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).
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Avengers: Doomsday
Character:Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Release Date:16/12/2026
Being Stanley Baxter
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/2025
Glenrothan
Character:Donal
Release Date:11/09/2025
Sleazy Tiger
Character:Alan Cumming
Release Date:27/06/2025
A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole
Character:self
Release Date:13/06/2025
V13
Character:Sigmund Freud
Release Date:03/04/2025
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Character:Self
Release Date:04/12/2024
Drive Back Home
Character:Perley
Release Date:19/09/2024
Genie
Character:Flaxman
Release Date:22/11/2023
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/06/2023
Rare Objects
Character:Peter Kessler
Release Date:14/04/2023
Marlowe
Character:Lou Hendricks
Release Date:15/02/2023
Ooh the Banter!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/2022
My Father's Dragon
Character:Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
Release Date:04/11/2022
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:02/09/2022
Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men
Character:Therapist
Release Date:18/05/2022
My Old School
Character:Brandon Lee
Release Date:10/03/2022
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:14/12/2021
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Character:Alan Cumming
Release Date:08/10/2020
Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins
Character:Self
Release Date:30/07/2020
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
Character:B / Hamm
Release Date:01/04/2020
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:31/08/2018
Show Dogs
Character:Dante (voice)
Release Date:18/05/2018
Always at The Carlyle
Character:Self
Release Date:11/05/2018
Michael Jackson's Halloween
Character:Meriwether (voice)
Release Date:27/10/2017
Battle of the Sexes
Character:Ted Tinling
Release Date:22/09/2017
Queer as Art
Character:Self
Release Date:27/07/2017
After Louie
Character:Sam Cooper
Release Date:17/03/2017
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Character:Self (voice)
Release Date:11/03/2017
Hurricane Bianca
Character:Lawrence Taylor
Release Date:03/06/2016
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
Character:Self
Release Date:11/07/2015
Strange Magic
Character:Bog King (voice)
Release Date:23/01/2015
Chu and Blossom
Character:Uncle
Release Date:31/01/2014
Muse of Fire
Character:Self
Release Date:26/09/2013
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
Character:Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Release Date:12/09/2013
Picasso Baby
Character:Self
Release Date:02/08/2013
The Smurfs 2
Character:Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Release Date:30/07/2013
Almost in Love
Character:Hayden
Release Date:15/02/2013
Any Day Now
Character:Rudy Donatello
Release Date:14/12/2012
Maladies
Character:Alan
Release Date:29/06/2012
Sir Billi
Character:Gordon the Goat (voice)
Release Date:13/04/2012
The Outback
Character:Bog (voice)
Release Date:12/01/2012
The Smurfs
Character:Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Release Date:29/07/2011
The Money Pet
Character:The Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/01/2011
Burlesque
Character:Alexis
Release Date:23/11/2010
Jackboots on Whitehall
Character:Hitler (voice)
Release Date:08/10/2010
The Tempest
Character:Sebastian
Release Date:11/09/2010
Riverworld
Character:Judas Caretaker
Release Date:18/04/2010
Boogie Woogie
Character:Dewey Dalamanatousis
Release Date:16/04/2010
It's Complicated
Character:TV Actor (uncredited)
Release Date:23/12/2009
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
Character:
Release Date:21/12/2009
Dare
Character:Grant Matson
Release Date:13/11/2009
The Real Cabaret
Character:Self
Release Date:20/10/2009
The Mystery of Claywoman
Character:Jon Lauting Phd.
Release Date:01/09/2009
PoliWood
Character:Self
Release Date:03/07/2009
Ptown Diaries
Character:Narrator
Release Date:16/06/2009
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Character:Chuck (voice)
Release Date:26/05/2007
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Character:Self
Release Date:19/04/2007
Suffering Man's Charity
Character:John Vandermark
Release Date:09/03/2007
Gray Matters
Character:Gordy
Release Date:23/02/2007
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
Character:
Release Date:17/07/2006
Full Grown Men
Character:The Hitchhiker
Release Date:27/04/2006
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Character:Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
Release Date:01/03/2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:12/02/2006
MOFO NYC
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2006
Ripley Under Ground
Character:Jeff Constant
Release Date:06/11/2005
Sweet Land
Character:Frandsen
Release Date:21/10/2005
Bam Bam and Celeste
Character:Eugene
Release Date:13/09/2005
Neverwas
Character:Jake
Release Date:09/09/2005
Bad Blood
Character:Davie Mitchell
Release Date:22/04/2005
Son of the Mask
Character:Loki
Release Date:11/02/2005
Eighteen
Character:Father Chris
Release Date:01/01/2005
Garfield
Character:Persnikitty (voice)
Release Date:10/06/2004
The Goodbye Girl
Character:Mark Bodine
Release Date:16/01/2004
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
Character:Self
Release Date:25/11/2003
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
Character:Self
Release Date:25/11/2003
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!
