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 · A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole as self
- 2025 · RoboGobo as Dame Luxley (voice)
- 2024 · 92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center as Self
- 2024 · Doctor Who as Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
- 2023 · Genie as Flaxman
- 2023 · Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · 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 Prince as Owen
- 2021 · Schmigadoon! as Mayor Aloysius Menlove
- 2021 · Schmigadoon! as Dooley Blight
- 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 · 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 Good Fight as Eli Gold
- 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 · 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 · Maladies as Alan
- 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 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
- 2008 · Web Therapy as Austen Clarke
- 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 · Suffering Man's Charity as John Vandermark
- 2007 · Gray Matters as Gordy
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Me, Eloise as (voice)
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
- 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- 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 · 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
- 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 · The Anniversary Party as Joe Therrian
- 2001 · Josie and the Pussycats as Wyatt Frame
- 2001 · Spy Kids as Fegan Floop
- 2000 · The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
- 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
- 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 · Gargoyles as John Castaway (voice)
- 1993 · Frasier as Ahmrit
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 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
- 1985 · Screen Two as Andy
- 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
- Future · The Diary as
- 1997 · Buddy as Dick Croner
- 1994 · Black Beauty as Black Beauty (voice)
- 1991 · Bernard and the Genie as Bernard Bottle
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · The Naturalized as Self
- 2025 · My Happy Place as Self
- 2024 · Paris & Nicole: The Encore as Narrator
- 2024 · Drive Back Home as Perley
- 2024 · Chimp Crazy as Self
- 2024 · Doctor Who: Unleashed as Self
- 2023 · Rare Objects as Peter Kessler
- 2022 · Ooh the Banter! as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland as Self
- 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 · Show Dogs as Dante (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 · Almost in Love as Hayden
- 2012 · Urban Secrets as
- 2012 · The Outs as Alan Cumming
- 2012 · The Outback as Bog (voice)
- 2011 · The Runaway as Desrae
- 2010 · Riverworld as Judas Caretaker
- 2010 · Boogie Woogie as Dewey Dalamanatousis
- 2008 · Masterpiece Mystery! as Self - Host
- 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 · ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self
- 2006 · Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema as Self
- 2006 · Web Junk 20 as
- 2005 · Ripley Under Ground as Jeff Constant
- 2005 · Sweet Land as Frandsen
- 2005 · Bam Bam and Celeste as Eugene
- 2005 · Neverwas as Jake
- 2005 · Playing It Straight as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Eighteen as Father Chris
- 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
- 2000 · Get Carter as Jeremy Kinnear
- 2000 · Loser as Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
- 2000 · God, the Devil and Bob as The Devil (voice)
- 2000 · Company Man as General Batista
- 2000 · Urbania as Brett
- 1999 · Titus as Saturninus
- 1999 · Annie as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
- 1999 · Plunkett & MacLeane as Lord Rochester
- 1995 · Circle of Friends as Sean Walsh
- 1994 · The High Life as Sebastian Flight
- 1993 · Cabaret as Emcee
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents as Greg Deane
- 1993 · The Airzone Solution as MacNamara
- Future · Rhona Who Lives by the River as Hamish
- Future · Borges and Me as
- 2026 · Glenrothan as Donal
- 2026 · One Night Out with Alan Cumming as Host
- 2025 · Being Stanley Baxter as Self
- 2025 · Sleazy Tiger as Alan Cumming
- 2025 · V13 as Sigmund Freud
- 2024 · All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train as Self - Host
- 2024 · Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes as Self
- 2022 · Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza! as Self - Host
- 2022 · My Old School as Brandon Lee
- 2021 · The Nutcracker and the Mouse King as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins 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 · Picasso Baby as Self
- 2012 · Sir Billi as Gordon the Goat (voice)
- 2010 · Jackboots on Whitehall as Hitler (voice)
- 2009 · Victoria Wood: Seen on TV as
- 2009 · The Real Cabaret as Self
- 2009 · Ptown Diaries as Narrator
- 2007 · Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Chuck (voice)
- 2006 · The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event as
- 2006 · Full Grown Men as The Hitchhiker
- 2006 · Motherfucker: A Movie as Self
- 2005 · Bad Blood as Davie Mitchell
- 2004 · The Goodbye Girl as Mark Bodine
- 2003 · FX2: Visual Effects as Self
- 2003 · Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler! as Himself
- 2003 · X2 as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
- 2002 · Becoming Men as
- 2001 · This is Stanley Baxter as Self
- 2000 · For My Baby as Daniel Orgelbrand
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- 1997 · Bathtime as Wrigley
- 1996 · Burn Your Phone as Andy
- 1995 · Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
- 1995 · GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
- 1994 · Second Best as Bernard
- 1994 · That Sunday as
- 1994 · Butter as Ronnie
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love as Greg Deane
- 1992 · Dread Poets' Society as Shelley
- 1992 · Prague as Alexander Novak
- 1992 · The Last Romantics as Tulloch
- Future · Tip Toe as Leo
- Future · Death Do Us Part as
- Future · Untitled Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Sequel as Sandy Frink
- 1986 · Passing Glory as Rab
- Future · Lunch Hour as
- Future · Run as Steve
- 1989 · Conquest of the South Pole as
- Future · Kiloran Bay as
- Future · Treasure Trekkers as (voice)