Alan Cumming
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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.
Known for
Credits
Avengers: Doomsday (2026)
as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Toy Story 5 (2026)
as Evil Bullseye (voice)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
as Desk Clerk
The Smurfs (2011)
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Garfield (2004)
as Persnikitty (voice)
GoldenEye (1995)
as Boris Grishenko
It's Complicated (2009)
as TV Actor (uncredited)
The Smurfs 2 (2013)
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Les Parfait(s) : Arnaques en Famille (2026)
as Sean Mac Callaghan
Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
as Lord Rochester
Spy Kids (2001)
as Fegan Floop
Treasure Trekkers (2026)
as (voice)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
as Fegan Floop
Son of the Mask (2005)
as Loki
Show Dogs (2018)
as Dante (voice)
Glenrothan (2026)
as Donal
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
as Ted Tinling
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
as Fegan Floop
Titus (1999)
as Saturninus
Burlesque (2010)
as Alexis
Planet 51 (2009)
as Alien Mailman (voice)
Loser (2000)
as Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
Marlowe (2023)
as Lou Hendricks
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
as Wyatt Frame
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
as The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
My Father's Dragon (2022)
as Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
Kiloran Bay (2026)
as Torquil
Emma (1996)
as Mr. Elton
Strange Magic (2015)
as Bog King (voice)
Get Carter (2000)
as Jeremy Kinnear
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)
as Self (voice)
Spice World (1997)
as Piers
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
as Sandy Frink
Picasso Baby (2013)
as Self
Cabaret (1993)
as Emcee
Black Beauty (1994)
as Black Beauty (voice)
Bathtime (1997)
as Wrigley
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of “Son of The Mask” (2005)
as Self
Circle of Friends (1995)
as Sean Walsh
Chu and Blossom (2014)
as Uncle
Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes: Creating “Son of The Mask” (2005)
as Self
Ripley Under Ground (2007)
as Jeff Constant
The Outback (2012)
as Bog (voice)
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
as Hitler / Braveheart (voice)
Annie (1999)
as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
Collectormania 7 (2005)
as Self
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
as Mr. Folair
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2006)
as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
Boogie Woogie (2010)
as Dewey Dalamanatousis
That Sunday (1994)
Actor
V13 (2025)
as Sigmund Freud
One Night Out with Alan Cumming (2026)
as Self - Host
Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self
Genie (2023)
as Flaxman
The Tempest (2010)
as Sebastian
Buddy (1997)
as Dick Croner
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder (2015)
as Self
Being Stanley Baxter (2025)
as Self
Romy and Michele 2 (—)
as Sandy Frink
Always at The Carlyle (2018)
as Self
The Goodbye Girl (2004)
as Mark Bodine
Dread Poets' Society (1992)
as Shelley
Hurricane Bianca (2016)
as Lawrence Taylor
Intimate Affairs (2002)
as Sevy
Gray Matters (2007)
as Gordy
Goldeneye: The Secret Files (1995)
as Self
Rare Objects (2023)
as Peter Kessler
Neverwas (2005)
as Jake
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
as Self
Passing Glory (1986)
as Rab
The Last Romantics (1992)
as Tulloch
Second Best (1994)
as Bernard
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast (1995)
as Self
Full Grown Men (2006)
as The Hitchhiker
Michael Jackson's Halloween (2017)
as Meriwether (voice)
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)
as Self
Dare (2009)
as Grant Matson
Death Do Us Part (2026)
as Lord Ingannamorte
Sir Billi (2012)
as Gordon the Goat (voice)
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler! (2003)
as Himself
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Motherfucker: A Movie (2006)
as Self
Any Day Now (2012)
as Rudy Donatello
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
Riverworld (2010)
as Judas Caretaker
Sweet Land (2005)
as Frandsen
This is Stanley Baxter (2001)
as Self
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story (2023)
as Narrator (voice)
Sleazy Tiger (2025)
as Alan Cumming
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love (1993)
as Greg Deane
Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins (2020)
as Self
A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole (2025)
as self
Drive Back Home (2024)
as Perley
Queer as Art (2017)
as Self
Company Man (2000)
as General Batista
Ptown Diaries (2009)
as Narrator
Conquest of the South Pole (1989)
Actor
Eighteen (2005)
as Father Chris
PoliWood (2009)
as Self
Maladies (2012)
as Alan
Bam Bam and Celeste (2005)
as Eugene
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event (2006)
Actor
The Anniversary Party (2001)
as Joe Therrian
The Airzone Solution (1993)
as MacNamara
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 (2003)
as Self
FX2: Visual Effects (2003)
as Self
My Old School (2022)
as Brandon Lee
Becoming Men (2002)
Actor
Urbania (2000)
as Brett
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002)
as Self
For My Baby (2000)
as Daniel Orgelbrand
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center (2024)
as Self
X2 Global Webcast Highlights (2003)
as Self
Bernard and the Genie (1991)
as Bernard Bottle
Suffering Man's Charity (2007)
as John Vandermark
Burn Your Phone (1996)
as Andy
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men (2022)
as Therapist
Run (—)
as Steve
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II (2020)
as B / Hamm
Butter (1994)
as Ronnie
Ooh the Banter! (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The Diary (—)
Actor
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
Almost in Love (2013)
as Hayden
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
as Alan Cumming
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV (2009)
as Self
Borges and Me (2026)
as Alastair Reid
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza! (2022)
as Self - Host
After Louie (2017)
as Sam Cooper
The Money Pet (2011)
as The Narrator (voice)
The Mystery of Claywoman (2009)
as Jon Lauting Phd.
Prague (1992)
as Alexander Novak
Lunch Hour (—)
Actor
The Real Cabaret (2009)
as Self
X2 (2003)
as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
The Naturalized (—)
as Self
Bad Blood (2005)
as Davie Mitchell