Alan Cumming
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Film
Toy Story 5
Evil Bullseye (voice)
2026
Series
The Simpsons
Loki (voice)
1989
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Doctor Who
King James
2005
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
Frasier
Ahmrit
1993
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The Good Wife
Eli Gold
2009
Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
Film
Avengers: Doomsday
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
2026
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Sex and the City
Oscar
1998
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Series
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Good Fight
Eli Gold
2017
Series
3rd Rock from the Sun
Angus 'The Hole' McDuff
1996
Series
Doctor Who
Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
2024
Series
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
2019
Series
Masterpiece Mystery
Self - Host
1980
Series
The L Word
Billie Blaikie
2004
Film
Eyes Wide Shut
Desk Clerk
1999
Series
Bubble Guppies
The Glitch (voice)
2011
Series
Screen Two
Tulloch
1985
Series
Screen Two
Andy
1985
Series
Screen Two
Alexander Novak
1985
Series
Gargoyles
John Castaway (voice)
1994
Series
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
Series
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
Series
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Series
Broad City
Alan Cumming
2014
Series
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
Series
Prodigal Son
Simon Hoxley
2019
Series
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Series
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Actor
2022
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Film
The Smurfs
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
2011
Series
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Series
Taggart
Jamie McCormack
1983
Series
Schmigadoon!
Mayor Aloysius Menlove
2021
Series
Schmigadoon!
Dooley Blight
2021
Series
The Mighty Nein
Gustav (voice)
2025
Series
ScreenPlay
Percy Bysshe Shelley
1986
Series
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
2019
Film
The Smurfs 2
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
2013
Series
The BAFTA Awards
Host
1949
Film
Spy Kids
Fegan Floop
2001
Series
The Traitors
Self - Host
2023
Film
GoldenEye
Boris Grishenko
1995
Series
Web Therapy
Austen Clarke
2008
Series
Tip Toe
Leo Struthers
2026
Film
Garfield
Persnikitty (voice)
2004
Series
RoboGobo
Dame Luxley (voice)
2025
Series
Through the Night with...
Self
2002
Film
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Fegan Floop
2002
Film
Planet 51
Alien Mailman (voice)
2009
Series
Instinct
Dylan Reinhart
2018
Film
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Fegan Floop
2003
Series
Dead End: Paranormal Park
Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice)
2022
Series
Web Therapy
Austen Clarke
2011
Film
Son of the Mask
Loki
2005
Series
Shoebox Zoo
Bruno the Bear (voice)
2004
Film
Strange Magic
Bog King (voice)
2015
Series
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Chuck Masters (voice)
2007
Series
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Zeke (voice)
2007
Series
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Chuck (voice)
2007
Series
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Rupert (voice)
2007
Film
Show Dogs
Dante (voice)
2018
Series
Abominable and the Invisible City
Burnish (voice)
2022
Series
Boarders
Alan
2024
Series
Take the High Road
Jim Hunter
1980
Film
Get Carter
Jeremy Kinnear
2000
Film
It's Complicated
TV Actor (uncredited)
2009
Series
Tin Man
Glitch
2007
Series
Helpsters
Dancer Dave
2019
Series
Travelling Man
Jamie
1984
Film
Burlesque
Alexis
2010
Series
Me, Eloise
(voice)
2006
Film
Glenrothan
Donal
2026
Film
Genie
Flaxman
2023
Film
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Sandy Frink
1997
Film
Emma
Mr. Elton
1996
Film
Battle of the Sexes
Ted Tinling
2017
Series
God, the Devil and Bob
The Devil (voice)
2000
Series
Briarpatch
Clyde Brattle
2020
Film
My Father's Dragon
Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
2022
Film
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
2000
Film
Marlowe
Lou Hendricks
2023
Film
Black Beauty
Black Beauty (voice)
1994
Film
Spice World
Piers
1997
Film
Titus
Saturninus
1999
Series
The Prince
Owen
2021
Series
Queers.
Steve
2017
Series
Queers.
