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Aliases: Alan Cummings , 알란 커밍 , 艾倫康明飾 , آلن کامینگ

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK

Homepage: https://www.alancumming.com/

Movie Involvements: 75

TV Involvements: 35


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Doctor Who
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8

Doctor Who

(2005) King James
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
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0

Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack

(2008) Himself - Hijacker
Prodigal Son
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8

Prodigal Son

(2019) Simon Hoxley
The Good Wife
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8

The Good Wife

(2009) Eli Gold
The Good Fight
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8

The Good Fight

(2017) Eli Gold
Screen Two
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7

Screen Two

(1985) Tulloch
Who Do You Think You Are?
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7
Tony Awards
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5

Tony Awards

(1956) Self - Presenter

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 Dame Luxley (voice)
2024 Narrator
Self
Self - Host
N/A
Self
Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
Self
2023 Flaxman
Narrator (voice)
Peter Kessler
Lou Hendricks
Self - Host
2022 Self (archive footage)
Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
Burnish (voice)
N/A
Self – Actor
Self - Host
Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice)
Therapist
Brandon Lee
2021 Narrator (voice)
Self
Owen
Mayor Aloysius Menlove
Dooley Blight
2020 Alan Cumming
Self
B / Hamm
Clyde Brattle
2019 Dancer Dave
Simon Hoxley
Self - Guest
N/A
Self
2018 Narrator (voice)
Dante (voice)
Self
Dylan Reinhart
2017 Meriwether (voz)
Ted Tinling
Self
Steve
N/A
Self
Sam Cooper
Self (voice)
Eli Gold
2016 Lawrence Taylor
2015 Self
Self
Bog King (voice)
2014 Self
N/A
Self
Uncle
Alan Cumming
2013 Self
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Self
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Hayden
2012 Rudy Donatello
N/A
Alan
Gordon the Goat (voice)
Alan Cumming
Bog (voice)
2011 Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Austen Clarke
Desrae
The Glitch (voice)
The Narrator (voice)
2010 Alexis
Hitler (voice)
Sebastian
Judas Caretaker
2009 TV Actor (uncredited)
Grant Matson
Self
Eli Gold
Jon Lauting Phd.
Self - Guest
Self
Dewey Dalamanatousis
Narrator
2008 Austen Clarke
Self - Host
Self
Self - Hijacker
2007 Glitch
Chuck Masters (voice)
Zeke (voice)
Chuck (voice)
Rupert (voice)
Chuck (voice)
Self
John Vandermark
Self
2006 Gordy
(voice)
Self - Guest
N/A
The Hitchhiker
Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
Self
N/A
Self
2005 Jeff Constant
Frandsen
Eugene
Jake
Self
Davie Mitchell
Narrator (voice)
King James
Loki
Father Chris
2004 Self
Bruno the Bear (voice)
Self - Guest
Persnikitty (voice)
Billie Blaikie
Mark Bodine
2003 N/A
Self
Himself
Fegan Floop
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Self
2002 Mr. Folair
N/A
Fegan Floop
Self (uncredited)
Self
Self
Self
Sevy
The Magician
2001 Joe Therrian
Wyatt Frame
Fegan Floop
2000 Daniel Orgelbrand
Jeremy Kinnear
Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
The Devil (voice)
General Batista
Brett
1999 Saturninus
Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
Desk Clerk
Lord Rochester
1998 Oscar
1997 Piers
N/A
Dick Croner
Sandy Frink
Wrigley
1996 Andy
Mr. Elton
Self
Angus 'The Hole' McDuff
1995 Self
Boris Grishenko
Sean Walsh
Self
1994 Bernard
Black Beauty (voice)
Sebastian Flight
Self
N/A
Ronnie
1993 Emcee
Ahmrit
Self - Guest
Greg Deane
Greg Deane
Roger
MacNamara
1992 Shelley
Alexander Novak
Tulloch
1991 Bernard Bottle
1989 Loki (voice)
N/A
1988 Self - Guest
1986 Rab
1985 Tulloch
1983 N/A
1980 Self - Host
1979 Self - Panellist
1975 Self - Host
1956 Self - Presenter
Self - Host
Sigmund Freud
Hamm
Alan Cumming
Donal
Steve
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Executive Producer
2020 Executive Producer
2018 Executive Producer
2007 Executive Producer
2005 Producer
2001 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
2012 Creator
1994 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2007 Director
2001 Director
1996 Director
1994 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2001 Writer
1994 Writer
Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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