1965-01-27 Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
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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Avengers: Doomsday | Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler | 2026-04-29 |
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Drive Back Home | 2024-09-19 | |
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Sleazy Tiger | Alan Cumming | 2024-12-01 |
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92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center | Self | 2024-12-04 |
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Genie | Flaxman | 2023-11-22 |
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Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story | Narrator (voice) | 2023-06-02 |
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Rare Objects | Peter Kessler | 2023-04-14 |
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Marlowe | Lou Hendricks | 2023-02-15 |
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My Father's Dragon | Cornelius the Crocodile (voice) | 2022-11-04 |
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Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza! | Self - Host | 2022-09-02 |
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Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men | Therapist | 2022-05-18 |
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Ooh the Banter! | Self (archive footage) | 2022-12-31 |
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My Old School | Brandon Lee | 2022-03-10 |
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The Nutcracker and the Mouse King | Narrator (voice) | 2021-12-14 |
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Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins | Self | 2020-07-30 |
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The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Alan Cumming | 2020-10-08 |
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Endgame & Rough for Theatre II | B / Hamm | 2020-04-01 |
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Narrator (voice) | 2018-08-31 |
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Show Dogs | Dante (voice) | 2018-05-18 |
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Always at The Carlyle | Self | 2018-05-11 |
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Battle of the Sexes | Ted Tinling | 2017-09-22 |
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Michael Jackson's Halloween | Meriwether (voice) | 2017-10-27 |
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After Louie | Sam Cooper | 2017-03-17 |
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The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Self (voice) | 2017-03-11 |
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Queer as Art | Self | 2017-07-27 |
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Hurricane Bianca | Lawrence Taylor | 2016-06-03 |
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Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder | Self | 2015-07-11 |
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Strange Magic | Bog King (voice) | 2015-01-23 |
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Chu and Blossom | Uncle | 2014-01-31 |
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Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
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Picasso Baby | Self | 2013-08-02 |
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The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow | Gutsy Smurf (voice) | 2013-09-12 |
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The Smurfs 2 | Gutsy Smurf (voice) | 2013-07-30 |
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Almost in Love | Hayden | 2013-02-15 |
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Maladies | Alan | 2012-06-29 |
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The Outback | Bog (voice) | 2012-01-12 |
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Sir Billi | Gordon the Goat (voice) | 2012-04-13 |
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Any Day Now | Rudy Donatello | 2012-12-14 |
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The Smurfs | Gutsy Smurf (voice) | 2011-07-29 |
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The Money Pet | The Narrator (voice) | 2011-01-02 |
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Jackboots on Whitehall | Hitler (voice) | 2010-10-08 |
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Burlesque | Alexis | 2010-11-23 |
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The Tempest | Sebastian | 2010-09-11 |
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Riverworld | Judas Caretaker | 2010-04-18 |
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The Mystery of Claywoman | Jon Lauting Phd. | 2009-09-01 |
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PoliWood | Self | 2009-07-03 |
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The Real Cabaret | Self | 2009-10-20 |
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It's Complicated | TV Actor (uncredited) | 2009-12-23 |
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Ptown Diaries | Narrator | 2009-06-16 |
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Dare | Grant Matson | 2009-11-13 |
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Boogie Woogie | Dewey Dalamanatousis | 2009-06-26 |
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Gray Matters | Gordy | 2007-02-23 |
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Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World | Chuck (voice) | 2007-05-26 |
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Suffering Man's Charity | John Vandermark | 2007-03-09 |
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ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Self | 2007-04-19 |
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Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema | Self | 2006-02-12 |
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Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical | Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR | 2006-03-29 |
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The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event | 2006-07-17 | |
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MOFO NYC | Self | 2006-01-01 |
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Full Grown Men | The Hitchhiker | 2006-04-27 |
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Ripley Under Ground | Jeff Constant | 2005-11-06 |
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Sweet Land | Frandsen | 2005-10-21 |
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Eighteen | Father Chris | 2005-01-01 |
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Bad Blood | Davie Mitchell | 2005-04-22 |
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Neverwas | Jake | 2005-09-09 |
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Bam Bam and Celeste | Eugene | 2005-09-13 |
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Son of the Mask | Loki | 2005-02-11 |
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Garfield | Persnikitty (voice) | 2004-06-10 |
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The Goodbye Girl | Mark Bodine | 2004-01-16 |
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The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2 | 2003-11-25 | |
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Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler! | Himself | 2003-11-25 |
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X2 Global Webcast Highlights | Self | 2003-11-25 |
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Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Fegan Floop | 2003-07-25 |
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X2 | Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler | 2003-04-27 |
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Intimate Affairs | Sevy | 2002-04-18 |
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories | Self | 2002-06-11 |
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CinéMagique | The Magician | 2002-03-16 |
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Nicholas Nickleby | Mr. Folair | 2002-12-27 |
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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams | Fegan Floop | 2002-08-07 |
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Becoming Men | 2002-09-12 | |
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Searching for Debra Winger | Self (uncredited) | 2002-07-13 |
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Spy Kids | Fegan Floop | 2001-03-18 |
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Josie and the Pussycats | Wyatt Frame | 2001-04-06 |
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The Anniversary Party | Joe Therrian | 2001-06-09 |
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For My Baby | Daniel Orgelbrand | 2000-10-19 |
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Company Man | General Batista | 2000-03-09 |
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The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged | 2000-04-28 |
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Get Carter | Jeremy Kinnear | 2000-10-06 |
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Urbania | Brett | 2000-01-24 |
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Loser | Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited) | 2000-07-21 |
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Plunkett & MacLeane | Lord Rochester | 1999-01-22 |
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Annie | Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan | 1999-11-07 |
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Titus | Saturninus | 1999-12-25 |
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Eyes Wide Shut | Desk Clerk | 1999-07-16 |
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Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Sandy Frink | 1997-04-25 |
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Spice World | Piers | 1997-12-18 |
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Buddy | Dick Croner | 1997-06-06 |
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Bathtime | Wrigley | 1997-01-01 |
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Emma | Mr. Elton | 1996-08-02 |
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Burn Your Phone | Andy | 1996-12-31 |
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Circle of Friends | Sean Walsh | 1995-04-07 |
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GoldenEye | Boris Grishenko | 1995-11-16 |
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Goldeneye: The Secret Files | Self | 1995-12-26 |
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GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast | Self | 1995-01-01 |
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Butter | Ronnie | 1994-01-01 |
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Black Beauty | Black Beauty (voice) | 1994-07-29 |
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Second Best | Bernard | 1994-09-30 |
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That Sunday | 1994-01-01 | |
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Mr. Bean: Blind Date | Roger | 1993-03-12 |
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Cabaret | Emcee | 1993-12-09 |
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The Airzone Solution | MacNamara | 1993-01-01 |
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Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love | Greg Deane | 1993-05-20 |
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Dread Poets' Society | Shelley | 1992-09-23 |
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Prague | Alexander Novak | 1992-05-01 |
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The Last Romantics | Tulloch | 1992-03-29 |
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Bernard and the Genie | Bernard Bottle | 1991-11-23 |
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Conquest of the South Pole | 1989-08-01 | |
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Passing Glory | Rab | 1986-09-01 |
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Lunch Hour | ||
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The Naturalized | Self | |
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Glenrothan | Donal | |
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Death Do Us Part | ||
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The Diary | ||
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Run | Steve | |
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V13 | Sigmund Freud | |
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Borges and Me |