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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
(2005) King JamesBig Brother: Celebrity Hijack
(2008) Himself - HijackerProdigal Son
(2019) Simon HoxleyThe Good Wife
(2009) Eli GoldThe Good Fight
(2017) Eli GoldScreen Two
(1985) TullochWho Do You Think You Are?
(2004) SelfTony Awards
(1956) Self - PresenterActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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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 |
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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 |
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2012 | Creator | |
1994 | Creator | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2007 | Director | |
2001 | Director | |
1996 | Director | |
1994 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2001 | Writer | |
1994 | Writer | |
Writer | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |