Alan Cumming
- Acting
- January 27, 1965 · Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
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
Filmography
- Avengers: Doomsday · Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
- Treasure Trekkers · Voice
- Borges and Me · Alastair Reid
- Death Do Us Part · Lord Ingannamorte
- Les Parfait(s) : Arnaques en Famille · Sean Mac Callaghan
- Toy Story 5 · Evil Bullseye (Voice)
- Tip Toe · Leo Struthers, Executive producer
- The Killer Among Us · Self
- Glenrothan · Donal
- Club Cumming · Self, Executive producer
- Kiloran Bay · Torquil
- One Night Out with Alan Cumming · Self
- Being Stanley Baxter · Self
- The Mighty Nein · Gustav (Voice)
- Asog · Executive producer
- Sleazy Tiger · Alan Cumming
- A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole · Self
- We Are Pat · Executive producer
- My Happy Place · Self
- V13 · Sigmund Freud
- RoboGobo · Dame Luxley (Voice)
- Paris & Nicole: The Encore · Narrator
- 92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center · Self
- All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train · Self
- Drive Back Home · Perley
- Chimp Crazy · Self
- Doctor Who · Mr Ring-a-Ding (Voice)
- Doctor Who: Unleashed · Self
- Boarders · Alan
- Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes · Self
- Genie · Flaxman
- Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story · Narrator (Voice)
- Rare Objects · Peter Kessler
- Marlowe · Lou Hendricks
- The Traitors · Self, Producer
- Ooh the Banter! · Self
- My Father's Dragon · Cornelius the Crocodile (Voice)
- Abominable and the Invisible City · Burnish (Voice)
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Self
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg · Self
- Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza! · Self
- Password · Self
- Dead End: Paranormal Park · Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (Voice)
- Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men · Therapist
- My Old School · Brandon Lee
- The Nutcracker and the Mouse King · Narrator (Voice)
- Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland · Self
- The Prince · Owen
- Schmigadoon! · Mayor Aloysius Menlove, Dooley Blight
- Sharon Needles Presents: Mask It or Casket · Executive producer
- The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America · Alan Cumming
- Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins · Self
- Endgame & Rough for Theatre II · B / Hamm
- Briarpatch · Clyde Brattle
- Helpsters · Dancer Dave
- Prodigal Son · Simon Hoxley
- The Tamron Hall Show · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Today with Jenna & Sheinelle · Self
- They'll Love Me When I'm Dead · Narrator (Voice)
- Show Dogs · Dante (Voice)
- Always at The Carlyle · Self
- Instinct · Dylan Reinhart, Executive producer
- Michael Jackson's Halloween · Meriwether (Voice)
- Battle of the Sexes · Ted Tinling
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series · Self
- Queers. · Steve
- Queer as Art · Self
- After Louie · Sam Cooper
- The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin · Self
- The Good Fight · Eli Gold
- Hurricane Bianca · Lawrence Taylor
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder · Self
- Strange Magic · Bog King (Voice)
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Chu and Blossom · Uncle
- Broad City · Alan Cumming
- Muse of Fire · Self