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 · Toy Story 5 as Evil Bullseye (voice)
- 2026 · Tip Toe as Leo
- 2026 · Glenrothan as Donal
- 2026 · Club Cumming as Self
- 2025 · Being Stanley Baxter as Self
- 2025 · My Happy Place as Self
- 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 · Chimp Crazy as Self
- 2024 · Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes as Self
- 2023 · Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Rare Objects as Peter Kessler
- 2022 · My Father's Dragon as Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
- 2022 · My Old School as Brandon Lee
- 2020 · The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America as Alan Cumming
- 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
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
- 2013 · Picasso Baby as Self
- 2012 · Any Day Now as Rudy Donatello
- 2012 · Urban Secrets as
- 2012 · Sir Billi as Gordon the Goat (voice)
- 2010 · Jackboots on Whitehall as Hitler (voice)
- 2010 · The Tempest as Sebastian
- 2009 · Victoria Wood: Seen on TV as
- 2009 · Dare as Grant Matson
- 2009 · PoliWood as Self
- 2008 · Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack as Self - Hijacker
- 2007 · ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self
- 2007 · Suffering Man's Charity as John Vandermark
- 2007 · Gray Matters as Gordy
- 2006 · Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema as Self
- 2005 · Ripley Under Ground as Jeff Constant
- 2005 · Sweet Land as Frandsen
- 2005 · Neverwas as Jake
- 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 · 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
- 2000 · Loser as Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
- 2000 · Company Man as General Batista
- 2000 · Urbania as Brett
- 1999 · Annie as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
- 1999 · Plunkett & Macleane as Lord Rochester
- 1997 · Buddy as Dick Croner
- 1995 · Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
- 1995 · Circle of Friends as Sean Walsh
- 1994 · Second Best as Bernard
- 1994 · The High Life as Sebastian Flight
- 1993 · Cabaret as Emcee
- 1991 · Bernard and the Genie as Bernard Bottle
- Future · Rhona Who Lives by the River as Hamish
- Future · The Diary as
- 2026 · Kiloran Bay as Torquil
- 2026 · One Night Out with Alan Cumming as Host
- 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 · Drive Back Home as Perley
- 2024 · Doctor Who as Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
- 2024 · Doctor Who: Unleashed as Self
- 2024 · Boarders as Alan
- 2023 · Genie as Flaxman
- 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 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self - Guest
- 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
- 2021 · The Nutcracker and the Mouse King as Narrator (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 · 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 · Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder 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 · Chu and Blossom as Uncle
- 2014 · Broad City as Alan Cumming
- 2013 · The Smurfs 2 as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
- 2013 · Almost in Love as Hayden
- 2012 · Maladies as Alan
- 2012 · The Outs as Alan Cumming
- 2012 · The Outback as Bog (voice)
- 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 · Riverworld as Judas Caretaker
- 2010 · Boogie Woogie as Dewey Dalamanatousis
- 2009 · It's Complicated as TV Actor (uncredited)
- 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 · 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
- 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 · Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Chuck (voice)
- 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 · Full Grown Men as The Hitchhiker
- 2006 · Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
- 2006 · Web Junk 20 as
- 2006 · Motherfucker: A Movie as Self
- 2005 · Bam Bam and Celeste as Eugene
- 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- 2005 · Bad Blood as Davie Mitchell
- 2005 · Playing It Straight as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler! as Himself
- 2003 · X2 as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
- 2002 · Becoming Men as
- 2000 · For My Baby as Daniel Orgelbrand
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- 1996 · Burn Your Phone as Andy
- 1995 · GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
- 1994 · That Sunday as
- 1994 · Butter as Ronnie
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love as Greg Deane
- 1993 · The Airzone Solution as MacNamara
- Future · The Traitors as Self - Host
- 1992 · The Last Romantics as Tulloch
- Future · Lunch Hour as
- 2003 · FX2: Visual Effects as Self
- 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
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 1998 · Sex and the City as Oscar
- 1997 · Spice World as Piers
- 1997 · Romy and Michele's High School Reunion as Sandy Frink
- 1997 · Bathtime as Wrigley
- 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
- 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 · Rik Mayall Presents as Greg Deane
- 1992 · Dread Poets' Society as Shelley
- 1992 · Prague as Alexander Novak
- 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
- 1986 · ScreenPlay as Percy Bysshe Shelley
- 1985 · Screen Two as Tulloch
- 1985 · Screen Two as Andy
- 1985 · Screen Two as Alexander Novak
- 1984 · Travelling Man as Jamie
- 1983 · Taggart as Jamie McCormack
- 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 - Host
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1949 · The BAFTA Awards as Host
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · Run as Steve
- Future · Borges and Me as
- Future · The Naturalized as Self
- Future · Untitled Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Sequel as Sandy Frink
- Future · Treasure Trekkers as (voice)
- Future · Death Do Us Part as