Alan Cumming
Acting
Alan Cumming, OBE FRSE (born January 27, 1965) is a Scottish stage and screen actor, singer, comedian, director, producer and author. He is best known for playing Emcee in Cabaret on stage, Boris Grishenko in the James Bond movie Goldeneye, Nightcrawler in X2, Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy, starring as Dylan Reinhart on the series Instinct, Clyde Brattle on the series Briarpatch, and the recurring role of Eli Gold on the CBS series The Good Wife, for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Satellite Award.
His London stage appearances include Hamlet, the Maniac in Accidental Death of an Anarchist (for which he received an Olivier Award), the lead in Bent, The National Theatre of Scotland's The Bacchae and Samuel Beckett's Endgame at The Old Vic, opposite Daniel Radcliffe. On Broadway, he has appeared in The Threepenny Opera, as the master of ceremonies in Cabaret (for which he won a Tony Award), Design for Living, and a one-man adaptation of Macbeth. In 2022, he received a Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop.
He has written a novel, Tommy's Tale (2002), an autobiography, Not My Father's Son: A Memoir (2014), and a topical memoir, Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life (2019). He hosted a cable talk show called Eavesdropping with Alan Cumming and produced a line of perfumed products labelled "Cumming". He has also contributed opinion pieces to many publications and performed the cabaret shows, I Bought a Blue Car Today and Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs. In 2021, he appeared in the Apple TV+ series Schmigadoon!
On 7 November 2008, he became a dual-national and was sworn in as a citizen of the United States at a ceremony in New York City.
He has promoted LGBT rights, MC-ing and attending fundraisers for many organizations, and he also supports several AIDS charities.
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Filmography of
Alan Cumming
Flaxman
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Narrator (voice)
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Lou Hendricks
... 2023
Self (archive footage)
... 2022
Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
... 2022
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Brandon Lee
... 2022
Narrator (voice)
... 2021
... 2020
... 2020
B / Hamm
... 2020
Narrator (voice)
... 2018
Dante (voice)
... 2018
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Meriwether (voice)
... 2017
Ted Tinling
... 2017
Himself
... 2017
Sam Cooper
... 2017
Self (voice)
... 2017
Lawrence Taylor
... 2016
... 2015
Bog King (voice)
... 2015
Uncle
... 2014
Self
... 2013
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
... 2013
Himself
... 2013
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
... 2013
Hayden
... 2013
Rudy Donatello
... 2012
Alan
... 2012
Gordon the Goat (voice)
... 2012
Bog (voice)
... 2012
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
... 2011
The Narrator (voice)
... 2011
Alexis
... 2010
Hitler (voice)
... 2010
Sebastian
... 2010
Judas Caretaker
... 2010
TV Actor (uncredited)
... 2009
Grant Matson
... 2009
Herself
... 2009
Jon Lauting Phd.
... 2009
Self
... 2009
Dewey Dalamanatousis
... 2009
Narrator
... 2009
Chuck (voice)
... 2007
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John Vandermark
... 2007
Gordy
... 2006
The Hitchhiker
... 2006
Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
... 2006
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Jeff Constant
... 2005
Frandsen
... 2005
Eugene
... 2005
Jake
... 2005
Davie Mitchell
... 2005
Loki
... 2005
Father Chris
... 2005
Persnikitty (voice)
... 2004
Mark
... 2004
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Fegan Floop
... 2003
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
... 2003
Mr. Folair
... 2002
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Fegan Floop
... 2002
Self (uncredited)
... 2002
Sevy
... 2002
The Magician
... 2002
Joe Therrian
... 2001
Wyatt Frame
... 2001
Fegan Floop
... 2001
Daniel Orgelbrand
... 2000
Jeremy Kinnear
... 2000
Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
... 2000
The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
... 2000
General Batista
... 2000
Brett
... 2000
Saturninus
... 1999
Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
... 1999
Desk Clerk
... 1999
Lord Rochester
... 1999
Piers
... 1997
Dick Croner
... 1997
Sandy Frink
... 1997
Wrigley
... 1997
Andy
... 1996
Mr. Elton
... 1996
... 1995
Boris Grishenko
... 1995
Sean Walsh
... 1995
Bernard
... 1994
Black Beauty (voice)
... 1994
Ronnie
... 1994
... 1994
Emcee
... 1993
Greg Deane
... 1993
Roger
... 1993
MacNamara
... 1993
Shelley
... 1992
Alexander Novak
... 1992
Tulloch
... 1992
Bernard Bottle
... 1991
... 1989
Rab
... 1986
