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 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.
Born: 27 January 1965
Played In
Movie
Dec 2026
Avengers: Doomsday
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
TV Show
Sep 2026
The Traitors
Self - Host
Movie
Jun 2026
Toy Story 5
Evil Bullseye (voice)
TV Show
May 2026
Tip Toe
Leo
TV Show
May 2026
The Killer Among Us
Self - Host
Movie
Apr 2026
Glenrothan
Donal
TV Show
Mar 2026
Club Cumming
Self
Movie
Mar 2026
Kiloran Bay
Torquil
Movie
Feb 2026
One Night Out with Alan Cumming
Host
Movie
Dec 2025
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
TV Show
Nov 2025
The Mighty Nein
Gustav (voice)
Movie
Jun 2025
Sleazy Tiger
Alan Cumming
Movie
Jun 2025
A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole
self
TV Show
Apr 2025
My Happy Place
Self
Movie
Apr 2025
V13
Sigmund Freud
TV Show
Jan 2025
RoboGobo
Dame Luxley (voice)
TV Show
Dec 2024
Paris & Nicole: The Encore
Narrator
Movie
Dec 2024
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Self
TV Show
Nov 2024
All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train
Self - Host
Movie
Sep 2024
Drive Back Home
Perley
TV Show
Aug 2024
Chimp Crazy
Self
TV Show
May 2024
Doctor Who
Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
TV Show
May 2024
Doctor Who: Unleashed
Self
TV Show
Feb 2024
Boarders
Alan
TV Show
Feb 2024
Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes
Self
Movie
Nov 2023
Genie
Flaxman
Movie
Jun 2023
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Apr 2023
Rare Objects
Peter Kessler
Movie
Feb 2023
Marlowe
Lou Hendricks
TV Show
Jan 2023
The Traitors
Self - Host
Movie
Dec 2022
Ooh the Banter!
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Nov 2022
My Father's Dragon
Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
TV Show
Oct 2022
Abominable and the Invisible City
Burnish (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
TV Show
Sep 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV Show
Sep 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Actor
Movie
Sep 2022
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!
Self - Host
TV Show
Jun 2022
Dead End: Paranormal Park
Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice)
Movie
May 2022
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
Therapist
Movie
Mar 2022
My Old School
Brandon Lee
Movie
Dec 2021
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Nov 2021
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
Self
TV Show
Jul 2021
The Prince
Owen
TV Show
Jul 2021
Schmigadoon!
Mayor Aloysius Menlove
TV Show
Jul 2021
Schmigadoon!
Dooley Blight
Movie
Oct 2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Alan Cumming
Movie
Jul 2020
Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins
Self
Movie
Apr 2020
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
B / Hamm
TV Show
Feb 2020
Briarpatch
Clyde Brattle
TV Show
Nov 2019
Helpsters
Dancer Dave
TV Show
Sep 2019
Prodigal Son
Simon Hoxley
TV Show
Sep 2019
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
TV Show
Sep 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
TV Show
Apr 2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
Movie
Aug 2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Narrator (voice)
Movie
May 2018
Show Dogs
Dante (voice)
Movie
May 2018
Always at The Carlyle
Self
TV Show
Mar 2018
Instinct
Dylan Reinhart
Movie
Oct 2017
Michael Jackson's Halloween
Meriwether (voice)
Movie
Sep 2017
Battle of the Sexes
Ted Tinling
TV Show
Aug 2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
TV Show
Jul 2017
Queers.
Steve
TV Show
Jul 2017
Queers.
