Alan Cumming
Known for Acting · 226 credits
- Born
- 1965-01-27 (age 61)
- Place of birth
- Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- Alan Cummings
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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Known For
TV Shows (88)
The Simpsons
1989
as Loki (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Doctor Who
2005
as King James
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
Frasier
1993
as Ahmrit
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Good Wife
2009
as Eli Gold
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest Host
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Self - Presenter
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Sex and the City
1998
as Oscar
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
The Good Fight
2017
as Eli Gold
Question Time
1979
as Self - Panellist
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
as Angus 'The Hole' McDuff
Screen Two
1985
as Tulloch / Andy / Alexander Novak
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self – Actor
Bubble Guppies
2011
as The Glitch (voice)
The L Word
2004
as Billie Blaikie
Masterpiece Mystery
1980
as Self - Host
Gargoyles
1994
as John Castaway (voice)
Doctor Who
2024
as Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
V Graham Norton
2002
as Self
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
as Self
Broad City
2014
as Alan Cumming
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
as Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
Prodigal Son
2019
as Simon Hoxley
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019
as Self
Taggart
1983
as Jamie McCormack
RoboGobo
2025
as Dame Luxley (voice)
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Host
Tip Toe
2026
as Leo Struthers
The Mighty Nein
2025
as Gustav (voice)
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
The Traitors
2023
as Self - Host
Web Therapy
2008
as Austen Clarke
Schmigadoon!
2021
as Mayor Aloysius Menlove / Dooley Blight
ScreenPlay
1986
as Percy Bysshe Shelley
Dead End: Paranormal Park
2022
as Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice)
Web Therapy
2011
as Austen Clarke
Instinct
2018
as Dylan Reinhart
Abominable and the Invisible City
2022
as Burnish (voice)
Briarpatch
2020
as Clyde Brattle
Travelling Man
1984
as Jamie
Shoebox Zoo
2004
as Bruno the Bear (voice)
Boarders
2024
as Alan
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
as Chuck Masters (voice) / Zeke (voice) / Chuck (voice) / Rupert (voice)
Tin Man
2007
as Glitch
Movies (138)
Toy Story 5
2026
as Evil Bullseye (voice)
Avengers: Doomsday
2026
as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
as Desk Clerk
The Smurfs 2
2013
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Spy Kids
2001
as Fegan Floop
Garfield
2004
as Persnikitty (voice)
GoldenEye
1995
as Boris Grishenko
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
as Fegan Floop
The Smurfs
2011
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Glenrothan
2026
as Donal
Show Dogs
2018
as Dante (voice)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
as Fegan Floop
Son of the Mask
2005
as Loki
Burlesque
2010
as Alexis
It's Complicated
2009
as TV Actor (uncredited)
Planet 51
2009
as Alien Mailman (voice)
Les Parfait(s) : Arnaques en Famille
2026
as Sean Mac Callaghan
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
1997
as Sandy Frink
Cabaret
1993
as Emcee
Get Carter
2000
as Jeremy Kinnear
Battle of the Sexes
2017
as Ted Tinling
Strange Magic
2015
as Bog King (voice)
Genie
2023
as Flaxman
One Night Out with Alan Cumming
2026
as Host
Plunkett & Macleane
1999
as Lord Rochester
Josie and the Pussycats
2001
as Wyatt Frame
My Father's Dragon
2022
as Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
Titus
1999
as Saturninus
The Outback
2012
as Bog (voice)
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
2000
as The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
Black Beauty
1994
as Black Beauty (voice)
Emma
1996
as Mr. Elton
Spice World
1997
as Piers
Circle of Friends
1995
as Sean Walsh
Kiloran Bay
2026
as Torquil
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
as Mr. Folair
Loser
2000
as Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
Treasure Trekkers
as (voice)
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2013
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Always at The Carlyle
2018
as Self
Marlowe
2023
as Lou Hendricks
The Anniversary Party
2001
as Joe Therrian
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
as Hitler / Braveheart (voice)
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
2006
as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Sleazy Tiger
2025
as Alan Cumming
Being Stanley Baxter
2025
as Self
Second Best
1994
as Bernard
Any Day Now
2012
as Rudy Donatello
Annie
1999
as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
Intimate Affairs
2002
as Sevy
Boogie Woogie
2010
as Dewey Dalamanatousis
Chu and Blossom
2014
as Uncle
Sweet Land
2005
as Frandsen
Motherfucker: A Movie
2006
as Self
The Tempest
2010
as Sebastian
Suffering Man's Charity
2007
as John Vandermark
Hurricane Bianca
2016
as Lawrence Taylor
The Goodbye Girl
2004
as Mark Bodine
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Self
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017
as Self (voice)
Full Grown Men
2006
as The Hitchhiker
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!
2003
as Himself
FX2: Visual Effects
2003
as Self
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007
as Self
Ripley Under Ground
2005
as Jeff Constant
Picasso Baby
2013
as Self
Michael Jackson's Halloween
2017
as Meriwether (voice)
Gray Matters
2007
as Gordy
Neverwas
2005
as Jake
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Ptown Diaries
2009
as Narrator
Buddy
1997
as Dick Croner
V13
2025
as Sigmund Freud
Burn Your Phone
1996
as Andy
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
as Chuck (voice)
Riverworld
2010
as Judas Caretaker
Rare Objects
2023
as Peter Kessler
Romy and Michele 2
as Sandy Frink
Dare
2009
as Grant Matson
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995
as Self
Death Do Us Part
Bathtime
1997
as Wrigley
That Sunday
1994
Bam Bam and Celeste
2005
as Eugene
Dread Poets' Society
1992
as Shelley
Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes: Creating “Son of The Mask”
2005
as Self
The Last Romantics
1992
as Tulloch
PoliWood
2009
as Self
Conquest of the South Pole
1989
Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of “Son of The Mask”
2005
as Self
The Airzone Solution
1993
as MacNamara
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self (uncredited)
Urbania
2000
as Brett
After Louie
2017
as Sam Cooper
Sir Billi
2012
as Gordon the Goat (voice)
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
2003
as Self
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
as Self
Company Man
2000
as General Batista
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
2015
as Self
Borges and Me
Bernard and the Genie
1991
as Bernard Bottle
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993
as Greg Deane
Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins
2020
as Self
Run
as Steve
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
2003
as Self
Drive Back Home
2024
as Perley
The Naturalized
as Self
For My Baby
2000
as Daniel Orgelbrand
Eighteen
2005
as Father Chris
The Mystery of Claywoman
2009
as Jon Lauting Phd.
The Diary
Passing Glory
1986
as Rab
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
My Old School
2022
as Brandon Lee
This is Stanley Baxter
2001
as Self
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center
2024
as Self
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
2020
as B / Hamm
Almost in Love
2013
as Hayden
About Alan Cumming
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 f… With 226 credits spanning from 1949 to 2026, Alan Cumming has appeared in 138 films and 88 TV shows.
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- Toy Story 5 (2026) — as Evil Bullseye (voice)
- Avengers: Doomsday (2026) — as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999) — as Desk Clerk
- The Smurfs 2 (2013) — as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
- Spy Kids (2001) — as Fegan Floop
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