Alan Cumming
Acting
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.
TV Shows(85)
Club Cumming
Self
2026
The Mighty Nein
Gustav (voice)
2025
My Happy Place
Self
2025
RoboGobo
Dame Luxley (voice)
2025
Paris & Nicole: The Encore
Narrator
2024
All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train
Self - Host
2024
Chimp Crazy
Self
2024
Doctor Who
Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
2024
Doctor Who: Unleashed
Self
2024
Boarders
Alan
2024
Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes
Self
2024
The Traitors
Self - Host
2023
Abominable and the Invisible City
Burnish (voice)
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Dead End: Paranormal Park
Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice)
2022
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
Self
2021
The Prince
Owen
2021
Schmigadoon!
Mayor Aloysius Menlove
2021
Briarpatch
Clyde Brattle
2020
Helpsters
Dancer Dave
2019
Prodigal Son
Simon Hoxley
2019
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
2019
Instinct
Dylan Reinhart
2018
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
Queers.
Steve
2017
The Good Fight
Eli Gold
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Broad City
Alan Cumming
2014
Urban Secrets
2012
The Outs
Alan Cumming
2012
Web Therapy
Austen Clarke
2011
The Runaway
Desrae
2011
Bubble Guppies
The Glitch (voice)
2011
The Good Wife
Eli Gold
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Web Therapy
Austen Clarke
2008
Masterpiece Mystery!
Self - Host
2008
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
Self - Hijacker
2008
Tin Man
Glitch
2007
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Chuck Masters (voice)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Me, Eloise
(voice)
2006
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
Web Junk 20
2006
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
Playing It Straight
Narrator (voice)
2005
Doctor Who
King James
2005
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Shoebox Zoo
Bruno the Bear (voice)
2004
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
The L Word
Billie Blaikie
2004
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
2003
Through the Night with...
Self
2002
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
God, the Devil and Bob
The Devil (voice)
2000
Sex and the City
Oscar
1998
EP Daily
1997
The Daily Show
Self
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
Angus 'The Hole' McDuff
1996
Ghosts
Philip
1995
Gargoyles
John Castaway (voice)
1994
The High Life
Sebastian Flight
1994
Frasier
Ahmrit
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Rik Mayall Presents
Greg Deane
1993
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
The Simpsons
Loki (voice)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Screen Two
Tulloch
1985
Travelling Man
Jamie
1984
Taggart
Jamie McCormack
1983
Masterpiece Mystery
Self - Host
1980
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Great Performances
Self
1971
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Rhona Who Lives by the River
Hamish
Tip Toe
Leo
Movies(133)
Avengers: Doomsday
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
2026
Glenrothan
Donal
2026
Kiloran Bay
2026
One Night Out with Alan Cumming
Host
2026
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
2025
Sleazy Tiger
Alan Cumming
2025
A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole
self
2025
V13
Sigmund Freud
2025
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Self
2024
Drive Back Home
Perley
2024
Genie
Flaxman
2023
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Narrator (voice)
2023
Rare Objects
Peter Kessler
2023
Marlowe
Lou Hendricks
2023
Ooh the Banter!
Self (archive footage)
2022
My Father's Dragon
Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
2022
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!
Self - Host
2022
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
Therapist
2022
My Old School
Brandon Lee
2022
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Narrator (voice)
2021
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Alan Cumming
2020
Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins
Self
2020
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
B / Hamm
2020
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Narrator (voice)
2018
Show Dogs
Dante (voice)
2018
Always at The Carlyle
Self
2018
Michael Jackson's Halloween
Meriwether (voice)
2017
Battle of the Sexes
Ted Tinling
2017
Queer as Art
Self
2017
After Louie
Sam Cooper
2017
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self (voice)
2017
Hurricane Bianca
Lawrence Taylor
2016
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
Self
2015
Strange Magic
Bog King (voice)
2015
Chu and Blossom
Uncle
2014
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
2013
Picasso Baby
Self
2013
The Smurfs 2
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
2013
Almost in Love
Hayden
2013
Any Day Now
Rudy Donatello
2012
Maladies
Alan
2012
Sir Billi
Gordon the Goat (voice)
2012
The Outback
Bog (voice)
2012
The Smurfs
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
2011
The Money Pet
The Narrator (voice)
2011
Burlesque
Alexis
2010
Jackboots on Whitehall
Hitler (voice)
2010
The Tempest
Sebastian
2010
Riverworld
Judas Caretaker
2010
Boogie Woogie
Dewey Dalamanatousis
2010
It's Complicated
TV Actor (uncredited)
2009
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
Dare
Grant Matson
2009
The Real Cabaret
Self
2009
The Mystery of Claywoman
Jon Lauting Phd.
2009
PoliWood
Self
2009
Ptown Diaries
Narrator
2009
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Chuck (voice)
2007
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self
2007
Suffering Man's Charity
John Vandermark
2007
Gray Matters
Gordy
2007
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
2006
Full Grown Men
The Hitchhiker
2006
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
2006
Motherfucker: A Movie
Self
2006
Ripley Under Ground
Jeff Constant
2005
Sweet Land
Frandsen
2005
Bam Bam and Celeste
Eugene
2005
Neverwas
Jake
2005
Bad Blood
Davie Mitchell
2005
Son of the Mask
Loki
2005
Eighteen
Father Chris
2005
Garfield
Persnikitty (voice)
2004
The Goodbye Girl
Mark Bodine
2004
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
Self
2003
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
Self
2003
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!
Himself
2003
FX2: Visual Effects
Self
2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Fegan Floop
2003
X2
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
2003
Nicholas Nickleby
Mr. Folair
2002
Becoming Men
2002
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Fegan Floop
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
Self (uncredited)
2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
Intimate Affairs
Sevy
2002
This is Stanley Baxter
Self
2001
The Anniversary Party
Joe Therrian
2001
Josie and the Pussycats
Wyatt Frame
2001
Spy Kids
Fegan Floop
2001
For My Baby
Daniel Orgelbrand
2000
Get Carter
Jeremy Kinnear
2000
Loser
Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
2000
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
2000
Company Man
General Batista
2000
Urbania
Brett
2000
Titus
Saturninus
1999
Annie
Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
1999
Eyes Wide Shut
Desk Clerk
1999
Plunkett & Macleane
Lord Rochester
1999
Spice World
Piers
1997
Buddy
Dick Croner
1997
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Sandy Frink
1997
Bathtime
Wrigley
1997
Burn Your Phone
Andy
1996
Emma
Mr. Elton
1996
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Self
1995
GoldenEye
Boris Grishenko
1995
Circle of Friends
Sean Walsh
1995
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Self
1995
Second Best
Bernard
1994
Black Beauty
Black Beauty (voice)
1994
That Sunday
1994
Butter
Ronnie
1994
Cabaret
Emcee
1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
Greg Deane
1993
The Airzone Solution
MacNamara
1993
Dread Poets' Society
Shelley
1992
Prague
Alexander Novak
1992
The Last Romantics
Tulloch
1992
Bernard and the Genie
Bernard Bottle
1991
Conquest of the South Pole
1989
Passing Glory
Rab
1986
The Diary
Death Do Us Part
Lunch Hour
Borges and Me
Run
Steve
The Naturalized
Self
Untitled Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Sequel
Sandy Frink
Treasure Trekkers
(voice)