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