Alan Cumming

ActorProducerDirectorWriter Jan 27 (age 61) Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK 1971–2026 (55 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Eyes Wide Shut

Desk Clerk

Film

X2

Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler

Film

GoldenEye

Boris Grishenko

Film

Burlesque

Alexis

Film

Battle of the Sexes

Ted Tinling

Film

The Good Wife

Eli Gold

Film

The Smurfs

Gutsy Smurf (voice)

Film

Spy Kids

Fegan Floop

Filmography

Acting (223)

Movies (132)

Avengers: Doomsday

2026 Upcoming

as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler

Dec 16

Glenrothan

2026 Upcoming

as Donal

Apr 17

One Night Out with Alan Cumming

2026

as Host

V13

2025

as Sigmund Freud

2.0

Sleazy Tiger

2025

as Alan Cumming

Being Stanley Baxter

2025

as Self

A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole

2025

as self

Drive Back Home

2024

as Perley

6.9

92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center

as Self

Marlowe

as Lou Hendricks

Genie

as Flaxman

Rare Objects

as Peter Kessler

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

2023

as Narrator (voice)

6.4

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men

2022

as Therapist

1.7

My Father's Dragon

2022

as Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)

7.1

Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!

as Self - Host

My Old School

as Brandon Lee

Ooh the Banter!

as Self (archive footage)

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

2021

as Narrator (voice)

Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins

2020

as Self

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

2020

as Alan Cumming

10.0

Endgame & Rough for Theatre II

2020

as B / Hamm

Show Dogs

2018

as Dante (voice)

6.0

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018

as Narrator (voice)

7.1

Always at The Carlyle

as Self

Battle of the Sexes

as Ted Tinling

Queer as Art

as Self

Michael Jackson's Halloween

2017

as Meriwether (voice)

7.8

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

as Self (voice)

After Louie

as Sam Cooper

Hurricane Bianca

as Lawrence Taylor

Strange Magic

as Bog King (voice)

Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder

as Self

Chu and Blossom

as Uncle

The Smurfs 2

as Gutsy Smurf (voice)

5.8

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

2013

as Gutsy Smurf (voice)

Picasso Baby

as Self

Muse of Fire

as Self

Almost in Love

as Hayden

The Outback

as Bog (voice)

Sir Billi

as Gordon the Goat (voice)

Any Day Now

as Rudy Donatello

Maladies

as Alan

The Smurfs

as Gutsy Smurf (voice)

5.8

The Money Pet

2011

as The Narrator (voice)

Burlesque

as Alexis

Riverworld

as Judas Caretaker

Boogie Woogie

as Dewey Dalamanatousis

5.0

The Tempest

2010

as Sebastian

5.3

Jackboots on Whitehall

2010

as Hitler (voice)

4.9

Victoria Wood: Seen on TV

2009

It's Complicated

2009

as TV Actor (uncredited)

Dare

as Grant Matson

PoliWood

as Self

Ptown Diaries

as Narrator

The Real Cabaret

2009

as Self

10.0

The Mystery of Claywoman

2009

as Jon Lauting Phd.

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

2007

as Self

7.2

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World

as Chuck (voice)

Gray Matters

as Gordy

Suffering Man's Charity

2007

as John Vandermark

4.6

Motherfucker: A Movie

2006

as Self

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

2006

as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR

6.6

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

as Self

Full Grown Men

as The Hitchhiker

The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event

Son of the Mask

as Loki

Eighteen

as Father Chris

Neverwas

as Jake

Bad Blood

as Davie Mitchell

Bam Bam and Celeste

as Eugene

Sweet Land

as Frandsen

Ripley Under Ground

as Jeff Constant

Garfield

as Persnikitty (voice)

5.7

The Goodbye Girl

2004

as Mark Bodine

5.7

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

2003

as Fegan Floop

5.1

Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!

2003

as Himself

4.3

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2

2003

as Self

7.0

2003

as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler

7.0

X2 Global Webcast Highlights

as Self

FX2: Visual Effects

as Self

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

as Fegan Floop

Nicholas Nickleby

as Mr. Folair

Intimate Affairs

as Sevy

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

2002

as Self

6.5

Searching for Debra Winger

as Self (uncredited)

Becoming Men

Spy Kids

as Fegan Floop

Josie and the Pussycats

2001

as Wyatt Frame

5.8

The Anniversary Party

2001

as Joe Therrian

5.6

This is Stanley Baxter

2001

as Self

Loser

2000

as Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)

