Alan Cumming
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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.
Known for
Credits
Toy Story 5 (2026)
as Evil Bullseye (voice)
Avengers: Doomsday (2026)
as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
as Desk Clerk
The Smurfs (2011)
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
The Smurfs 2 (2013)
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Spy Kids (2001)
as Fegan Floop
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
as Fegan Floop
GoldenEye (1995)
as Boris Grishenko
Son of the Mask (2005)
as Loki
Garfield (2004)
as Persnikitty (voice)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
as Fegan Floop
Planet 51 (2009)
as Alien Mailman (voice)
It's Complicated (2009)
as TV Actor (uncredited)
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
as Ted Tinling
Burlesque (2010)
as Alexis
My Father's Dragon (2022)
as Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
as The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
Strange Magic (2015)
as Bog King (voice)
Show Dogs (2018)
as Dante (voice)
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
as Sandy Frink
Marlowe (2023)
as Lou Hendricks
Black Beauty (1994)
as Black Beauty (voice)
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
as Wyatt Frame
Spice World (1997)
as Piers
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
as Self
Circle of Friends (1995)
as Sean Walsh
Emma (1996)
as Mr. Elton
Get Carter (2000)
as Jeremy Kinnear
Titus (1999)
as Saturninus
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2006)
as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
as Mr. Folair
Loser (2000)
as Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
The Tempest (2010)
as Sebastian
Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
as Lord Rochester
Kiloran Bay (2026)
as Torquil
The Outback (2012)
as Bog (voice)
Boogie Woogie (2010)
as Dewey Dalamanatousis
Genie (2023)
as Flaxman
Treasure Trekkers (2026)
as (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002)
as Self
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)
as Self (voice)
Glenrothan (2026)
as Donal
Intimate Affairs (2002)
as Sevy
Always at The Carlyle (2018)
as Self
Cabaret (1993)
as Emcee
Ripley Under Ground (2007)
as Jeff Constant
Romy and Michele 2 (—)
as Sandy Frink
Annie (1999)
as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)
as Self
Michael Jackson's Halloween (2017)
as Meriwether (voice)
Any Day Now (2012)
as Rudy Donatello
Les Parfait(s) : Arnaques en Famille (2026)
as Sean Mac Callaghan
Second Best (1994)
as Bernard
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Hurricane Bianca (2016)
as Lawrence Taylor
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men (2022)
as Therapist
Gray Matters (2007)
as Gordy
Company Man (2000)
as General Batista
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
as Alan Cumming
One Night Out with Alan Cumming (2026)
as Self - Host
Bam Bam and Celeste (2005)
as Eugene
Buddy (1997)
as Dick Croner
The Goodbye Girl (2004)
as Mark Bodine
Collectormania 7 (2005)
as Self
Goldeneye: The Secret Files (1995)
as Self
Neverwas (2005)
as Jake
Rare Objects (2023)
as Peter Kessler
Sweet Land (2005)
as Frandsen
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder (2015)
as Self
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 (2003)
as Self
The Real Cabaret (2009)
as Self
Bernard and the Genie (1991)
as Bernard Bottle
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story (2023)
as Narrator (voice)
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center (2024)
as Self
Being Stanley Baxter (2025)
as Self
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast (1995)
as Self
That Sunday (1994)
Actor
Chu and Blossom (2014)
as Uncle
PoliWood (2009)
as Self
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
as Hitler / Braveheart (voice)
Ptown Diaries (2009)
as Narrator
The Anniversary Party (2001)
as Joe Therrian
Dare (2009)
as Grant Matson
Sleazy Tiger (2025)
as Alan Cumming
Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes: Creating “Son of The Mask” (2005)
as Self
Suffering Man's Charity (2007)
as John Vandermark
Conquest of the South Pole (1989)
Actor
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love (1993)
as Greg Deane
The Last Romantics (1992)
as Tulloch
Death Do Us Part (2026)
as Lord Ingannamorte
Bathtime (1997)
as Wrigley
My Old School (2022)
as Brandon Lee
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
Sir Billi (2012)
as Gordon the Goat (voice)
Picasso Baby (2013)
as Self
This is Stanley Baxter (2001)
as Self
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler! (2003)
as Himself
Run (—)
as Steve
X2 Global Webcast Highlights (2003)
as Self
Burn Your Phone (1996)
as Andy
After Louie (2017)
as Sam Cooper
V13 (2025)
as Sigmund Freud
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV (2009)
as Self
Drive Back Home (2024)
as Perley
Borges and Me (2026)
as Alastair Reid
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II (2020)
as B / Hamm
Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of “Son of The Mask” (2005)
as Self
Ooh the Banter! (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Riverworld (2010)
as Judas Caretaker
Full Grown Men (2006)
as The Hitchhiker
Eighteen (2005)
as Father Chris
Urbania (2000)
as Brett
Almost in Love (2013)
as Hayden
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event (2006)
Actor
A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole (2025)
as self
Maladies (2012)
as Alan
The Diary (—)
Actor
Motherfucker: A Movie (2006)
as Self
Butter (1994)
as Ronnie
Dread Poets' Society (1992)
as Shelley
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza! (2022)
as Self - Host
FX2: Visual Effects (2003)
as Self
The Mystery of Claywoman (2009)
as Jon Lauting Phd.
For My Baby (2000)
as Daniel Orgelbrand
Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins (2020)
as Self
Passing Glory (1986)
as Rab
The Airzone Solution (1993)
as MacNamara
Becoming Men (2002)
Actor
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
The Money Pet (2011)
as The Narrator (voice)
The Naturalized (—)
as Self
Prague (1992)
as Alexander Novak
Bad Blood (2005)
as Davie Mitchell
Queer as Art (2017)
as Self
X2 (2003)
as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Lunch Hour (—)
Actor