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Alan Cumming

Acting

Alan Cumming

EN, FR, TL cinema · 141 credits

Born

27 January 1965 (age 61)

Birthplace

Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK

Also known as Alan Cummings

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

The Diary poster

The Diary

ENNot rated

Actor

Lunch Hour

Lunch Hour

ENNot rated

Actor

Run

Run

ENNot rated

as Steve

The Naturalized

The Naturalized

ENNot rated

as Self

Romy and Michele 2 poster

Romy and Michele 2

ENNot rated

as Sandy Frink

Death Do Us Part poster

Death Do Us Part

EN · 2026Not rated

as Lord Ingannamorte

Glenrothan poster

Glenrothan

EN · 20266.1

as Donal

Borges and Me poster

Borges and Me

EN · 20269.0

as Alastair Reid

Avengers: Doomsday poster

Avengers: Doomsday

EN · 2026Not rated

as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler

Treasure Trekkers poster

Treasure Trekkers

EN · 2026Not rated

as (voice)

Kiloran Bay poster

Kiloran Bay

EN · 2026Not rated

as Torquil

One Night Out with Alan Cumming poster

One Night Out with Alan Cumming

EN · 20261.0

as Self - Host

Toy Story 5 poster

Toy Story 5

EN · 20268.3

as Evil Bullseye (voice)

Les Parfait(s) : Arnaques en Famille poster

Les Parfait(s) : Arnaques en Famille

FR · 20266.5

as Sean Mac Callaghan

V13 poster

V13

EN · 20252.0

as Sigmund Freud

Sleazy Tiger poster

Sleazy Tiger

EN · 2025Not rated

as Alan Cumming

A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole poster

A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole

EN · 2025Not rated

as self

Being Stanley Baxter poster

Being Stanley Baxter

EN · 2025Not rated

as Self

Asog poster

Asog

TL · 20256.0

Executive Producer

We Are Pat poster

We Are Pat

EN · 20257.0

Executive Producer

Drive Back Home poster

Drive Back Home

EN · 20246.9

as Perley

92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center poster

92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center

EN · 202410.0

as Self

Rare Objects poster

Rare Objects

EN · 20234.4

as Peter Kessler

Marlowe poster

Marlowe

EN · 20235.7

as Lou Hendricks

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story poster

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

EN · 20236.4

as Narrator (voice)

Genie poster

Genie

EN · 20236.5

as Flaxman

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men poster

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men

EN · 20221.8

as Therapist

My Old School poster

My Old School

EN · 20227.0

as Brandon Lee

My Father's Dragon poster

My Father's Dragon

EN · 20227.0

as Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)

Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza! poster

Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!

EN · 20222.7

as Self - Host

Ooh the Banter! poster

Ooh the Banter!

EN · 2022Not rated

as Self (archive footage)

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King poster

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

EN · 2021Not rated

as Narrator (voice)

Endgame & Rough for Theatre II poster

Endgame & Rough for Theatre II

EN · 2020Not rated

as B / Hamm

Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins poster

Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins

EN · 2020Not rated

as Self

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America poster

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

EN · 202010.0

as Alan Cumming

Sharon Needles Presents: Mask It or Casket poster

Sharon Needles Presents: Mask It or Casket

EN · 2020Not rated

Executive Producer

Show Dogs poster

Show Dogs

EN · 20185.9

as Dante (voice)

Always at The Carlyle poster

Always at The Carlyle

EN · 20186.7

as Self

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead poster

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

EN · 20187.1

as Narrator (voice)

Battle of the Sexes poster

Battle of the Sexes

EN · 20176.7

as Ted Tinling

After Louie poster

After Louie

EN · 20175.0

as Sam Cooper

Michael Jackson's Halloween poster

Michael Jackson's Halloween

EN · 20177.8

as Meriwether (voice)

Queer as Art poster

Queer as Art

EN · 20173.2

as Self

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin poster

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

EN · 20176.4

as Self (voice)

Hurricane Bianca poster

Hurricane Bianca

EN · 20166.1

as Lawrence Taylor

Strange Magic poster

Strange Magic

EN · 20157.3

as Bog King (voice)

Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder poster

Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder

EN · 20153.0

as Self

Chu and Blossom poster

Chu and Blossom

EN · 20144.0

as Uncle

The Smurfs 2 poster

The Smurfs 2

EN · 20135.7

as Gutsy Smurf (voice)

Almost in Love poster

Almost in Love

EN · 20135.8

as Hayden

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow poster

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

EN · 20136.9

as Gutsy Smurf (voice)

Muse of Fire poster

Muse of Fire

EN · 20136.5

as Self

Picasso Baby

2013

Picasso Baby

EN · 20139.0

as Self

The Outback poster

The Outback

EN · 20125.6

as Bog (voice)

Maladies poster

Maladies

EN · 20125.3

as Alan

Sir Billi poster

Sir Billi

EN · 20123.1

as Gordon the Goat (voice)

Any Day Now poster

Any Day Now

EN · 20127.0

as Rudy Donatello

The Smurfs poster

The Smurfs

EN · 20115.8

as Gutsy Smurf (voice)

The Money Pet poster

The Money Pet

EN · 2011Not rated

as The Narrator (voice)

Burlesque poster

Burlesque

EN · 20107.2

as Alexis

Boogie Woogie poster

Boogie Woogie

EN · 20105.1

as Dewey Dalamanatousis

Riverworld poster

Riverworld

EN · 20104.7

as Judas Caretaker

The Tempest poster

The Tempest

EN · 20105.3

as Sebastian

Jackboots on Whitehall poster

Jackboots on Whitehall

EN · 20104.9

as Hitler / Braveheart (voice)

Dare poster

Dare

EN · 20095.6

as Grant Matson

It's Complicated poster

It's Complicated

EN · 20096.5

as TV Actor (uncredited)

Ptown Diaries poster

Ptown Diaries

EN · 2009Not rated

as Narrator

The Real Cabaret poster

The Real Cabaret

EN · 200910.0

as Self

PoliWood poster

PoliWood

EN · 20096.5

as Self

The Mystery of Claywoman

2009

The Mystery of Claywoman

EN · 2009Not rated

as Jon Lauting Phd.

Victoria Wood: Seen on TV poster

Victoria Wood: Seen on TV

EN · 2009Not rated

as Self

Planet 51 poster

Planet 51

EN · 20095.9

as Alien Mailman (voice)

Ripley Under Ground poster

Ripley Under Ground

EN · 20075.6

as Jeff Constant

Suffering Man's Charity poster

Suffering Man's Charity

EN · 20074.9

as John Vandermark, Director, Executive Producer

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway poster

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

EN · 20077.2

as Self

Gray Matters poster

Gray Matters

EN · 20075.8

as Gordy

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical poster

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

EN · 20066.6

as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR

Full Grown Men poster

Full Grown Men

EN · 20065.6

as The Hitchhiker

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema poster

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

EN · 20065.4

as Self

Motherfucker: A Movie poster

Motherfucker: A Movie

EN · 2006Not rated

as Self

The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event

2006

The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event

EN · 20065.5

Actor

Son of the Mask poster

Son of the Mask

EN · 20054.2

as Loki

Sweet Land poster

Sweet Land

EN · 20056.5

as Frandsen, Producer

Neverwas poster

Neverwas

EN · 20056.4

as Jake

Eighteen poster

Eighteen

EN · 20054.7

as Father Chris

Bam Bam and Celeste poster

Bam Bam and Celeste

EN · 20054.3

as Eugene

Bad Blood poster

Bad Blood

EN · 20057.0

as Davie Mitchell

Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of “Son of The Mask” poster

Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of “Son of The Mask”

EN · 2005Not rated

as Self

Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes: Creating “Son of The Mask” poster

Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes: Creating “Son of The Mask”

EN · 2005Not rated

as Self

Collectormania 7 poster

Collectormania 7

EN · 2005Not rated

as Self

The Goodbye Girl poster

The Goodbye Girl

EN · 20046.0

as Mark Bodine

Garfield poster

Garfield

EN · 20045.7

as Persnikitty (voice)

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over poster

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

EN · 20035.1

as Fegan Floop

X2 poster

X2

EN · 20037.0

as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 poster

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2

EN · 20037.0

as Self

Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler! poster

Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!

