
Alan Cumming
Acting
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.
Born: January 27, 1965 · Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Filmography (140)

Avengers: Doomsday
2026

The Mighty Nein
2025

RoboGobo
2025

Paris & Nicole: The Encore
2024

Chimp Crazy
2024

Doctor Who
2024

Boarders
2024

Genie
2023

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023

Rare Objects
2023

Marlowe
2023

The Traitors
2023

My Father's Dragon
2022

Abominable and the Invisible City
2022

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022

Dead End: Paranormal Park
2022

My Old School
2022

Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
2021

The Prince
2021

Schmigadoon!
2021

Briarpatch
2020

Helpsters
2019

Prodigal Son
2019

Tamron Hall
2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018

Show Dogs
2018

Always at The Carlyle
2018

Instinct
2018

Michael Jackson's Halloween
2017

Battle of the Sexes
2017

Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017

Queers.
2017

After Louie
2017

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017

The Good Fight
2017

Hurricane Bianca
2016

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

Strange Magic
2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

Broad City
2014

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2013

The Smurfs 2
2013

Any Day Now
2012

Maladies
2012

Sir Billi
2012

The Outs
2012

The Outback
2012

The Smurfs
2011

Web Therapy
2011

The Runaway
2011

Bubble Guppies
2011

Burlesque
2010

Jackboots on Whitehall
2010

The Tempest
2010

Riverworld
2010

Boogie Woogie
2010

It's Complicated
2009

Dare
2009

The Good Wife
2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009

Web Therapy
2008

Tin Man
2007

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007

Suffering Man's Charity
2007

Gray Matters
2007

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Me, Eloise
2006

The One Show
2006

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
2006

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006

Ripley Under Ground
2005

Sweet Land
2005

Bam Bam and Celeste
2005

Neverwas
2005

8 Out of 10 Cats
2005

Doctor Who
2005

Son of the Mask
2005

Eighteen
2005

Who Do You Think You Are?
2004

Shoebox Zoo
2004

Garfield
2004

The L Word
2004

The Goodbye Girl
2004

X2 Global Webcast Highlights
2003

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003

X2
2003

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Nicholas Nickleby
2002

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002

Searching for Debra Winger
2002

Through the Night with...
2002

V Graham Norton
2002

Intimate Affairs
2002

The Anniversary Party
2001

Josie and the Pussycats
2001

Spy Kids
2001

Get Carter
2000

Loser
2000

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
2000

Company Man
2000

God, the Devil and Bob
2000

Urbania
2000

Titus
1999

Annie
1999

Eyes Wide Shut
1999

Plunkett & Macleane
1999

Sex and the City
1998

Spice World
1997

Buddy
1997

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
1997

Emma
1996

The Daily Show
1996

3rd Rock from the Sun
1996

GoldenEye
1995

Circle of Friends
1995

Gargoyles
1994

Second Best
1994

Black Beauty
1994

Cabaret
1993

Frasier
1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993

The Airzone Solution
1993

Bernard and the Genie
1991

Have I Got News for You
1990

The Simpsons
1989

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Screen Two
1985

Taggart
1983

Masterpiece Mystery
1980

Question Time
1979

Saturday Night Live
1975

Great Performances
1971

The Emmy Awards
1949
