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
- 2026 · Glenrothan as Donal
- 2025 · My Happy Place as Self
- 2024 · All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train as Self - Host
- 2023 · Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · My Father's Dragon as Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
- 2021 · Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland 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 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2016 · Hurricane Bianca as Lawrence Taylor
- 2015 · Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder as Self
- 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 · Maladies as Alan
- 2012 · The Outback as Bog (voice)
- 2010 · Jackboots on Whitehall as Hitler (voice)
- 2010 · The Tempest as Sebastian
- 2010 · Riverworld as Judas Caretaker
- 2009 · Dare as Grant Matson
- 2009 · PoliWood as Self
- 2007 · Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Chuck (voice)
- 2007 · ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self
- 2007 · Gray Matters as Gordy
- 2006 · Full Grown Men as The Hitchhiker
- 2006 · Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
- 2006 · Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema as Self
- 2006 · Motherfucker: A Movie as Self
- 2005 · Ripley Under Ground as Jeff Constant
- 2005 · Sweet Land as Frandsen
- 2005 · Playing It Straight as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Eighteen as Father Chris
- 2004 · The Goodbye Girl as Mark Bodine
- 2003 · The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 as Self
- 2002 · Nicholas Nickleby as Mr. Folair
- 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
- 2000 · For My Baby as Daniel Orgelbrand
- 2000 · Company Man as General Batista
- 1999 · Annie as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
- 1997 · Buddy as Dick Croner
- 1995 · Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
- 1995 · Circle of Friends as Sean Walsh
- Future · Rhona Who Lives by the River as Hamish
- 1994 · Second Best as Bernard
- 1994 · Black Beauty as Black Beauty (voice)
- 1994 · That Sunday as
- 1994 · Butter as Ronnie
- 1992 · Dread Poets' Society as Shelley
- 1992 · The Last Romantics as Tulloch
- Future · Tip Toe as Leo
- Future · The Diary as
- 2012 · Sir Billi as Gordon the Goat (voice)
- Future · Death Do Us Part as
- 2026 · One Night Out with Alan Cumming as Host
- 2025 · Being Stanley Baxter as Self
- 2025 · The Mighty Nein as Gustav (voice)
- 2025 · Sleazy Tiger as Alan Cumming
- 2025 · A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole as self
- 2025 · V13 as Sigmund Freud
- 2025 · RoboGobo as Dame Luxley (voice)
- 2024 · Paris & Nicole: The Encore as Narrator
- 2024 · 92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center as Self
- 2024 · Drive Back Home as Perley
- 2024 · Chimp Crazy as Self
- 2024 · Doctor Who as Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
- 2024 · Doctor Who: Unleashed as Self
- 2024 · Boarders as Alan
- 2024 · Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes as Self
- 2023 · Genie as Flaxman
- 2023 · Rare Objects as Peter Kessler
- 2023 · Marlowe as Lou Hendricks
- 2023 · The Traitors as Self - Host
- 2022 · Ooh the Banter! as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Abominable and the Invisible City as Burnish (voice)
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Actor
- 2022 · Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza! as Self - Host
- 2022 · Dead End: Paranormal Park as Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice)
- 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)
- 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
- 2020 · Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins as Self
- 2020 · Endgame & Rough for Theatre II as B / Hamm
- 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 · After Louie as Sam Cooper
- 2017 · The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin as Self (voice)
- 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)
- 2013 · Almost in Love as Hayden
- 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)
- 2011 · The Money Pet as The Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Burlesque as Alexis
- 2010 · Boogie Woogie as Dewey Dalamanatousis
- 2009 · It's Complicated as TV Actor (uncredited)
- 2009 · Victoria Wood: Seen on TV as
- 2009 · The Real Cabaret as Self
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Eli Gold
- 2009 · The Mystery of Claywoman as Jon Lauting Phd.
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Ptown Diaries as Narrator
- 2008 · Web Therapy as Austen Clarke
- 2008 · Masterpiece Mystery! as Self - Host
- 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 · Suffering Man's Charity as John Vandermark
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Me, Eloise as (voice)
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event as
- 2006 · Web Junk 20 as
- 2005 · Bam Bam and Celeste as Eugene
- 2005 · Neverwas as Jake
- 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- 2005 · Bad Blood as Davie Mitchell
- 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 · X2 Global Webcast Highlights as Self
- 2003 · FX2: Visual Effects as Self
- 2003 · Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler! as Himself
- 2003 · Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Fegan Floop
- 2003 · X2 as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest host
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2002 · Becoming Men as
- 2002 · Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams as Fegan Floop
- 2002 · Searching for Debra Winger as Self (uncredited)
- 2002 · Through the Night with... as Self
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 2001 · This is Stanley Baxter 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 · God, the Devil and Bob as The Devil (voice)
- 2000 · Urbania as Brett
- 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 · EP Daily as
- 1997 · Romy and Michele's High School Reunion as Sandy Frink
- 1997 · Bathtime as Wrigley
- 1996 · Burn Your Phone as Andy
- 1996 · Emma as Mr. Elton
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · 3rd Rock from the Sun as Angus 'The Hole' McDuff
- 1995 · GoldenEye as Boris Grishenko
- 1995 · Ghosts as Philip
- 1995 · GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
- 1994 · Gargoyles as John Castaway (voice)
- 1994 · The High Life as Sebastian Flight
- 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
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love as Greg Deane
- 1993 · The Airzone Solution as MacNamara
- 1992 · Prague as Alexander Novak
- 1991 · Bernard and the Genie as Bernard Bottle
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Loki (voice)
- 1989 · Conquest of the South Pole as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1986 · Passing Glory as Rab
- 1985 · Screen Two as Tulloch
- 1985 · Screen Two as Andy
- 1984 · Travelling Man as Jamie
- 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 · Borges and Me as
- Future · The Naturalized as Self
- Future · Untitled Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Sequel as Sandy Frink
- Future · Kiloran Bay as
- Future · Run as Steve
- Future · Lunch Hour as
- Future · Treasure Trekkers as (voice)