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Alan Cumming

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn January 27, 1965 (60 years)
Alan Cumming FRSE (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish actor. 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 Endproduction 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), Nightcrawlerin 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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Black Beauty
  • Gray Matters
  • Any Day Now
  • Show Dogs
  • Urbania
  • Jackboots on Whitehall
  • Sir Billi
  • Maladies
  • After Louie
  • Almost in Love
  • For My Baby

Known For

  • X2: X-Men United
  • The Good Wife
  • Son of the Mask
  • GoldenEye
  • Spy Kids
  • The Anniversary Party
  • Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
  • Strange Magic
  • Black Beauty
  • Emma
  • Burlesque
  • Get Carter
  • Instinct (2018)
  • Battle of the Sexes
  • The Traitors (US)
  • Any Day Now
  • Josie and the Pussycats
  • They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
  • Schmigadoon!
  • The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
  • Sweet Land
  • Marlowe
  • Tin Man
  • Genie

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    Robogobo (TV Series) · as Dame Luxley (voice)
    2024
    Paris & Nicole: The Encore (TV Series) · as Narrator
    2024
    2024
    Boarders (TV Series) · as Alan
    2023
    Doctor Who (2023) (TV Series) · as Mr Ring-A-Ding (voice)
    2023
    Genie · as Flaxman
    2023
    2023
    Rare Objects · as Peter Kessler
    2022
    Marlowe · as Lou Hendricks
    2022
    My Father's Dragon · as Cornelius The Crocodile (voice)
    2022
    Abominable and the Invisible City (TV Series) · as Burnish (voice)
    2022
    The Tiny Chef Show (TV Series) · as Announcer
    2022
    My Old School · as Brandon Lee
    2022
    Dead End: Paranormal Park (TV Series) · as Harmony - Demonic Feaster On Fear (voice)
    2021
    2021
    The Prince (TV Series) · as Owen
    2021
    Schmigadoon! (TV Series) · as Mayor Aloysius Menlove
    2019
    Helpsters (TV Series) · as Dancer Dave
    2019
    Prodigal Son (TV Series) · as Simon Hoxley
    2019
    2019
    Briarpatch (TV Series) · as Clyde Brattle
    2019
    The Bravest Knight (TV Series) · as Sheriff Reginald
    2018
    They'll Love Me When I'm Dead · as Narrator (voice)
    2018
    Show Dogs · as Dante (voice)
    2018
    Instinct (2018) (TV Series) · as Dylan Reinhart
    2017
    Michael Jackson's Halloween · as Meriwether (voice)
    2017
    Battle of the Sexes · as Ted Tinling
    2017
    Queers (TV Series)
    2017
    After Louie · as Sam Cooper
    2017
    The Good Fight (TV Series) · as Eli Gold
    2016
    Hurricane Bianca · as Lawrence Taylor
    2015
    Strange Magic · as Bog King (voice)
    2015
    The New Yorker Presents (TV Series) · as God
    2014
    Chu and Blossom · as Uncle
    2013
    The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow · as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
    2013
    The Smurfs 2 · as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
    2013
    Whatever this is. (TV Series) · as Oliver Powers
    2012
    Any Day Now · as Rudy Donatello
    2012
    Urban Secrets (TV Series)
    2012
    2012
    Sir Billi · as Gordon The Goat (voice)
    2012
    Outback · as Bog (voice)
    2011
    2011
    The Smurfs · as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
    2011
    Web Therapy (2011) (TV Series) · as Austen Clarke
    2011
    Bubble Guppies (TV Series) · as The Glitch (voice)
    2011
    The Money Pet · as The Narrator (voice)
    2010
    The Runaway (TV Series) · as Desrae
    2010
    Burlesque · as Alexis
    2010
    Jackboots on Whitehall · as Hitler (voice)
    2010
    The Tempest · as Sebastian
    2010
    Riverworld · as Judas Caretaker
    2009
    It's Complicated · as Tv Actor (uncredited)
    2009
    Dare · as Grant Matson
    2009
