Alan Cumming
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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Acting (114 movies)
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
2000
GoldenEye
1995
Son of the Mask
2005
Spy Kids
2001
Emma
1996
Get Carter
2000
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
2006
Sweet Land
2005
Bernard and the Genie
1991
Neverwas
2005
Circle of Friends
1995
Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men
2022
Full Grown Men
2006
Dare
2009
Rare Objects
2023
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
The Anniversary Party
2001
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
1997
Annie
1999
Titus
1999
Marlowe
2023
The Smurfs
2011
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
Burlesque
2010
Black Beauty
1994
X2
2003
Boogie Woogie
2010
Buddy
1997
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
Company Man
2000
Riverworld
2010
The Tempest
2010
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
2021
Ripley Under Ground
2005
Intimate Affairs
2002
The Goodbye Girl
2004
Josie and the Pussycats
2001
Suffering Man's Charity
2007
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023
My Old School
2022
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
The Smurfs 2
2013
Second Best
1994
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
The Outback
2012
The Money Pet
2011
My Father's Dragon
2022
Maladies
2012
Almost in Love
2013
It's Complicated
2009
For My Baby
2000
Prague
1992
Burn Your Phone
1996
The Airzone Solution
1993
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2013
The Last Romantics
1992
Muse of Fire
2013
Cabaret
1993
Sir Billi
2012
Loser
2000
Ptown Diaries
2009
Plunkett & MacLeane
1999
Genie
2023
Dread Poets' Society
1992
Drive Back Home
2024
Chu and Blossom
2014
Spice World
1997
Strange Magic
2015
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!
2022
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
Bathtime
1997
Eighteen
2005
That Sunday
1994
Bam Bam and Celeste
2005
Ooh the Banter!
2022
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007
Urbania
2000
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
Battle of the Sexes
2017
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
Hurricane Bianca
2016
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2'
2003
After Louie
2017
Glenrothan
2025
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
2003
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!
2003
Michael Jackson's Halloween
2017
Queer as Art
2017
Show Dogs
2018
Always at The Carlyle
2018
The Real Cabaret
2009
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
PoliWood
2009
Becoming Men
2002
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
2020
Garfield
2004
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
2015
Gray Matters
2007
Directing (4 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Butter | 1994 | Writer |
| The Anniversary Party | 2001 | Writer |
| The Anniversary Party | 2001 | Producer |
| Sweet Land | 2005 | Producer |
| Suffering Man's Charity | 2007 | Executive Producer |
| Sharon Needles Presents: Mask It or Casket | 2020 | Executive Producer |
| Asog | 2025 | Executive Producer |