Character:Himself
Release Date:25/11/2003
FX2: Visual Effects
Character:Self
Release Date:25/11/2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Character:Fegan Floop
Release Date:25/07/2003
X2
Character:Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Release Date:27/04/2003
Nicholas Nickleby
Character:Mr. Folair
Release Date:27/12/2002
Becoming Men
Character:
Release Date:12/09/2002
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Character:Fegan Floop
Release Date:07/08/2002
Searching for Debra Winger
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:13/07/2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Character:Self
Release Date:11/06/2002
Intimate Affairs
Character:Sevy
Release Date:18/04/2002
This is Stanley Baxter
Character:Self
Release Date:12/07/2001
The Anniversary Party
Character:Joe Therrian
Release Date:09/06/2001
Josie and the Pussycats
Character:Wyatt Frame
Release Date:06/04/2001
Spy Kids
Character:Fegan Floop
Release Date:18/03/2001
For My Baby
Character:Daniel Orgelbrand
Release Date:19/10/2000
Get Carter
Character:Jeremy Kinnear
Release Date:06/10/2000
Loser
Character:Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
Release Date:21/07/2000
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Character:The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
Release Date:28/04/2000
Company Man
Character:General Batista
Release Date:09/03/2000
Urbania
Character:Brett
Release Date:24/01/2000
Titus
Character:Saturninus
Release Date:25/12/1999
Annie
Character:Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
Release Date:07/11/1999
Eyes Wide Shut
Character:Desk Clerk
Release Date:16/07/1999
Plunkett & MacLeane
Character:Lord Rochester
Release Date:22/01/1999
Spice World
Character:Piers
Release Date:18/12/1997
Buddy
Character:Dick Croner
Release Date:06/06/1997
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Character:Sandy Frink
Release Date:25/04/1997
Bathtime
Character:Wrigley
Release Date:01/01/1997
Burn Your Phone
Character:Andy
Release Date:31/12/1996
Emma
Character:Mr. Elton
Release Date:02/08/1996
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Character:Self
Release Date:26/12/1995
GoldenEye
Character:Boris Grishenko
Release Date:16/11/1995
Circle of Friends
Character:Sean Walsh
Release Date:07/04/1995
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1995
Second Best
Character:Bernard
Release Date:30/09/1994
Black Beauty
Character:Black Beauty (voice)
Release Date:29/07/1994
That Sunday
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1994
Butter
Character:Ronnie
Release Date:01/01/1994
Cabaret
Character:Emcee
Release Date:09/12/1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
Character:Greg Deane
Release Date:20/05/1993
The Airzone Solution
Character:MacNamara
Release Date:01/01/1993
Dread Poets' Society
Character:Shelley
Release Date:23/09/1992
Prague
Character:Alexander Novak
Release Date:01/05/1992
The Last Romantics
Character:Tulloch
Release Date:29/03/1992
Bernard and the Genie
Character:Bernard Bottle
Release Date:23/11/1991
Conquest of the South Pole
Character:
Release Date:01/08/1989
Passing Glory
Character:Rab
Release Date:01/09/1986
Television Appearances
The Mighty Nein
Character:Gustav (voice)
My Happy Place
Character:Self
RoboGobo
Character:Dame Luxley (voice)
Paris & Nicole: The Encore
Character:Narrator
All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train
Character:Self - Host
Chimp Crazy
Character:Self
Doctor Who
Character:Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
Doctor Who: Unleashed
Character:Self
Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes
Character:Self
The Traitors
Character:Self - Host
Abominable and the Invisible City
Character:Burnish (voice)
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Character:
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Character:Self – Actor
Dead End: Paranormal Park
Character:Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice)
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
Character:Self
The Prince
Character:Owen
Schmigadoon!
Character:Mayor Aloysius Menlove
Schmigadoon!
Character:Dooley Blight
Briarpatch
Character:Clyde Brattle
Helpsters
Character:Dancer Dave
Prodigal Son
Character:Simon Hoxley
Tamron Hall
Character:Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
Today with Hoda & Jenna
Character:Self
Instinct
Character:Dylan Reinhart
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Character:Self
Queers.
Character:Steve
Queers.
Character:
The Good Fight
Character:Eli Gold
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
Broad City
Character:Alan Cumming
Urban Secrets
Character:
The Outs
Character:Alan Cumming
Web Therapy
Character:Austen Clarke
The Runaway
Character:Desrae
Bubble Guppies
Character:The Glitch (voice)
The Good Wife
Character:Eli Gold
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
Web Therapy
Character:Austen Clarke
Masterpiece Mystery!
Character:Self - Host
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
Character:Self - Hijacker
Tin Man
Character:Glitch
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Character:Chuck Masters (voice)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Character:Zeke (voice)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Character:Chuck (voice)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Character:Rupert (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
Me, Eloise
Character:(voice)
The One Show
Character:Self - Guest
Web Junk 20
Character:
8 Out of 10 Cats
Character:Self
Playing It Straight
Character:Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who
Character:King James
Who Do You Think You Are?
Character:Self
Shoebox Zoo
Character:Bruno the Bear (voice)
The Tony Danza Show
Character:Self - Guest
The L Word
Character:Billie Blaikie
Real Time with Bill Maher
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self - Guest host
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self - Guest
Through the Night with...
Character:Self
V Graham Norton
Character:Self
God, the Devil and Bob
Character:The Devil (voice)
Sex and the City
Character:Oscar
EP Daily
Character:
The Daily Show
Character:Self
3rd Rock from the Sun
Character:Angus 'The Hole' McDuff
Gargoyles
Character:John Castaway (voice)
The High Life
Character:Sebastian Flight
Frasier
Character:Ahmrit
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
Rik Mayall Presents
Character:Greg Deane
Have I Got News for You
Character:Self
The Simpsons
Character:Loki (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
Screen Two
Character:Tulloch
Taggart
Character:
Masterpiece Mystery
Character:Self - Host
Question Time
Character:Self - Panellist
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Great Performances
Character:Self
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Host
The Emmy Awards
Character:Self
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