    The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Eli Gold
    2009
    Boogie Woogie · as Dewey Dalamanatousis
    2008
    Web Therapy (TV Series) · as Austen Clarke
    2007
    Tin Man (TV Series) · as Glitch
    2007
    Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World (TV Series) · as Chuck Masters (voice)
    2007
    2007
    2007
    Suffering Man's Charity · as John Vandermark
    2006
    2006
    Me, Eloise (TV Series) · as (voice)
    2006
    Full Grown Men · as The Hitchhiker
    2006
    Web Junk 20 (TV Series)
    2005
    Ripley Under Ground · as Jeff Constant
    2005
    Sweet Land · as Frandsen
    2005
    Bam Bam and Celeste · as Eugene
    2005
    Neverwas · as Jake
    2005
    Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical · as Lecturer / Goat-Man / Fdr
    2005
    Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as King James
    2005
    Son of the Mask · as Loki
    2005
    Eighteen · as Father Chris
    2004
    Shoebox Zoo (TV Series) · as Bruno The Bear (voice)
    2004
    Garfield: The Movie · as Persnikitty (voice)
    2004
    The L Word (TV Series) · as Billie Blaikie
    2004
    The Goodbye Girl · as Mark Bodine
    2003
    2003
    Spy Kids 3: Game Over · as Fegan Floop
    2003
    X2: X-Men United · as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
    2002
    Nicholas Nickleby · as Mr. Folair
    2002
    2002
    Zero Effect · as Daryl Zero
    2001
    Intimate Affairs · as Sevy
    2001
    The Anniversary Party · as Joe Therrian
    2001
    Josie and the Pussycats · as Wyatt Frame
    2001
    Spy Kids · as Fegan Floop
    2001
    Anatomy of a Scene (TV Series) · as Producer
    2001
    Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Interperator
    2000
    Get Carter · as Jeremy Kinnear
    2000
    Dora the Explorer (TV Series) · as White Rabbit
    2000
    Loser · as Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
    2000
    Company Man · as General Batista
    2000
    The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas · as The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
    2000
    God, The Devil and Bob (TV Series) · as The Devil (voice)
    2000
    Urbania · as Brett
    1999
    Titus · as Saturninus
    1999
    Courage the Cowardly Dog (TV Series) · as Rumpledkiltskin
    1999
    Annie · as Daniel Francis "rooster" Hannigan
    1999
    Eyes Wide Shut · as Desk Clerk
    1999
    Plunkett & Macleane · as Lord Rochester
    1998
    Sex and the City (TV Series) · as Oscar
    1998
    Comic Relief Presents the Pick of the Nose · as Blind Date Contestant
    1997
    Spice World · as Piers
    1997
    1997
    For My Baby · as Daniel Orgelbrand
    1997
    Oddville, MTV (TV Series) · as Cast
    1997
    Buddy · as Dick Croner
    1997
    1996
    Arthur (TV Series) · as Sebastian
    1996
    Emma · as Mr. Elton
    1996
    3rd Rock from the Sun (TV Series) · as Angus 'the Hole' Mcduff
    1995
    GoldenEye · as Boris Grishenko
    1995
    Circle of Friends · as Sean Walsh
    1994
    Gargoyles (TV Series) · as John Castaway
    1994
    Second Best · as Bernard
    1994
    Black Beauty · as Black Beauty (voice)
    1994
    The High Life (TV Series) · as Sebastian Flight
    1994
    Butter · as Ronnie
    1993
    Cabaret · as Emcee
    1993
    Frasier (TV Series) · as Ahmrit
    1993
    1993
    Blind Date · as Roger
    1993
    1993
    The Airzone Solution · as Macnamara
    1992
    Prague · as Alexander Novak
    1991
    Bernard and the Genie · as Bernard Bottle
    1989
    The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Loki (voice)
    1989
    1986
    Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Percy Bysshe Shelley
    1984
    Screen Two (TV Series) · as Tulloch
    1984
    Travelling Man (TV Series) · as Jamie
    1983
    Taggart (TV Series)
    1980
    Take the High Road (TV Series) · as Jim Hunter

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