Alan Cumming
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1965-01-27 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Alan Cumming
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.
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Acting
The Naturalized
as Self
Run
as Steve
(2026)
Avengers: Doomsday
as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
(2025)
(2025)
V13
as Sigmund Freud
(2025)
Glenrothan
as Donal
(2025)
Sleazy Tiger
as Alan Cumming
(2024)
(2024)
Drive Back Home
as Perley
(2023)
Rare Objects
as Peter Kessler
(2023)
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
as Narrator (voice)
(2023)
Marlowe
as Lou Hendricks
(2023)
Genie
as Flaxman
(2022)
My Father's Dragon
as Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
(2022)
My Old School
as Brandon Lee
(2022)
(2022)
Ooh the Banter!
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!
as Self - Host
(2021)
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
as Narrator (voice)
(2020)
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Alan Cumming
(2020)
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
as B / Hamm
(2020)
(2018)
Show Dogs
as Dante (voice)
(2018)
Always at The Carlyle
as Self
(2018)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Narrator (voice)
(2017)
Queer as Art
as Self
(2017)
Battle of the Sexes
as Ted Tinling
(2017)
After Louie
as Sam Cooper
(2017)
Michael Jackson's Halloween
as Meriwether (voice)
(2017)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
as Self (voice)
(2016)
Hurricane Bianca
as Lawrence Taylor
(2015)
Strange Magic
as Bog King (voice)
(2015)
(2014)
Chu and Blossom
as Uncle
(2013)
The Smurfs 2
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
(2013)
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
(2013)
Almost in Love
as Hayden
(2013)
Muse of Fire
as Self
(2013)
Picasso Baby
as Self
(2012)
The Outback
as Bog (voice)
(2012)
Maladies
as Alan
(2012)
Any Day Now
as Rudy Donatello
(2012)
Sir Billi
as Gordon the Goat (voice)
(2011)
The Smurfs
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
(2011)
The Money Pet
as The Narrator (voice)
(2010)
Burlesque
as Alexis
(2010)
Riverworld
as Judas Caretaker
(2010)
The Tempest
as Sebastian
(2010)
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Hitler (voice)
(2009)
It's Complicated
as TV Actor (uncredited)
(2009)
Boogie Woogie
as Dewey Dalamanatousis
(2009)
The Mystery of Claywoman
as Jon Lauting Phd.
(2009)
PoliWood
as Self
(2009)
Dare
as Grant Matson
(2009)
Ptown Diaries
as Narrator
(2009)
The Real Cabaret
as Self
(2007)
Gray Matters
as Gordy
(2007)
(2007)
Suffering Man's Charity
as John Vandermark
(2007)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
as Chuck (voice)
(2006)
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
(2006)
(2006)
Full Grown Men
as The Hitchhiker
(2006)
MOFO NYC
as Self
(2006)
(2005)
Son of the Mask
as Loki
(2005)
Neverwas
as Jake
(2005)
Sweet Land
as Frandsen
(2005)
Bam Bam and Celeste
as Eugene
(2005)
Eighteen
as Father Chris
(2005)
Bad Blood
as Davie Mitchell
(2005)
Ripley Under Ground
as Jeff Constant
(2004)
Garfield
as Persnikitty (voice)
(2004)
The Goodbye Girl
as Mark Bodine
(2003)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
as Fegan Floop
(2003)
(2003)
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
as Self
(2003)
FX2: Visual Effects
as Self
(2003)
X2
as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
(2003)
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!
as Himself
(2002)
Nicholas Nickleby
as Mr. Folair
(2002)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
as Fegan Floop
(2002)
Intimate Affairs
as Sevy
(2002)
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self (uncredited)
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
Spy Kids
as Fegan Floop
(2001)
Josie and the Pussycats
as Wyatt Frame
(2001)
The Anniversary Party
as Joe Therrian
(2000)
Get Carter
as Jeremy Kinnear
(2000)
Urbania
as Brett
(2000)
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
as The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
(2000)
Loser
as Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
(2000)
Company Man
as General Batista
(2000)
For My Baby
as Daniel Orgelbrand
(1999)
Eyes Wide Shut
as Desk Clerk
(1999)
Annie
as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
(1999)
Titus
as Saturninus
(1999)
Plunkett & MacLeane
as Lord Rochester
(1997)
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
as Sandy Frink
(1997)
Spice World
as Piers
(1997)
Buddy
as Dick Croner
(1997)
Bathtime
as Wrigley
(1996)
Emma
as Mr. Elton
(1996)
Burn Your Phone
as Andy
(1995)
GoldenEye
as Boris Grishenko
(1995)
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
as Self
(1995)
Circle of Friends
as Sean Walsh
(1995)
(1994)
Black Beauty
as Black Beauty (voice)
(1994)
Butter
as Ronnie
(1994)
Second Best
as Bernard
(1994)
(1993)
The Airzone Solution
as MacNamara
(1993)
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
as Greg Deane
(1993)
Cabaret
as Emcee
(1992)
Prague
as Alexander Novak
(1992)
The Last Romantics
as Tulloch
(1992)
Dread Poets' Society
as Shelley
(1991)
Bernard and the Genie
as Bernard Bottle
(1989)
(1986)
Passing Glory
as Rab
Crew
(2025)
Asog
Executive Producer
(2020)
Sharon Needles Presents: Mask It or Casket
Executive Producer
(2007)
Suffering Man's Charity
Director, Executive Producer
(2005)
Sweet Land
Producer
(2001)
The Anniversary Party
Director, Writer, Producer
(1996)
Burn Your Phone
Director
(1994)
Butter
Director, Writer