2017
Series
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Film
The Outback
Bog (voice)
2012
Film
Loser
Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
2000
Film
Cabaret
Emcee
1993
Film
Nicholas Nickleby
Mr. Folair
2002
Film
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
2013
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
Self - Hijacker
2008
Film
Josie and the Pussycats
Wyatt Frame
2001
Film
Plunkett & Macleane
Lord Rochester
1999
Series
Rik Mayall Presents
Greg Deane
1993
Film
Kiloran Bay
Torquil
2026
Series
The Outs
Alan Cumming
2012
Series
Doctor Who: Unleashed
Self
2024
Film
The Tempest
Sebastian
2010
She-Play
Nick
1990
Series
The Runaway
Desrae
2011
Film
Circle of Friends
Sean Walsh
1995
Film
Les Parfait(s) : Arnaques en Famille
Sean Mac Callaghan
2026
Series
Ghosts
Philip
1995
Film
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
2006
Web Junk 20
2006
Series
The High Life
Sebastian Flight
1994
Rhona Who Lives by the River
Hamish
Film
Second Best
Bernard
1994
Series
Club Cumming
Self
2026
Film
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self (voice)
2017
Film
Annie
Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
1999
Series
My Happy Place
Self
2025
Film
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Narrator (voice)
2018
Series
Chimp Crazy
Self
2024
Film
Buddy
Dick Croner
1997
Series
Playing It Straight
Narrator (voice)
2005
Film
Hurricane Bianca
Lawrence Taylor
2016
Film
Company Man
General Batista
2000
Film
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self
2007
Film
Boogie Woogie
Dewey Dalamanatousis
2010
Film
One Night Out with Alan Cumming
Self - Host
2026
Film
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
Film
Intimate Affairs
Sevy
2002
Film
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Self
1995
Film
Michael Jackson's Halloween
Meriwether (voice)
2017
Film
Neverwas
Jake
2005
Film
Gray Matters
Gordy
2007
Film
Jackboots on Whitehall
Hitler / Braveheart (voice)
2010
Film
Sweet Land
Frandsen
2005
Film
Ripley Under Ground
Jeff Constant
2005
Film
The Anniversary Party
Joe Therrian
2001
Film
Dare
Grant Matson
2009
Film
Searching for Debra Winger
Self (uncredited)
2002
Film
Always at The Carlyle
Self
2018
Film
Ptown Diaries
Narrator
2009
The Traitors: New Blood
Self - Host
2026
Film
Rare Objects
Peter Kessler
2023
Series
Paris & Nicole: The Encore
Narrator
2024
Film
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
2025
Series
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
Self
2021
Film
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
2006
Film
Any Day Now
Rudy Donatello
2012
Film
Treasure Trekkers
(voice)
Conquest of the South Pole
1989
Film
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
Self
2015
Series
The Killer Among Us
Self - Host
2026
Series
Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes
Self
2024
Film
Sleazy Tiger
Alan Cumming
2025
Film
Sir Billi
Gordon the Goat (voice)
2012
Film
Romy and Michele 2
Sandy Frink
Film
The Goodbye Girl
Mark Bodine
2004
Film
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Narrator (voice)
2023
Film
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Chuck (voice)
2007
Film
The Diary
Film
That Sunday
1994
Film
Bathtime
Wrigley
1997
Film
After Louie
Sam Cooper
2017
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Self
1995
Picasso Baby
Self
2013
Series
All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train
Self - Host
2024
Film
PoliWood
Self
2009
Film
Urbania
Brett
2000
Film
Eighteen
Father Chris
2005
Film
Butter
Ronnie
1994
Film
Riverworld
Judas Caretaker
2010
Film
Bernard and the Genie
Bernard Bottle
1991
Passing Glory
Rab
1986
Film
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!
Himself
2003
Film
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
Greg Deane
1993
Film
Burn Your Phone
Andy
1996
Film
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Alan Cumming
2020
Film
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
Self
2003
Film
Bam Bam and Celeste
Eugene
2005
Film
Chu and Blossom
Uncle
2014
Film
Drive Back Home
Perley
2024
Film
Maladies
Alan
2012
Film
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
Self
2003
Film
Full Grown Men
The Hitchhiker
2006
Film
For My Baby
Daniel Orgelbrand
2000
Film
The Last Romantics
Tulloch
1992
Series
Shadow of the Stone
Tom Henderson
1987
Film
Queer as Art
Self
2017
Film
Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins
Self
2020
Series
Urban Secrets
2012
Film
Suffering Man's Charity
John Vandermark
2007
Film
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
Film
Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes: Creating “Son of The Mask”
Self
2005
The Mystery of Claywoman
Jon Lauting Phd.
2009
Film
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Self
2024
Film
Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of “Son of The Mask”
Self
2005
Film
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
B / Hamm
2020
Film
My Old School
Brandon Lee
2022
Film
Dread Poets' Society
Shelley
1992
Film
This is Stanley Baxter
Self
2001
Film
Borges and Me
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
2006
Film
The Airzone Solution
MacNamara
1993
Run
Steve
Film
FX2: Visual Effects
Self
2003
Film
V13
Sigmund Freud
2025
Film
Motherfucker: A Movie
Self
2006
Film
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
Therapist
2022
Film
Prague
Alexander Novak
1992
Film
X2
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
2003
Film
Ooh the Banter!
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Narrator (voice)
2021
Death Do Us Part
Film
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
Film
The Real Cabaret
Self
2009
Film
Bad Blood
Davie Mitchell
2005
Film
A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole
self
2025
Film
Almost in Love
Hayden
2013
Film
The Money Pet
The Narrator (voice)
2011
The Naturalized
Self
Lunch Hour
Film
Becoming Men
2002
Film
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!
Self - Host
2022
Series
EP Daily
1997