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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Avengers: Doomsday as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
- 2025 · RoboGobo as Dame Luxley (voice)
- 2024 · 92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center 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 · Ooh the Banter! as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · My Old School as Brandon Lee
- 2021 · Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland as Self
- 2021 · The Prince as Owen
- 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)
- 2017 · Battle of the Sexes as Ted Tinling
- 2017 · Queers. as Steve
- 2017 · Queers. as
- 2017 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2017 · The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin as Self (voice)
- 2015 · Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder as Self
- 2014 · Chu and Blossom as Uncle
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · Picasso Baby as Self
- 2013 · Almost in Love as Hayden
- 2012 · Maladies as Alan
- 2012 · Sir Billi as Gordon the Goat (voice)
- 2011 · The Runaway as Desrae
- 2010 · Jackboots on Whitehall as Hitler (voice)
- 2010 · Riverworld as Judas Caretaker
- 2007 · Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Chuck (voice)
- 2007 · ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self
- 2007 · Ghost Writer as John Vandermark
- 2007 · Gray Matters as Gordy
- 2006 · Me, Eloise as (voice)
- 2006 · Full Grown Men as The Hitchhiker
- 2006 · Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema as Self
- 2005 · Ripley Under Ground as Jeff Constant
- 2005 · Bam Bam and Celeste as Eugene
- 2005 · Neverwas as Jake
- 2005 · Eighteen as Father Chris
- 2004 · The Goodbye Girl as Mark Bodine
- 2003 · The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2 as
- 2002 · Intimate Affairs as Sevy
- 2001 · Josie and the Pussycats as Wyatt Frame
- 2000 · Get Carter as Jeremy Kinnear
- 2000 · Company Man as General Batista
- 2000 · Urbania as Brett
- 1995 · Circle of Friends as Sean Walsh
- 1994 · Black Beauty as Black Beauty (voice)
- 1994 · Butter as Ronnie
- 1993 · Cabaret as Emcee
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents as Greg Deane
- 1992 · The Last Romantics as Tulloch
- 1991 · Bernard and the Genie as Bernard Bottle
- Future · The Naturalized as Self
- 2017 · After Louie as Sam Cooper
- Future · The Diary as
- 2024 · Paris & Nicole: The Encore as Narrator
- 2024 · Sleazy Tiger as Alan Cumming
- 2024 · All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train as Self - Host
- 2024 · Drive Back Home as
- 2024 · Chimp Crazy as Self
- 2024 · Doctor Who as Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
- 2024 · Doctor Who: Unleashed as
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 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 · Michael Jackson's Halloween as Meriwether (voice)
- 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
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Broad City as Alan Cumming
- 2013 · The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
- 2013 · The Smurfs 2 as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
- 2012 · Any Day Now as Rudy Donatello
- 2012 · Urban Secrets as
- 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 · Bubble Guppies as The Glitch (voice)
- 2011 · The Money Pet as The Narrator (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 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 · PoliWood as Self
- 2009 · Boogie Woogie as Dewey Dalamanatousis
- 2009 · Ptown Diaries as Narrator
- 2008 · Web Therapy as Austen Clarke
- 2008 · Masterpiece Mystery! as Self - Host
- 2008 · Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack as Self
- 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 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event as
- 2006 · Reefer Madness as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
- 2006 · Web Junk 20 as
- 2006 · MOFO NYC as Self
- 2005 · Sweet Land as Frandsen
- 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
- 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 · 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
- 2002 · Nicholas Nickleby as Mr. Folair
- 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 · AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories as Self
- 2002 · Through the Night with... as Self
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 2002 · CinéMagique as The Magician
- 2001 · The Anniversary Party as Joe Therrian
- 2001 · Spy Kids as Fegan Floop
- 2000 · For My Baby as Daniel Orgelbrand
- 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 · Plunkett & MacLeane as Lord Rochester
- 1995 · Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
- 1995 · GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
- Future · Borges and Me as
- Future · Lunch Hour as
- Future · Glenrothan as Donal
- 1999 · Titus as Saturninus
- 1999 · Annie as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
- 1999 · Eyes Wide Shut as Desk Clerk
- 1998 · Sex and the City as Oscar
- 1997 · Spice World as Piers
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- 1997 · Buddy as Dick Croner
- 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
- 1994 · Second Best as Bernard
- 1994 · The High Life as Sebastian Flight
- 1994 · The High Life as Self
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love as Greg Deane
- 1993 · The Airzone Solution as MacNamara
- 1992 · Dread Poets' Society as Shelley
- Future · Death Do Us Part as
- 1994 · That Sunday as
- 1993 · Frasier as Ahmrit
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Mr. Bean: Blind Date as Roger
- 1992 · Prague as Alexander Novak
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Loki (voice)
- 1989 · Conquest of the South Pole as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Future · Run as Steve
- 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
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Host
- Future · V13 as Sigmund Freud