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.
Known For
Acting
2000
asThe Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
1995
asBoris Grishenko
2005
asLoki
2001
asFegan Floop
1996
asMr. Elton
2000
asJeremy Kinnear
2006
asLecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
2005
asFrandsen
1991
asBernard Bottle
2005
asJake
1995
asSean Walsh
2022
asTherapist
2006
asThe Hitchhiker
2009
asGrant Matson
2023
asPeter Kessler
2003
asFegan Floop
2001
asJoe Therrian
1997
asSandy Frink
1999
asDaniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
1999
asSaturninus
2023
asLou Hendricks
2011
asGutsy Smurf (voice)
2002
asMr. Folair
2010
asAlexis
1994
asBlack Beauty (voice)
2003
asKurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
2009
asDewey Dalamanatousis
1997
asDick Croner
2000
asGeneral Batista
2002
asSelf (uncredited)
2010
asJudas Caretaker
2010
asSebastian
2021
asNarrator (voice)
2002
asSevy
2005
asJeff Constant
2004
asMark Bodine
2001
asWyatt Frame
2023
asNarrator (voice)
2007
asJohn Vandermark
2022
asBrandon Lee
2010
asHitler (voice)
2013
asGutsy Smurf (voice)
1994
asBernard
2007
asChuck (voice)
2012
asBog (voice)
2011
asThe Narrator (voice)
2022
asCornelius the Crocodile (voice)
2012
asAlan
2013
asHayden
2009
asTV Actor (uncredited)
2000
asDaniel Orgelbrand
1992
asAlexander Novak
1996
asAndy
1993
asMacNamara
2013
asGutsy Smurf (voice)
1992
asTulloch
2013
asSelf
1993
asEmcee
2012
asGordon the Goat (voice)
1986
asRab
2000
asAlan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
2009
asNarrator
1999
asLord Rochester
2023
asFlaxman
1992
asShelley
2024
asPerley
2014
asUncle
as
1997
asPiers
2022
asSelf - Host
2015
asBog King (voice)
1999
asDesk Clerk
1997
asWrigley
2005
asFather Chris
1994
as
2005
asEugene
2022
asSelf (archive footage)
2007
asSelf
as 
2000
asBrett
2002
asFegan Floop
2017
asTed Tinling
2006
asSelf
2016
asLawrence Taylor
1993
asGreg Deane
2003
as
2017
asSam Cooper
as asDonal
2003
asSelf
2003
asHimself
2017
asMeriwether (voice)
2017
asSelf
2018
asDante (voice)
2006
asSelf
2018
asSelf
1989
as
2009
asSelf
2018
asNarrator (voice)
2002
asThe Magician
2009
asSelf
2002
as
2017
asSelf (voice)
2020
asB / Hamm
2004
asPersnikitty (voice)
2013
asSelf
2015
asSelf
2007
asGordy
1994
asRonnie
2006
as1995
asSelf
1995
asSelf
2020
asSelf
2005
asDavie Mitchell
2020
asAlan Cumming
2012
asRudy Donatello
2009
asJon Lauting Phd.
asasSteve
asSigmund Freud
2024
asAlan Cumming
2024
asSelf
2002
asSelf
asSelf
2026
asKurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
2024
asself
asSebastian Flight
asSelf - Guest
asEli Gold
as
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asBruno the Bear (voice)
as
asMayor Aloysius Menlove
as 
asSelf - Panellist
asBillie Blaikie
asThe Devil (voice)
asSelf
asChuck Masters (voice)
asSimon Hoxley
as
asSelf - Guest
asGlitch
as
asSelf
asAlan Cumming
asSelf
asNarrator (voice)
asDesrae
asSelf - Host
as
asLoki (voice)
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asGreg Deane
asBurnish (voice)
asAhmrit
asSelf
asSelf - Presenter
asSelf
asDylan Reinhart
asAlan Cumming
asSteve
asZeke (voice)
asChuck (voice)
asRupert (voice)
as(voice)
asClyde Brattle
asSelf - Host
asSelf - Guest
asAusten Clarke
asSelf – Actor
asHarmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice)
asAusten Clarke
asOscar
asDancer Dave
asKing James
asSelf
asDooley Blight
asEli Gold
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asSelf - Host
asSelf - Host
asAngus 'The Hole' McDuff
asOwen
asSelf
asSelf - Hijacker
asTulloch
asSelf - Host
asThe Glitch (voice)
as 
asSelf
asSelf - Host
asNarrator
asDame Luxley (voice)
asSelf
asSelf
as
asMr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
Production
2007
as
2023
as
2020
as2001
as2005
asas Crew
Directing
