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.
Filmography
all 197
Movies 122
TV Shows 75
self 67
Voice 9
Narrator 3
Producer 2
Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes (2024)
91st Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center (2023)
Genie (2023)
Asog (2023)
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story (2023)
Rare Objects (2023)
Marlowe (2023)
The Traitors (2023)
Ooh the Banter! (2022)
My Father's Dragon (2022)
Abominable and the Invisible City (2022)
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022)
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza! (2022)
Dead End: Paranormal Park (2022)
Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men (2022)
My Old School (2022)
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (2021)
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland (2021)
The Prince (2021)
Schmigadoon! (2021)
Sharon Needles Presents: Mask It or Casket (2020)
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
Weakest Link (2020)
Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins (2020)
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II (2020)
Briarpatch (2020)
Helpsters (2019)
Prodigal Son (2019)
Tamron Hall (2019)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
Show Dogs (2018)
Always at The Carlyle (2018)
Instinct (2018)
Michael Jackson's Halloween (2017)
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
Carpool Karaoke: The Series (2017)
Queers. (2017)
Queer as Art (2017)
After Louie (2017)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)
The Good Fight (2017)
Masterpiece (2017)
Hurricane Bianca (2016)
The New Yorker Presents (2016)
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder (2015)
Strange Magic (2015)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Chu and Blossom (2014)
Broad City (2014)
Muse of Fire (2013)
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)
Picasso Baby (2013)
The Smurfs 2 (2013)
Almost in Love (2013)
Any Day Now (2012)
Urban Secrets (2012)
Maladies (2012)
Kingdom Come (2012)
Sir Billi (2012)
The Outs (2012)
The Outback (2012)
The Smurfs (2011)
Web Therapy (2011)
Rocco's Dinner Party (2011)
The Runaway (2011)
The Money Pet (2011)
Burlesque (2010)
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
The Tempest (2010)
Riverworld (2010)
Riverworld (2010)
It's Complicated (2009)
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV (2009)
Dare (2009)
The Real Cabaret (2009)
The Good Wife (2009)
Scotland on Screen (2009)
The Mystery of Claywoman (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
PoliWood (2009)
Boogie Woogie (2009)
Ptown Diaries (2009)
Web Therapy (2008)
Out in Manhattan (2008)
Masterpiece Mystery! (2008)
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack (2008)
Tin Man (2007)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World (2007)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World (2007)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
Eloise in Hollywood (2007)
Ghost Writer (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Comedy Map of Britain (2007)
Motherfucker: A Movie (2007)
Gray Matters (2006)
Me, Eloise (2006)
The Charlotte Church Show (2006)
The One Show (2006)
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event (2006)
Full Grown Men (2006)
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2006)
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)
Web Junk 20 (2006)
Ripley Under Ground (2005)
Sweet Land (2005)
Bam Bam and Celeste (2005)
Neverwas (2005)
Graham Norton's Bigger Picture (2005)
Backstage Pass (2005)
8 Out of 10 Cats (2005)
Bad Blood (2005)
Playing It Straight (2005)
Doctor Who (2005)
Son of the Mask (2005)
Eighteen (2005)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)
Shoebox Zoo (2004)
The Tony Danza Show (2004)
Garfield (2004)
The L Word (2004)
The Goodbye Girl (2004)
X2 Global Webcast Highlights (2003)
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler! (2003)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
X2 (2003)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Becoming Men (2002)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
Through the Night with... (2002)
V Graham Norton (2002)
Intimate Affairs (2002)
CinéMagique (2002)
The Anniversary Party (2001)
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
Spy Kids (2001)
For My Baby (2000)
Get Carter (2000)
Loser (2000)
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
God, the Devil and Bob (2000)
Company Man (2000)
Urbania (2000)
Titus (1999)
Annie (1999)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Plunkett & MacLeane (1999)
Sex and the City (1998)
Spice World (1997)
EP Daily (1997)
Buddy (1997)
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
Bathtime (1997)
Burn Your Phone (1996)
Emma (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Goldeneye: The Secret Files (1995)
GoldenEye (1995)
Circle of Friends (1995)
Ghosts (1995)
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast (1995)
Second Best (1994)
Black Beauty (1994)
The High Life (1994)
Butter (1994)
That Sunday (1994)
Cabaret (1993)
Frasier (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love (1993)
Rik Mayall Presents (1993)
Mr. Bean: Blind Date (1993)
Prague (1993)
The Airzone Solution (1993)
Dread Poets' Society (1992)
The Last Romantics (1992)
Bernard and the Genie (1991)
The Simpsons (1989)
Conquest of the South Pole (1989)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Passing Glory (1986)
Screen Two (1985)
Taggart (1983)
Dalgliesh (1983)
Question Time (1979)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Tony Awards (1956)
Oddville, MTV
Weakest Link
Drive Back Home
The Diary
Robogobo
ArtWorks Scotland
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1965-01-27 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceAberfeldy, United Kingdom
LifestyleVeganism
Religionatheism
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, United States of America
ResidencesManhattan, United States of America
Also Known AsAlan Cummings, 알란 커밍, 艾倫康明飾
AwardsGreat Immigrants, Audie Award for Narration by the Author, Audie Award for Best Male Narrator, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, Theatre World Award, Laurence Olivier Award
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