Alan Cumming
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1965-01-27
Place of birth
Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Images
Cast
GoldenEye
1995
6.90
Son of the Mask
2005
4.21
Spy Kids
2001
5.80
Emma
1996
6.67
Get Carter
2000
5.18
Sweet Land
2005
6.30
Bernard and the Genie
1991
7.20
Neverwas
2005
6.35
Circle of Friends
1995
6.30
Full Grown Men
2006
6.00
Dare
2009
5.70
Rare Objects
2023
4.80
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
5.13
The Anniversary Party
2001
5.72
Annie
1999
6.40
Titus
1999
6.50
Marlowe
2023
5.75
The Smurfs
2011
5.76
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
6.90
Burlesque
2010
7.20
Black Beauty
1994
6.70
X2
2003
7.00
Boogie Woogie
2009
5.04
Buddy
1997
4.90
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
6.30
Company Man
2000
5.10
Riverworld
2010
4.80
The Tempest
2010
5.40
Ripley Under Ground
2005
5.65
Intimate Affairs
2002
4.76
The Goodbye Girl
2004
5.65
Josie and the Pussycats
2001
5.60
Ghost Writer
2007
4.80
My Old School
2022
7.10
Mr. Bean: Blind Date
1993
6.63
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
5.00
The Smurfs 2
2013
5.74
Second Best
1994
6.70
The Outback
2012
5.70
The Money Pet
2011
0.00
My Father's Dragon
2022
7.10
Maladies
2012
5.30
Almost in Love
2013
5.80
It's Complicated
2009
6.50
For My Baby
2000
2.00
Prague
1992
6.00
Burn Your Phone
1996
0.00
The Airzone Solution
1993
5.50
The Last Romantics
1992
0.00
Muse of Fire
2013
6.50
Cabaret
1993
7.70
Sir Billi
2012
3.40
Passing Glory
1986
0.00
Loser
2000
5.38
Ptown Diaries
2009
0.00
Plunkett & MacLeane
1999
6.08
Genie
2023
6.61
Dread Poets' Society
1992
0.00
Drive Back Home
2024
7.50
Chu and Blossom
2014
4.00
The Diary
10.00
Spice World
1997
4.86
Strange Magic
2015
7.10
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
7.49
Bathtime
1997
2.00
Eighteen
2005
4.50
That Sunday
1994
6.50
Bam Bam and Celeste
2005
4.50
Ooh the Banter!
2022
0.00
Death Do Us Part
0.00
Urbania
2000
5.60
Battle of the Sexes
2017
6.77
Hurricane Bianca
2016
6.10
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993
6.50
After Louie
2017
5.10
Lunch Hour
0.00
Glenrothan
0.00
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
2003
4.90
Michael Jackson's Halloween
2017
8.00
Queer as Art
2017
4.00
Show Dogs
2018
5.98
MOFO NYC
2006
0.00
Always at The Carlyle
2018
7.00
Conquest of the South Pole
1989
0.00
The Real Cabaret
2009
10.00
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
7.13
CinéMagique
2002
9.50
PoliWood
2009
6.50
Becoming Men
2002
2.00
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
2020
0.00
Garfield
2004
5.71
Picasso Baby
2013
9.00
Gray Matters
2007
5.80
Butter
1994
8.00
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
6.00
Bad Blood
2005
0.00
Any Day Now
2012
7.00
The Mystery of Claywoman
2009
0.00
Borges and Me
0.00
Run
0.00
V13
0.00
Sleazy Tiger
2024
0.00
The Naturalized
0.00
Avengers: Doomsday
2026
0.00