Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming

Born 1965-01-27 (age 61) Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
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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 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.

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Known For

Toy Story 5
Toy Story 5

2026

as Evil Bullseye (voice)

Avengers: Doomsday
Avengers: Doomsday

2026

as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler

Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut

1999

as Desk Clerk

GoldenEye
GoldenEye

1995

as Boris Grishenko

The Smurfs
The Smurfs

2011

as Gutsy Smurf (voice)

Garfield
Garfield

2004

as Persnikitty (voice)

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

2003

as Fegan Floop

Spy Kids
Spy Kids

2001

as Fegan Floop

The Smurfs 2
The Smurfs 2

2013

as Gutsy Smurf (voice)

Burlesque
Burlesque

2010

as Alexis

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Son of the Mask
Son of the Mask

2005

as Loki

Strange Magic
Strange Magic

2015

as Bog King (voice)

Battle of the Sexes
Battle of the Sexes

2017

as Ted Tinling

Titus
Titus

1999

as Saturninus

It's Complicated
It's Complicated

2009

as TV Actor (uncredited)

Spice World
Spice World

1997

as Piers

Get Carter
Get Carter

2000

as Jeremy Kinnear

Boogie Woogie
Boogie Woogie

2010

as Dewey Dalamanatousis

Marlowe
Marlowe

2023

as Lou Hendricks