddy as Dick Croner
- 1996 · Emma as Mr. Elton
- 1994 · Second Best as Bernard
- 1994 · Butter as Ronnie
- 1993 · Cabaret as Emcee
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love as Greg Deane
- Future · The Naturalized as Self
- Future · Death Do Us Part as
- 2025 · Glenrothan as Donal
- 2025 · Sleazy Tiger as Alan Cumming
- 2025 · V13 as Sigmund Freud
- 2024 · Paris & Nicole: The Encore as Narrator
- 2024 · 92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center as Self
- 2024 · All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train as Self - Host
- 2024 · Drive Back Home as Perley
- 2024 · Chimp Crazy as Self
- 2024 · Doctor Who: Unleashed as Self
- 2024 · Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes as Self
- 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
- 2021 · The Nutcracker and the Mouse King as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland as Self
- 2020 · Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins as Self
- 2020 · Endgame & Rough for Theatre II as B / Hamm
- 2018 · They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin as Self (voice)
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2012 · Urban Secrets as
- 2011 · The Money Pet as The Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Dare as Grant Matson
- 2009 · The Real Cabaret as Self
- 2009 · Ptown Diaries as Narrator
- 2008 · Masterpiece Mystery! as Self - Host
- 2007 · Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Chuck (voice)
- 2006 · The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event as
- 2006 · MOFO NYC as Self
- 2005 · Ripley Under Ground as Jeff Constant
- 2005 · Playing It Straight as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · FX2: Visual Effects as Self
- 2003 · Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler! as Himself
- 2003 · X2 as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
- 2002 · Becoming Men as
- 2002 · Searching for Debra Winger as Self (uncredited)
- 2002 · AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories as Self
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- 1997 · Bathtime as Wrigley
- 1996 · Burn Your Phone as Andy
- 1995 · GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
- 1994 · The High Life as Sebastian Flight
- 1989 · Conquest of the South Pole as
- Future · Rhona Who Lives by the River as Hamish
- 1995 · Circle of Friends as Sean Walsh
- 1994 · That Sunday as
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents as Greg Deane
- 1992 · Dread Poets' Society as Shelley
- 1992 · Prague as Alexander Novak
- 1992 · The Last Romantics as Tulloch
- 1991 · Bernard and the Genie as Bernard Bottle
- 1986 · Passing Glory as Rab
- Future · Lunch Hour as
- Future · The Diary as
- Future · Run as Steve