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

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK

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

Movie Involvements: 62

TV Involvements: 28


Most Famous Work

Biography

Alan Cumming, OBE FRSE (born January 27, 1965) is a Scottish stage and screen actor, singer, comedian, director, producer and author. He is best known for playing Emcee in Cabaret on stage, Boris Grishenko in the James Bond movie Goldeneye, Nightcrawler in X2, Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy, starring as Dylan Reinhart on the series Instinct, Clyde Brattle on the series Briarpatch, and the recurring role of Eli Gold on the CBS series The Good Wife, for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Satellite Award. His London stage appearances include Hamlet, the Maniac in Accidental Death of an Anarchist (for which he received an Olivier Award), the lead in Bent, The National Theatre of Scotland's The Bacchae and Samuel Beckett's Endgame at The Old Vic, opposite Daniel Radcliffe. On Broadway, he has appeared in The Threepenny Opera, as the master of ceremonies in Cabaret (for which he won a Tony Award), Design for Living, and a one-man adaptation of Macbeth. In 2022, he received a Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop. He has written a novel, Tommy's Tale (2002), an autobiography, Not My Father's Son: A Memoir (2014), and a topical memoir, Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life (2019). He hosted a cable talk show called Eavesdropping with Alan Cumming and produced a line of perfumed products labelled "Cumming". He has also contributed opinion pieces to many publications and performed the cabaret shows, I Bought a Blue Car Today and Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs. In 2021, he appeared in the Apple TV+ series Schmigadoon! On 7 November 2008, he became a dual-national and was sworn in as a citizen of the United States at a ceremony in New York City. He has promoted LGBT rights, MC-ing and attending fundraisers for many organizations, and he also supports several AIDS charities.

Most Famous Work

Doctor Who
Average
8

Doctor Who

(2005) King James
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
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0

Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack

(2008) Himself - Hijacker
Prodigal Son
Average
8

Prodigal Son

(2019) Simon Hoxley
The Good Wife
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8

The Good Wife

(2009) Eli Gold
The Good Fight
Average
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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6
Tony Awards
Average
5

Tony Awards

(1956) Self - Presenter

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Flaxman
Narrator (voice)
N/A
Lou Hendricks
Self - Host
2022 Self (archive footage)
Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
Burnish (voice)
N/A
Self – Actor
Host
Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice)
Therapist
Brandon Lee
2021 Narrator (voice)
Self
Owen
Mayor Aloysius Menlove
Dooley Flint
2020 Himself
Self
B / Hamm
Clyde Brattle
2019 Dancer Dave
Simon Hoxley
Self - Guest
2018 Narrator (voice)
Dante (voice)
Self
Dylan Reinhart
2017 Meriwether (voice)
Ted Tinling
Self
Steve
Himself
Sam Cooper
Self (voice)
Eli Gold (voice)
Eli Gold
2016 Lawrence Taylor
2015 Self
Bog King (voice)
2014 Self
N/A
Uncle
Alan Cumming
2013 Self
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Himself
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Hayden
2012 Rudy Donatello
N/A
Alan
Gordon the Goat (voice)
Himself
Bog (voice)
2011 Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Austen Clarke
Desrae
The Narrator (voice)
2010 Alexis
Hitler (voice)
Sebastian
Judas Caretaker
2009 TV Actor (uncredited)
Grant Matson
Herself
Eli Gold
Jon Lauting Phd.
Self - Guest
Self
Dewey Dalamanatousis
Narrator
2008 Austen Clarke
Self - Host
N/A
Himself - Hijacker
2007 Glitch
Chuck Masters (voice)
Zeke (voice)
Chuck (voice)
Rupert (voice)
Chuck (voice)
Self
John Vandermark
Self
N/A
2006 Gordy
(voice)
Self - Guest
N/A
The Hitchhiker
Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
Self
N/A
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
2003 Himself
Self
Fegan Floop
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Self
2002 Mr. Folair
N/A
Fegan Floop
Self (uncredited)
Self
Self
Sevy
The Magician
2001 Joe Therrian
Wyatt Frame
Fegan Floop
2000 N/A
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 N/A
Boris Grishenko
Sean Walsh
N/A
1994 Bernard
Black Beauty (voice)
Sebastian Flight
Himself
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 N/A
Self - Guest
1986 Rab
1985 Tulloch
1983 N/A
1979 Self - Panellist
1975 Self - Host
1956 Self - Host
Self - Presenter
N/A
N/A
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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