Movie
Jul 2017
Queer as Art
Self
Movie
Mar 2017
After Louie
Sam Cooper
Movie
Mar 2017
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self (voice)
TV Show
Feb 2017
The Good Fight
Eli Gold
Movie
Jun 2016
Hurricane Bianca
Lawrence Taylor
TV Show
Sep 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Movie
Jul 2015
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
Self
Movie
Jan 2015
Strange Magic
Bog King (voice)
TV Show
Feb 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
TV Show
Feb 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
TV Show
Feb 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Movie
Jan 2014
Chu and Blossom
Uncle
TV Show
Jan 2014
Broad City
Alan Cumming
Movie
Sep 2013
Muse of Fire
Self
Movie
Sep 2013
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Movie
Aug 2013
Picasso Baby
Self
Movie
Jul 2013
The Smurfs 2
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Movie
Feb 2013
Almost in Love
Hayden
Movie
Dec 2012
Any Day Now
Rudy Donatello
TV Show
Jul 2012
Urban Secrets
Movie
Jun 2012
Maladies
Alan
Movie
Apr 2012
Sir Billi
Gordon the Goat (voice)
TV Show
Mar 2012
The Outs
Alan Cumming
Movie
Jan 2012
The Outback
Bog (voice)
Movie
Jul 2011
The Smurfs
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
TV Show
Jul 2011
Web Therapy
Austen Clarke
TV Show
Mar 2011
The Runaway
Desrae
TV Show
Jan 2011
Bubble Guppies
The Glitch (voice)
Movie
Jan 2011
The Money Pet
The Narrator (voice)
Movie
Nov 2010
Burlesque
Alexis
Movie
Oct 2010
Jackboots on Whitehall
Hitler / Braveheart (voice)
Movie
Sep 2010
The Tempest
Sebastian
Movie
Apr 2010
Riverworld
Judas Caretaker
Movie
Apr 2010
Boogie Woogie
Dewey Dalamanatousis
Movie
Dec 2009
It's Complicated
TV Actor (uncredited)
Movie
Dec 2009
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
Movie
Nov 2009
Dare
Grant Matson
Movie
Oct 2009
The Real Cabaret
Self
TV Show
Sep 2009
The Good Wife
Eli Gold
Movie
Sep 2009
The Mystery of Claywoman
Jon Lauting Phd.
TV Show
Jul 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Movie
Jul 2009
PoliWood
Self
Movie
Jun 2009
Ptown Diaries
Narrator
TV Show
Sep 2008
Web Therapy
Austen Clarke
TV Show
Jan 2008
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
Self - Hijacker
TV Show
Dec 2007
Tin Man
Glitch
TV Show
Jul 2007
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Chuck Masters (voice)
TV Show
Jul 2007
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Zeke (voice)
TV Show
Jul 2007
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Chuck (voice)
TV Show
Jul 2007
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Rupert (voice)
Movie
May 2007
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Chuck (voice)
Movie
Apr 2007
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self
Movie
Mar 2007
Suffering Man's Charity
John Vandermark
Movie
Feb 2007
Gray Matters
Gordy
TV Show
Feb 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
TV Show
Oct 2006
Me, Eloise
(voice)
TV Show
Aug 2006
The One Show
Self - Guest
Movie
Jul 2006
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
Movie
Apr 2006
Full Grown Men
The Hitchhiker
Movie
Mar 2006
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
Movie
Feb 2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
TV Show
Jan 2006
Web Junk 20
Movie
Jan 2006
Motherfucker: A Movie
Self
Movie
Nov 2005
Ripley Under Ground
Jeff Constant
Movie
Oct 2005
Sweet Land
Frandsen
Movie
Sep 2005
Bam Bam and Celeste
Eugene
Movie
Sep 2005
Neverwas
Jake
TV Show
Jun 2005
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
Movie
Apr 2005
Bad Blood
Davie Mitchell
TV Show
Apr 2005
Playing It Straight
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Mar 2005
Doctor Who
King James
Movie
Feb 2005
Son of the Mask
Loki
Movie
Jan 2005
Eighteen
Father Chris
TV Show
Oct 2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
TV Show
Sep 2004
Shoebox Zoo
Bruno the Bear (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2004
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
Movie
Jun 2004
Garfield
Persnikitty (voice)
TV Show
Jan 2004
The L Word
Billie Blaikie
Movie
Jan 2004
The Goodbye Girl
Mark Bodine
Movie
Nov 2003
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
Self
Movie
Nov 2003
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
Self
Movie
Nov 2003
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!
Himself
Movie
Nov 2003
FX2: Visual Effects
Self
Movie
Jul 2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Fegan Floop
Movie
Apr 2003
X2
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
TV Show
Feb 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Movie
Dec 2002
Nicholas Nickleby
Mr. Folair
Movie
Sep 2002
Becoming Men
Movie
Aug 2002
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Fegan Floop
Movie
Jul 2002
Searching for Debra Winger
Self (uncredited)
Movie
Jun 2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
TV Show
May 2002
Through the Night with...
Self
TV Show
May 2002
V Graham Norton
Self
Movie
Apr 2002
Intimate Affairs
Sevy
Movie
Jul 2001
This is Stanley Baxter
Self
Movie
Jun 2001
The Anniversary Party
Joe Therrian
Movie
Apr 2001
Josie and the Pussycats
Wyatt Frame
Movie
Mar 2001
Spy Kids
Fegan Floop
Movie
Oct 2000
For My Baby
Daniel Orgelbrand
Movie
Oct 2000
Get Carter
Jeremy Kinnear
Movie
Jul 2000
Loser
Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
Movie
Apr 2000
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
Movie
Mar 2000
Company Man
General Batista
TV Show
Mar 2000
God, the Devil and Bob
The Devil (voice)
Movie
Jan 2000
Urbania
Brett
Movie
Dec 1999
Titus
Saturninus
Movie
Nov 1999
Annie
Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
Movie
Jul 1999
Eyes Wide Shut
Desk Clerk
Movie
Jan 1999
Plunkett & Macleane
Lord Rochester
TV Show
Jun 1998
Sex and the City
Oscar
Movie
Dec 1997
Spice World
Piers
TV Show
Sep 1997
EP Daily
Movie
Jun 1997
Buddy
Dick Croner
Movie
Apr 1997
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Sandy Frink
Movie
Jan 1997
Bathtime
Wrigley
Movie
Dec 1996
Burn Your Phone
Andy
Movie
Aug 1996
Emma
Mr. Elton
TV Show
Jul 1996
The Daily Show
Self
TV Show
Jan 1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
Angus 'The Hole' McDuff
Movie
Dec 1995
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Self
Movie
Nov 1995
GoldenEye
Boris Grishenko
Movie
Apr 1995
Circle of Friends
Sean Walsh
TV Show
Jan 1995
Ghosts
Philip
Movie
Jan 1995
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Self
TV Show
Oct 1994
Gargoyles
John Castaway (voice)
Movie
Sep 1994
Second Best
Bernard
Movie
Jul 1994
Black Beauty
Black Beauty (voice)
TV Show
Jan 1994
The High Life
Sebastian Flight
Movie
Jan 1994
That Sunday
Movie
Jan 1994
Butter
Ronnie
Movie
Dec 1993
Cabaret
Emcee
TV Show
Sep 1993
Frasier
Ahmrit
TV Show
Sep 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Movie
May 1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
Greg Deane
TV Show
May 1993
Rik Mayall Presents
Greg Deane
Movie
Jan 1993
The Airzone Solution
MacNamara
Movie
Sep 1992
Dread Poets' Society
Shelley
Movie
May 1992
Prague
Alexander Novak
Movie
Mar 1992
The Last Romantics
Tulloch
Movie
Nov 1991
Bernard and the Genie
Bernard Bottle
TV Show
Sep 1990
Have I Got News for You
Self
TV Show
Dec 1989
The Simpsons
Loki (voice)
Movie
Aug 1989
Conquest of the South Pole
TV Show
Sep 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Movie
Sep 1986
Passing Glory
Rab
TV Show
Jul 1986
ScreenPlay
Percy Bysshe Shelley
TV Show
Jan 1985
Screen Two
Tulloch
TV Show
Jan 1985
Screen Two
Andy
TV Show
Jan 1985
Screen Two
Alexander Novak
TV Show
Nov 1984
Travelling Man
Jamie
TV Show
Sep 1983
Taggart
Jamie McCormack
TV Show
Feb 1980
Masterpiece Mystery
Self - Host
TV Show
Sep 1979
Question Time
Self - Panellist
TV Show
Oct 1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
TV Show
Jan 1971
Great Performances
Self
TV Show
Apr 1956
Tony Awards
Self - Host
TV Show
Apr 1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
TV Show
May 1949
The BAFTA Awards
Host
TV Show
Jan 1949
The Emmy Awards
Self
Movie
The Diary
Movie
Death Do Us Part
Movie
Lunch Hour
Movie
Borges and Me
Movie
Run
Steve
Movie
The Naturalized
Self
Movie
Romy and Michele 2
Sandy Frink
Movie
Treasure Trekkers
(voice)
Movie
Tip Toe
Leo
TV Show
Rhona Who Lives by the River
Hamish