Alan Cumming
Born January 27, 1965 (Age: 61)
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Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Cumming, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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.
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Filmography
Glenrothan
2026
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as Donal
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Age: 61
One Night Out with Alan Cumming
2026
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as Host
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Age: 61
Marlowe
2023
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as Lou Hendricks
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Age: 58
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
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as Alan Cumming
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Age: 55
Show Dogs
2018
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as Dante (voice)
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Age: 53
Battle of the Sexes
2017
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as Ted Tinling
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Age: 52
Strange Magic
2015
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as Bog King (voice)
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Age: 49
No Image
Picasso Baby
2013
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as Self
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Age: 48
The Smurfs 2
2013
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as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
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Age: 48
Sir Billi
2012
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as Gordon the Goat (voice)
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Age: 47
The Smurfs
2011
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as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
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Age: 46
The Money Pet
2011
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as The Narrator (voice)
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Age: 45
Burlesque
2010
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as Alexis
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Age: 45
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
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as Hitler (voice)
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Age: 45
The Tempest
2010
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as Sebastian
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Age: 45
Boogie Woogie
2010
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as Dewey Dalamanatousis
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Age: 45
It's Complicated
2009
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as TV Actor (uncredited)
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Age: 44
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
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as
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Age: 44
Dare
2009
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as Grant Matson
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Age: 44
The Real Cabaret
2009
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as Self
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Age: 44
No Image
The Mystery of Claywoman
2009
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as Jon Lauting Phd.
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Age: 44
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007
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as Self
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Age: 42
Gray Matters
2007
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as Gordy
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Age: 42
No Image
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
2006
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as
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Age: 41
Full Grown Men
2006
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as The Hitchhiker
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Age: 41
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
2006
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as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
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Age: 41
Motherfucker: A Movie
2006
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as Self
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Age: 40
Neverwas
2005
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as Jake
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Age: 40
Bad Blood
2005
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as Davie Mitchell
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Age: 40
Son of the Mask
2005
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as Loki
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Age: 40
Garfield
2004
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as Persnikitty (voice)
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Age: 39
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
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as Fegan Floop
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Age: 38
X2
2003
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as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
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Age: 38
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
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as Mr. Folair
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Age: 37
Becoming Men
2002
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as
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Age: 37
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
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as Fegan Floop
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Age: 37
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 37
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
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as Self
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Age: 37
Intimate Affairs
2002
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as Sevy
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Age: 37
This is Stanley Baxter
2001
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as Self
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Age: 36
The Anniversary Party
2001
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as Joe Therrian
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Age: 36
Josie and the Pussycats
2001
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as Wyatt Frame
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Age: 36
Spy Kids
2001
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as Fegan Floop
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Age: 36
For My Baby
2000
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as Daniel Orgelbrand
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Age: 35
Get Carter
2000
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as Jeremy Kinnear
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Age: 35
Loser
2000
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as Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
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Age: 35
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
2000
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as The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
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Age: 35
Company Man
2000
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as General Batista
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Age: 35
Urbania
2000
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as Brett
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Age: 34
Titus
1999
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as Saturninus
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Age: 34
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
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as Desk Clerk
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Age: 34
Plunkett & MacLeane
1999
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as Lord Rochester
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Age: 33
Spice World
1997
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as Piers
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Age: 32
Buddy
1997
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as Dick Croner
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Age: 32
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
1997
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as Sandy Frink
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Age: 32
Bathtime
1997
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as Wrigley
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Age: 31
Burn Your Phone
1996
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as Andy
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Age: 31
Emma
1996
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as Mr. Elton
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Age: 31
GoldenEye
1995
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as Boris Grishenko
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Age: 30
Circle of Friends
1995
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as Sean Walsh
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Age: 30
Second Best
1994
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as Bernard
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Age: 29
That Sunday
1994
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as
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Age: 28
Cabaret
1993
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as Emcee
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Age: 28
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993
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as Greg Deane
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Age: 28
The Airzone Solution
1993
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as MacNamara
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Age: 27
Dread Poets' Society
1992
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as Shelley
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Age: 27
Prague
1992
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as Alexander Novak
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Age: 27
The Last Romantics
1992
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as Tulloch
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Age: 27
Bernard and the Genie
1991
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as Bernard Bottle
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Age: 26
No Image
Conquest of the South Pole
1989
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as
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Age: 24
No Image
Passing Glory
1986
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as Rab
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Age: 21