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 · Chimp Crazy as Self
- 2024 · Doctor Who as Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
- 2024 · Doctor Who: Unleashed as Self
- 2023 · Genie as Flaxman
- 2023 · Rare Objects as Peter Kessler
- 2023 · Marlowe as Lou Hendricks
- 2023 · The Traitors as Self - Host
- 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 · The Prince as Owen
- 2021 · Schmigadoon! as Mayor Aloysius Menlove
- 2021 · Schmigadoon! as Dooley Blight
- 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 · Instinct as Dylan Reinhart
- 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 · 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 · Sir Billi as Gordon the Goat (voice)
- 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 · Riverworld as Judas Caretaker
- 2010 · Boogie Woogie as Dewey Dalamanatousis
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Eli Gold
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Ripley Under Ground as Jeff Constant
- 2005 · Sweet Land as Frandsen
- 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
- 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
- 2004 · The Goodbye Girl as Mark Bodine
- 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 · Spy Kids as Fegan Floop
- 2000 · Get Carter as Jeremy Kinnear
- 2000 · Loser as Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
- 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 · 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
- 1995 · Circle of Friends as Sean Walsh
- 1994 · Gargoyles as John Castaway (voice)
- 1994 · Second Best as Bernard
- 1994 · Butter as Ronnie
- 1993 · Cabaret as Emcee
- 1993 · Frasier as Ahmrit
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · Prague as Alexander Novak
- 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
- Future · Lunch Hour as
- 2025 · Glenrothan as Donal
- 2025 · My Happy Place as Self
- 2025 · V13 as Sigmund Freud
- 2024 · Paris & Nicole: The Encore as Narrator
- 2024 · All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train as Self - Host
- 2024 · Drive Back Home as Perley
- 2024 · Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes as Self
- 2022 · My Father's Dragon as Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
- 2022 · My Old School as Brandon Lee
- 2021 · Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland as Self
- 2020 · Briarpatch as Clyde Brattle
- 2019 · Helpsters as Dancer Dave
- 2018 · They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Always at The Carlyle as Self
- 2017 · Battle of the Sexes as Ted Tinling
- 2017 · Queers. as Steve
- 2017 · Queers. as
- 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 · The Outs as Alan Cumming
- 2011 · The Runaway as Desrae
- 2010 · The Tempest as Sebastian
- 2009 · It's Complicated as TV Actor (uncredited)
- 2009 · Dare as Grant Matson
- 2008 · Masterpiece Mystery! as Self - Host
- 2008 · Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack as Self - Hijacker
- 2006 · Me, Eloise as (voice)
- 2006 · Web Junk 20 as
- 2006 · MOFO NYC as Self
- 2005 · Bad Blood as Davie Mitchell
- 2005 · Playing It Straight as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · FX2: Visual Effects as Self
- 2001 · The Anniversary Party as Joe Therrian
- 2001 · Josie and the Pussycats as Wyatt Frame
- 2000 · For My Baby as Daniel Orgelbrand
- 2000 · The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
- 2000 · God, the Devil and Bob as The Devil (voice)
- 1997 · Spice World as Piers
- 1997 · Buddy as Dick Croner
- 1997 · Bathtime as Wrigley
- 1996 · Emma as Mr. Elton
- 1994 · The High Life as Sebastian Flight
- 1994 · That Sunday as
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents as Greg Deane
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · Untitled Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Sequel as Sandy Frink
- Future · Rhona Who Lives by the River as Hamish
- 1994 · Black Beauty as Black Beauty (voice)
- 1986 · Passing Glory as Rab
- Future · Run as Steve
- Future · Borges and Me as
- 1989 · Conquest of the South Pole as
- Future · Death Do Us Part as
- 2025 · Being Stanley Baxter as Self
- 2025 · Sleazy Tiger as Alan Cumming
- 2025 · A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole as self
- 2024 · 92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center as Self
- 2023 · Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story as Narrator (voice)
- 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)
- 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 · Michael Jackson's Halloween as Meriwether (voice)
- 2017 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2017 · After Louie as Sam Cooper
- 2017 · The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin as Self (voice)
- 2015 · Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder as Self
- 2013 · Almost in Love as Hayden
- 2012 · Any Day Now as Rudy Donatello
- 2012 · Urban Secrets as
- 2012 · Maladies as Alan
- 2011 · The Money Pet as The Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Jackboots on Whitehall as Hitler (voice)
- 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 · ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self
- 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 · Bam Bam and Celeste as Eugene
- 2003 · The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2' as
- 2003 · Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler! as Himself
- 2003 · X2 Global Webcast Highlights as Self
- 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
- 2002 · Intimate Affairs as Sevy
- 2000 · Company Man as General Batista
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- 1996 · Burn Your Phone as Andy
- 1995 · GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love as Greg Deane
- 1993 · The Airzone Solution as MacNamara
- 1992 · The Last Romantics as Tulloch
- 1991 · Bernard and the Genie as Bernard Bottle
- Future · The Diary as
- Future · The Naturalized as Self
- 1992 · Dread Poets' Society as Shelley