EN · 20035.2

as Himself

X2 Global Webcast Highlights poster

X2 Global Webcast Highlights

EN · 20036.1

as Self

FX2: Visual Effects poster

FX2: Visual Effects

EN · 20037.0

as Self

Nicholas Nickleby poster

Nicholas Nickleby

EN · 20026.8

as Mr. Folair

Searching for Debra Winger poster

Searching for Debra Winger

EN · 20026.4

as Self (uncredited)

Intimate Affairs poster

Intimate Affairs

EN · 20024.7

as Sevy

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams poster

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

EN · 20025.7

as Fegan Floop

Becoming Men poster

Becoming Men

EN · 20022.0

Actor

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories poster

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

EN · 20027.7

as Self

Spy Kids poster

Spy Kids

EN · 20015.8

as Fegan Floop

The Anniversary Party poster

The Anniversary Party

EN · 20015.6

as Joe Therrian, Director, Writer, Producer

Josie and the Pussycats poster

Josie and the Pussycats

EN · 20016.6

as Wyatt Frame

This is Stanley Baxter poster

This is Stanley Baxter

EN · 2001Not rated

as Self

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas poster

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

EN · 20004.8

as The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged

Get Carter poster

Get Carter

EN · 20005.2

as Jeremy Kinnear

Company Man poster

Company Man

EN · 20005.1

as General Batista

For My Baby poster

For My Baby

EN · 20003.8

as Daniel Orgelbrand

Loser poster

Loser

EN · 20005.4

as Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)

Urbania poster

Urbania

EN · 20005.5

as Brett

Annie poster

Annie

EN · 19996.5

as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan

Titus poster

Titus

EN · 19996.4

as Saturninus

Plunkett & Macleane poster

Plunkett & Macleane

EN · 19996.2

as Lord Rochester

Eyes Wide Shut poster

Eyes Wide Shut

EN · 19997.5

as Desk Clerk

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion poster

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

EN · 19976.3

as Sandy Frink

Buddy poster

Buddy

EN · 19975.0

as Dick Croner

Spice World poster

Spice World

EN · 19974.9

as Piers

Bathtime poster

Bathtime

EN · 19975.8

as Wrigley

Emma poster

Emma

EN · 19966.6

as Mr. Elton

Burn Your Phone poster

Burn Your Phone

EN · 199610.0

as Andy, Director

GoldenEye poster

GoldenEye

EN · 19956.9

as Boris Grishenko

Circle of Friends poster

Circle of Friends

EN · 19956.3

as Sean Walsh

Goldeneye: The Secret Files poster

Goldeneye: The Secret Files

EN · 19956.0

as Self

GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast

1995

GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast

EN · 19956.0

as Self

Black Beauty poster

Black Beauty

EN · 19946.7

as Black Beauty (voice)

Second Best poster

Second Best

EN · 19946.7

as Bernard

That Sunday poster

That Sunday

EN · 19947.2

Actor

Butter poster

Butter

EN · 19948.7

as Ronnie, Director, Writer

The Airzone Solution poster

The Airzone Solution

EN · 19935.3

as MacNamara

Cabaret poster

Cabaret

EN · 19938.1

as Emcee

Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love poster

Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love

EN · 19937.1

as Greg Deane

Prague poster

Prague

EN · 19926.4

as Alexander Novak

The Last Romantics poster

The Last Romantics

EN · 1992Not rated

as Tulloch

Dread Poets' Society poster

Dread Poets' Society

EN · 1992Not rated

as Shelley

Bernard and the Genie poster

Bernard and the Genie

EN · 19917.3

as Bernard Bottle

Conquest of the South Pole

1989

Conquest of the South Pole

EN · 19898.0

Actor

Passing Glory

1986

Passing Glory

EN · 1986Not rated

as Rab