Alan Cumming
Acting
Born: January 27, 1965 (age 61) · Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
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
X2
2003
The Simpsons
1989
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
GoldenEye
1995
Garfield
2004
The Smurfs
2011
Spy Kids
2001
Doctor Who
2005
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
Burlesque
2010
The Smurfs 2
2013
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
Photos (5)
Movies (97)
Toy Story 5
Evil Bullseye (voice)
Eyes Wide Shut
Desk Clerk
GoldenEye
Boris Grishenko
The Smurfs
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
The Smurfs 2
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Garfield
Persnikitty (voice)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Fegan Floop
Spy Kids
Fegan Floop
Planet 51
Alien Mailman (voice)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Fegan Floop
Son of the Mask
Loki
Strange Magic
Bog King (voice)
Battle of the Sexes
Ted Tinling
Marlowe
Lou Hendricks
It's Complicated
TV Actor (uncredited)
Get Carter
Jeremy Kinnear
Glenrothan
Donal
Burlesque
Alexis
Titus
Saturninus
Black Beauty
Black Beauty (voice)
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
Plunkett & Macleane
Lord Rochester
Loser
Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
Show Dogs
Dante (voice)
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Sandy Frink
Josie and the Pussycats
Wyatt Frame
Emma
Mr. Elton
Spice World
Piers
Genie
Flaxman
Ripley Under Ground
Jeff Constant
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
My Father's Dragon
Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
The Tempest
Sebastian
The Outback
Bog (voice)
Boogie Woogie
Dewey Dalamanatousis
Annie
Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
Kiloran Bay
Torquil
Nicholas Nickleby
Mr. Folair
Cabaret
Emcee
Circle of Friends
Sean Walsh
Les Parfait(s) : Arnaques en Famille
Sean Mac Callaghan
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
Therapist
The Anniversary Party
Joe Therrian
Gray Matters
Gordy
Company Man
General Batista
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Narrator (voice)
Second Best
Bernard
Jackboots on Whitehall
Hitler / Braveheart (voice)
Any Day Now
Rudy Donatello
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
The Goodbye Girl
Mark Bodine
That Sunday
1994
Intimate Affairs
Sevy
Hurricane Bianca
Lawrence Taylor
Sleazy Tiger
Alan Cumming
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Narrator (voice)
Neverwas
Jake
Buddy
Dick Croner
Michael Jackson's Halloween
Meriwether (voice)
Rare Objects
Peter Kessler
Ptown Diaries
Narrator
Borges and Me
Alastair Reid
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Alan Cumming
Dare
Grant Matson
Suffering Man's Charity
John Vandermark
Drive Back Home
Perley
Riverworld
Judas Caretaker
The Last Romantics
Tulloch
Sweet Land
Frandsen
Sir Billi
Gordon the Goat (voice)
Dread Poets' Society
Shelley
Bathtime
Wrigley
V13
Sigmund Freud
Full Grown Men
The Hitchhiker
For My Baby
Daniel Orgelbrand
My Old School
Brandon Lee
Butter
Ronnie
Chu and Blossom
Uncle
Bernard and the Genie
Bernard Bottle
Maladies
Alan
Death Do Us Part
2026
Urbania
Brett
X2
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Bam Bam and Celeste
Eugene
Eighteen
Father Chris
After Louie
Sam Cooper
The Airzone Solution
MacNamara
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
Greg Deane
Almost in Love
Hayden
Burn Your Phone
Andy
Becoming Men
2002
The Money Pet
The Narrator (voice)
Bad Blood
Davie Mitchell
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
B / Hamm
Prague
Alexander Novak
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (55)
The Simpsons
Loki (voice) · 1 eps
Frasier
Ahmrit · 1 eps
Doctor Who
King James · 1 eps
The Good Wife
Eli Gold · 140 eps
Sex and the City
Oscar · 1 eps
3rd Rock from the Sun
Angus 'The Hole' McDuff · 1 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
1 eps
The Good Fight
Eli Gold · 2 eps
Screen Two
Tulloch · 1 eps
Screen Two
Andy · 1 eps
Screen Two
Alexander Novak · 1 eps
Gargoyles
John Castaway (voice) · 1 eps
Doctor Who
Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice) · 1 eps
RoboGobo
Dame Luxley (voice) · 50 eps
The L Word
Billie Blaikie · 6 eps
Bubble Guppies
The Glitch (voice) · 1 eps
Broad City
Alan Cumming · 1 eps
Prodigal Son
Simon Hoxley · 2 eps
The Mighty Nein
Gustav (voice) · 1 eps
Instinct
Dylan Reinhart · 24 eps
Taggart
Jamie McCormack · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1 eps
Tip Toe
Leo Struthers · 5 eps
Schmigadoon!
