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