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.
Known for
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movieAvengers: Doomsday
2026
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
movieLes Parfait(s) : Arnaques en Famille
2026
Sean Mac Callaghan
movieToy Story 5
2026
Evil Bullseye (voice)
tvTip Toe
2026
Leo Struthers
tvThe Killer Among Us
2026
Self - Host
movieGlenrothan
2026
Donal
movieKiloran Bay
2026
Torquil
tvThe Mighty Nein
2025
Gustav (voice)
movieSleazy Tiger
2025
Alan Cumming
movieV13
2025
Sigmund Freud
tvRoboGobo
2025
Dame Luxley (voice)
tvParis & Nicole: The Encore
2024
Narrator
tvAll Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train
2024
Self - Host
movieDrive Back Home
2024
Perley
tvDoctor Who
2024
Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
tvBoarders
2024
Alan
movieGenie
2023
Flaxman
movieMad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023
Narrator (voice)
movieRare Objects
2023
Peter Kessler
movieMarlowe
2023
Lou Hendricks
tvThe Traitors
2023
Self - Host
movieOoh the Banter!
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieMy Father's Dragon
2022
Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
tvAbominable and the Invisible City
2022
Burnish (voice)
tvThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Self - Guest
tvSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Self – Actor
tvDead End: Paranormal Park
2022
Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice)
movieMy Old School
2022
Brandon Lee
movieThe Nutcracker and the Mouse King
2021
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Prince
2021
Owen
tvSchmigadoon!
2021
Mayor Aloysius Menlove / Dooley Blight
tvBriarpatch
2020
Clyde Brattle
tvHelpsters
2019
Dancer Dave
tvProdigal Son
2019
Simon Hoxley
tvTamron Hall
2019
Self - Guest
movieThey'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
Narrator (voice)
movieShow Dogs
2018
Dante (voice)
tvInstinct
2018
Dylan Reinhart
movieMichael Jackson's Halloween
2017
Meriwether (voice)
movieBattle of the Sexes
2017
Ted Tinling
tvQueers.
2017
Steve
movieAfter Louie
2017
Sam Cooper
movieThe Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017
Self (voice)
tvThe Good Fight
2017
Eli Gold
movieHurricane Bianca
2016
Lawrence Taylor
movieStrange Magic
2015
Bog King (voice)
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self / Self - Guest
tvBroad City
2014
Alan Cumming
movieThe Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2013
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
movieThe Smurfs 2
2013
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
movieAlmost in Love
2013
Hayden
movieAny Day Now
2012
Rudy Donatello
movieSir Billi
2012
Gordon the Goat (voice)
tvThe Outs
2012
Alan Cumming
movieThe Outback
2012
Bog (voice)
movieThe Smurfs
2011
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
tvWeb Therapy
2011
Austen Clarke
tvThe Runaway
2011
Desrae
tvBubble Guppies
2011
The Glitch (voice)
movieThe Money Pet
2011
The Narrator (voice)
movieBurlesque
2010
Alexis
movieJackboots on Whitehall
2010
Hitler / Braveheart (voice)
movieThe Tempest
2010
Sebastian
movieRiverworld
2010
Judas Caretaker
movieBoogie Woogie
2010
Dewey Dalamanatousis
movieIt's Complicated
2009
TV Actor (uncredited)
movieDare
2009
Grant Matson
tvThe Good Wife
2009
Eli Gold
The Mystery of Claywoman
2009
Jon Lauting Phd.
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
moviePtown Diaries
2009
Narrator
tvWeb Therapy
2008
Austen Clarke
tvTin Man
2007
Glitch
tvRick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
Chuck Masters (voice) / Zeke (voice) / Chuck (voice) / Rupert (voice)
movieSuffering Man's Charity
2007
John Vandermark
tvMe, Eloise
2006
(voice)
tvThe One Show
2006
Self - Guest
movieFull Grown Men
2006
The Hitchhiker
movieReefer Madness: The Movie Musical
2006
Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
movieRipley Under Ground
2005
Jeff Constant
movieSweet Land
2005
Frandsen
movieBad Blood
2005
Davie Mitchell
tvPlaying It Straight
2005
Narrator (voice)
tvDoctor Who
2005
King James
movieEighteen
2005
Father Chris
tvShoebox Zoo
2004
Bruno the Bear (voice)
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Self - Guest
movieGarfield
2004
Persnikitty (voice)
tvThe L Word
2004
Billie Blaikie
movieThe Goodbye Girl
2004
Mark Bodine
movieSpy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
Fegan Floop
movieX2
2003
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest Host / Self - Guest / Self
movieNicholas Nickleby
2002
Mr. Folair
movieSearching for Debra Winger
2002
Self (uncredited)
movieThe Anniversary Party
2001
Joe Therrian
movieJosie and the Pussycats
2001
Wyatt Frame
movieSpy Kids
2001
Fegan Floop
movieFor My Baby
2000
Daniel Orgelbrand
movieGet Carter
2000
Jeremy Kinnear
movieLoser
2000
Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
movieThe Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
2000
The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
movieCompany Man
2000
General Batista
tvGod, the Devil and Bob
2000
The Devil (voice)
movieUrbania
2000
Brett
movieTitus
1999
Saturninus
movieAnnie
1999
Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
movieEyes Wide Shut
1999
Desk Clerk
moviePlunkett & Macleane
1999
Lord Rochester
movieSpice World
1997
Piers
movieBuddy
1997
Dick Croner
movieBathtime
1997
Wrigley
movieEmma
1996
Mr. Elton
tv3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
Angus 'The Hole' McDuff
movieGoldenEye
1995
Boris Grishenko
movieCircle of Friends
1995
Sean Walsh
tvGhosts
1995
Philip
tvGargoyles
1994
John Castaway (voice)
movieSecond Best
1994
Bernard
movieBlack Beauty
1994
Black Beauty (voice)
tvThe High Life
1994
Sebastian Flight
movieButter
1994
Ronnie
movieCabaret
1993
Emcee
tvFrasier
1993
Ahmrit
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieRik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993
Greg Deane
tvRik Mayall Presents
1993
Greg Deane
movieThe Airzone Solution
1993
MacNamara
moviePrague
1992
Alexander Novak
movieThe Last Romantics
1992
Tulloch
movieBernard and the Genie
1991
Bernard Bottle
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Loki (voice)
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
tvScreenPlay
1986
Percy Bysshe Shelley
tvScreen Two
1985
Tulloch / Andy / Alexander Novak
tvTravelling Man
1984
Jamie
tvTaggart
1983
Jamie McCormack
tvMasterpiece Mystery
1980
Self - Host
tvQuestion Time
1979
Self - Panellist
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Host / Self - Presenter
Run
Steve
movieRomy and Michele 2
Sandy Frink
movieTreasure Trekkers
(voice)
Production11
The Traitors: New Blood
2026
Executive Producer
tvTip Toe
2026
Executive Producer
tvClub Cumming
2026
Executive Producer
movieAsog
2025
Executive Producer
movieWe Are Pat
2025
Executive Producer
tvThe Traitors
2023
Producer
movieSharon Needles Presents: Mask It or Casket
2020
Executive Producer
tvInstinct
2018
Executive Producer
movieSuffering Man's Charity
2007
Executive Producer
movieSweet Land
2005
Producer
movieThe Anniversary Party
2001
Producer
Directing5
movieSuffering Man's Charity
2007
Director
movieThe Anniversary Party
2001
Director
movieBurn Your Phone
1996
Director
movieButter
1994
Director
tvScreen Two
1985
Director
Writing3
Creator2
tvUrban Secrets
2012
Creator
tvThe High Life
1994
Creator