Mayor Aloysius Menlove · 6 eps
Schmigadoon!
Dooley Blight · 6 eps
The BAFTA Awards
Host · 1 eps
Dead End: Paranormal Park
Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice) · 2 eps
Web Therapy
Austen Clarke · 4 eps
Web Therapy
Austen Clarke · 10 eps
Take the High Road
Jim Hunter · 6 eps
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Chuck Masters (voice) · 14 eps
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Zeke (voice) · 1 eps
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Chuck (voice) · 1 eps
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Rupert (voice) · 1 eps
Travelling Man
Jamie · 1 eps
God, the Devil and Bob
The Devil (voice) · 13 eps
Tin Man
Glitch · 3 eps
Helpsters
Dancer Dave · 1 eps
Abominable and the Invisible City
Burnish (voice) · 10 eps
Shoebox Zoo
Bruno the Bear (voice) · 26 eps
The Prince
Owen · 12 eps
Me, Eloise
(voice) · 1 eps
Briarpatch
Clyde Brattle · 10 eps
Boarders
Alan · 1 eps
Rik Mayall Presents
Greg Deane · 1 eps
The Outs
Alan Cumming · 3 eps
Queers.
Steve · 1 eps
Queers.
8 eps
Ghosts
Philip · 1 eps
The Runaway
Desrae · 6 eps
Paris & Nicole: The Encore
Narrator · 3 eps
The High Life
Sebastian Flight · 6 eps
Urban Secrets
10 eps
Shadow of the Stone
Tom Henderson · 5 eps
EP Daily
1 eps
Self / Appearances (72)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 6 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 4 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 3 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 3 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Great Performances
Self · 2 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Host · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Have I Got News for You
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 6 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Actor · 1 eps
Masterpiece Mystery
Self - Host · 291 eps
The One Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Question Time
Self - Panellist · 1 eps
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self · 2 eps
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self · 1 eps
V Graham Norton
Self · 2 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
The Traitors
Self - Host · 47 eps
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self · 1 eps
Through the Night with...
Self · 1 eps
Doctor Who: Unleashed
Self · 1 eps
The Emmy Awards
Self · 1 eps
My Happy Place
Self · 6 eps
Chimp Crazy
Self · 4 eps
Club Cumming
Self · 6 eps
Always at The Carlyle
Self
Collectormania 7
Self
Muse of Fire
Self
Playing It Straight
Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
Self
One Night Out with Alan Cumming
Self - Host
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self (voice)
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
Self · 7 eps
Searching for Debra Winger
Self (uncredited)
PoliWood
Self
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Self
X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy
Self
This is Stanley Baxter
Self
The Killer Among Us
Self - Host · 10 eps
Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes
Self · 5 eps
Motherfucker: A Movie
Self
All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train
Self - Host · 4 eps
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Self
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self
Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes: Creating “Son of The Mask”
Self
FX2: Visual Effects
Self
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
Self
Ooh the Banter!
Self (archive footage)
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!
Himself
Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of “Son of The Mask”
Self
Queer as Art
Self
Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins
Self
The Real Cabaret
Self
A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole
self
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!
Self - Host
Upcoming (5)
Directing (5)
Writing (3)
Producing (10)
Instinct
Executive Producer
Tip Toe
Executive Producer
The Traitors
Producer
Club Cumming
Executive Producer
Asog
Executive Producer
The Anniversary Party
Producer
Suffering Man's Charity
Executive Producer
Sweet Land
Producer
We Are Pat
Executive Producer
Sharon Needles Presents: Mask It or Casket
Executive Producer