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.
Acting
V13
as Sigmund Freud
The Naturalized
as Self
Run
as Steve
Glenrothan
as Donal
(2026)
Avengers: Doomsday
as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
(2024)
(2024)
Drive Back Home
as Perley
(2024)
(2024)
Sleazy Tiger
as Alan Cumming
(2023)
Genie
as Flaxman
(2023)
Marlowe
as Lou Hendricks
(2023)
Rare Objects
as Peter Kessler
(2023)
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
as Narrator (voice)
(2022)
My Father's Dragon
as Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
(2022)
My Old School
as Brandon Lee
(2022)
(2022)
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!
as Self - Host
(2022)
Ooh the Banter!
as Self (archive footage)
(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)
Battle of the Sexes
as Ted Tinling
(2017)
Michael Jackson's Halloween
as Meriwether (voice)
(2017)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
as Self (voice)
(2017)
After Louie
as Sam Cooper
(2017)
Queer as Art
as Self
(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)
Muse of Fire
as Self
(2013)
Almost in Love
as Hayden
(2013)
Picasso Baby
as Self
(2012)
The Outback
as Bog (voice)
(2012)
Any Day Now
as Rudy Donatello
(2012)
Sir Billi
as Gordon the Goat (voice)
(2012)
Maladies
as Alan
(2011)
The Smurfs
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
(2011)
The Money Pet
as The Narrator (voice)
(2010)
Burlesque
as Alexis
(2010)
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Hitler (voice)
(2010)
The Tempest
as Sebastian
(2010)
Riverworld
as Judas Caretaker
(2009)
It's Complicated
as TV Actor (uncredited)
(2009)
Dare
as Grant Matson
(2009)
Boogie Woogie
as Dewey Dalamanatousis
(2009)
PoliWood
as Self
(2009)
Ptown Diaries
as Narrator
(2009)
The Mystery of Claywoman
as Jon Lauting Phd.
(2009)
The Real Cabaret
as Self
(2007)
Gray Matters
as Gordy
(2007)
Ghost Writer
as John Vandermark
(2007)
(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)
(2006)
Full Grown Men
as The Hitchhiker
(2006)
MOFO NYC
as Self
(2005)
Son of the Mask
as Loki
(2005)
Sweet Land
as Frandsen
(2005)
Ripley Under Ground
as Jeff Constant
(2005)
Neverwas
as Jake
(2005)
Eighteen
as Father Chris
(2005)
Bam Bam and Celeste
as Eugene
(2005)
Bad Blood
as Davie Mitchell
(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
as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
(2003)
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
as Self
(2003)
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!
as Himself
(2002)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
as Fegan Floop
(2002)
Nicholas Nickleby
as Mr. Folair
(2002)
(2002)
Intimate Affairs
as Sevy
(2002)
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self (uncredited)
(2002)
CinéMagique
as The Magician
(2002)
(2001)
Spy Kids
as Fegan Floop
(2001)
Josie and the Pussycats
as Wyatt Frame
(2001)
The Anniversary Party
as Joe Therrian
(2000)
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
as The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
(2000)
Get Carter
as Jeremy Kinnear
(2000)
Loser
as Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
(2000)
Company Man
as General Batista
(2000)
Urbania
as Brett
(2000)
For My Baby
as Daniel Orgelbrand
(1999)
Eyes Wide Shut
as Desk Clerk
(1999)
Titus
as Saturninus
(1999)
Annie
as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
(1999)
Plunkett & MacLeane
as Lord Rochester
(1997)
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
as Sandy Frink
(1997)
Buddy
as Dick Croner
(1997)
Spice World
as Piers
(1997)
Bathtime
as Wrigley
(1996)
Emma
as Mr. Elton
(1996)
Burn Your Phone
as Andy
(1995)
GoldenEye
as Boris Grishenko
(1995)
Circle of Friends
as Sean Walsh
(1995)
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
as Self
(1995)
(1994)
Black Beauty
as Black Beauty (voice)
(1994)
Second Best
as Bernard
(1994)
Butter
as Ronnie
(1994)
(1993)
Cabaret
as Emcee
(1993)
The Airzone Solution
as MacNamara
(1993)
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
as Greg Deane
(1992)
The Last Romantics
as Tulloch
(1992)
Prague
as Alexander Novak
(1992)
Dread Poets' Society
as Shelley
(1991)
Bernard and the Genie
as Bernard Bottle
(1989)
(1986)
Passing Glory
as Rab
Crew
(2023)
Asog
Executive Producer
(2020)
Sharon Needles Presents: Mask It or Casket
Executive Producer
(2007)
Ghost Writer
Director, Executive Producer
(2005)
Sweet Land
Producer
(2001)
The Anniversary Party
Director, Writer, Producer
(1996)
Burn Your Phone
Director
(1994)
Butter
Director, Writer