5.4

Get Carter

2000

as Jeremy Kinnear

5.2

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

2000

as The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged

Urbania

as Brett

For My Baby

as Daniel Orgelbrand

Company Man

as General Batista

Eyes Wide Shut

as Desk Clerk

Titus

as Saturninus

Plunkett & Macleane

as Lord Rochester

Annie

as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan

6.4

Spice World

1997

as Piers

4.9

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

as Sandy Frink

Bathtime

as Wrigley

Buddy

as Dick Croner

Emma

as Mr. Elton

Burn Your Phone

as Andy

GoldenEye

1995

as Boris Grishenko

6.9

Goldeneye: The Secret Files

as Self

Circle of Friends

as Sean Walsh

GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast

as Self

Second Best

as Bernard

Black Beauty

as Black Beauty (voice)

That Sunday

Butter

as Ronnie

The Airzone Solution

as MacNamara

Cabaret

as Emcee

Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love

1993

as Greg Deane

6.5

The Last Romantics

1992

as Tulloch

Dread Poets' Society

1992

as Shelley

Prague

1992

as Alexander Novak

6.0

Bernard and the Genie

1991

as Bernard Bottle

7.3

Conquest of the South Pole

1989

Passing Glory

1986

as Rab

Kiloran Bay

Borges and Me

Lunch Hour

The Diary

Run

as Steve

Death Do Us Part

Untitled Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Sequel

as Sandy Frink

The Naturalized

as Self

Television (91)

The Mighty Nein

2025

as Gustav (voice)

8.0

RoboGobo

2025

as Dame Luxley (voice)

My Happy Place

as Self

Doctor Who

as Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)

6.4

Boarders

2024

as Alan

6.6

Doctor Who: Unleashed

2024

as Self

6.6

Paris & Nicole: The Encore

as Narrator

Chimp Crazy

as Self

Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes

2024

as Self

All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train

2024

as Self - Host

The Traitors

2023

as Self - Host

6.2

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022

2.8

Dead End: Paranormal Park

2022

as Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice)

7.3

Abominable and the Invisible City

2022

as Burnish (voice)

7.6

Schmigadoon!

2021

as Mayor Aloysius Menlove

6.9

The Prince

2021

as Owen

6.3

Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland

as Self

Briarpatch

as Clyde Brattle

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

Prodigal Son

as Simon Hoxley

Helpsters

as Dancer Dave

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

as Self

Instinct

as Dylan Reinhart

The Good Fight

as Eli Gold

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

as Self

Queers.

Queers.

as Steve

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.1

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Broad City

as Alan Cumming

The Outs

as Alan Cumming

Urban Secrets

Bubble Guppies

as The Glitch (voice)

Web Therapy

as Austen Clarke

The Runaway

as Desrae

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

The Good Wife

as Eli Gold

The Good Wife

as Eli Gold

Web Therapy

as Austen Clarke

Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack

2008

as Self

Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack

2008

as Self - Hijacker

Masterpiece Mystery!

2008

as Self - Host

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Tin Man

as Glitch

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World

2007

as Chuck Masters (voice)

7.0

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World

as Zeke (voice)

The One Show

as Self - Guest

Me, Eloise

as (voice)

Web Junk 20

Doctor Who

as King James

8 Out of 10 Cats

as Self

Playing It Straight

as Narrator (voice)

The L Word

as Billie Blaikie

The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004

as Self

6.7

Shoebox Zoo

2004

as Bruno the Bear (voice)

7.8

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest host

Through the Night with...

as Self

V Graham Norton

as Self

God, the Devil and Bob

as The Devil (voice)

Sex and the City

as Oscar

EP Daily

The Daily Show

as Self

3rd Rock from the Sun

1996

as Angus 'The Hole' McDuff

Ghosts

as Philip

Gargoyles

as John Castaway (voice)

The High Life

as Sebastian Flight

The High Life

as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Frasier

as Ahmrit

Rik Mayall Presents

as Greg Deane

Have I Got News for You

as Self

The Simpsons

as Loki (voice)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Screen Two

as Tulloch

Travelling Man

as Jamie

Taggart

Masterpiece Mystery

as Self - Host

Question Time

as Self - Panellist

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Great Performances

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Presenter

The Emmy Awards

1949

as Self

7.9

Rhona Who Lives by the River

as Hamish

Tip Toe

as Leo

Crew (17)

Movies (12)

We Are Pat

2025

Executive Producer

Asog

2025

Executive Producer

Sharon Needles Presents: Mask It or Casket

2020

Executive Producer

Suffering Man's Charity

2007

Director

4.6

Suffering Man's Charity

Executive Producer

Sweet Land

Producer

The Anniversary Party

2001

Director

5.6

The Anniversary Party

2001

Producer

5.6

The Anniversary Party

2001

Writer

5.6

Burn Your Phone

1996

Director

Butter

Director

Butter

Writer

Television (5)

The Traitors

Producer

Instinct

Executive Producer

The High Life

Writer

Screen Two

Director

Tip Toe

Executive Producer