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Alan Cumming

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alan Cumming, OBE (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor, singer, comedian, director, producer and author. His roles have included the Emcee in Cabaret, Boris Grishenko in GoldenEye, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, Mr. Elton in Emma, and Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy. He has also appeared in independent films like The Anniversary Party, which he co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in; and Ali Selim's Sweet Land, for which he won an Independent Spirit award as producer. His London stage appearances include Hamlet, the Maniac in Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist, for which he received an Olivier award, the lead in Martin Sherman's Bent, and as Dionysus in The National Theatre of Scotland's The Bacchae. On Broadway he has appeared as Mac the Knife in The Threepenny Opera, the Emcee in Cabaret, for which he won the Tony in 1998, and "Design for Living". Cumming also introduces "Masterpiece Mystery" for PBS. He has also written a novel, Tommy's Tale, had a cable talk show ("Eavesdropping with Alan Cumming") and produced a line of perfumed products labelled "Cumming". He has contributed opinion pieces to many publications and performed a cabaret show I Bought A Blue Car Today. Retaining his British citizenship, Cumming also became a U.S. citizen in November 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Cumming, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Jan 27, 1965 In Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland
Movie/TV Credits:
116
First Appeared:
In the movie The Diary
Latest Project:
Movie Genie 2023-11-22
Known For
Poster of Jackboots on Whitehall
Poster of Playing It Straight
Poster of The Daily Show
Poster of GoldenEye
Filmography
Movie The Diary 2025
Movie Marlowe Lou Hendricks 2023-02-15
Movie Rare Objects 2023-04-14
Movie Genie Flaxman 2023-11-22
Movie Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza! Host 2022-09-02
Series The Prince Owen 2021-07-29
Series Schmigadoon! Dooley Flint 2021-07-16
Series Briarpatch Clyde Brattle 2020-02-06
Movie The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America Himself 2020-10-08
Movie They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Narrator (voice) 2018-08-31
Series Instinct Dylan Reinhart 2018-03-18
Movie Show Dogs Dante (voice) 2018-05-18
Movie Always at The Carlyle Self 2018-05-11
Movie The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin Self (voice) 2017-03-11
Movie After Louie Sam Cooper 2017-03-17
Series Queers. Steve 2017-07-31
Movie Queer as Art Himself 2017-07-27
Movie Battle of the Sexes Ted Tinling 2017-09-22
Movie Hurricane Bianca Lawrence Taylor 2016-06-03
Movie Strange Magic Bog King (voice) 2015-01-23
Movie Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder Self 2015-07-11
Movie Chu and Blossom Uncle 2014-01-31
Movie Almost in Love Hayden 2013-02-15
Movie The Smurfs 2 Gutsy Smurf (voice) 2013-07-30
Movie Muse of Fire Self 2013-09-26
Movie Picasso Baby Himself 2013-08-02
Movie The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow Gutsy Smurf (voice) 2013-09-12
Movie Sir Billi Gordon the Goat (voice) 2012-04-13
Movie The Outback Bog (voice) 2012-01-12
Movie Maladies Alan 2012-06-29
Movie Any Day Now Rudy Donatello 2012-12-14
Series The Runaway Desrae 2011-03-31
Movie The Smurfs Gutsy Smurf (voice) 2011-07-29
Movie Riverworld Judas Caretaker 2010-04-18
Movie The Tempest Sebastian 2010-09-11
Movie Jackboots on Whitehall Hitler (voice) 2010-10-08
Movie Burlesque Alexis 2010-11-23
Movie Boogie Woogie Dewey Dalamanatousis 2009-06-26
Movie Ptown Diaries Narrator 2009-06-16
Movie PoliWood Self 2009-07-03
Movie Dare Grant Matson 2009-11-13
Movie The Mystery of Claywoman Jon Lauting Phd. 2009-09-01
Series The Good Wife Eli Gold 2009-09-22
Movie It's Complicated TV Actor (uncredited) 2009-12-23
Series Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack 2008-01-03
Movie Motherfucker: A Movie 2007-01-01
Movie Ghost Writer John Vandermark 2007-03-09
Series Tin Man Glitch 2007-12-02
Movie ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway Self 2007-04-19
Series Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World Chuck Masters (voice) 2007-07-10
Movie Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR 2006-03-29
Series Web Junk 20 Unknown 2006-01-13
Movie Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema Self 2006-02-12
Movie Full Grown Men The Hitchhiker 2006-04-27
Movie Gray Matters Gordy 2006-10-21
Series The One Show Unknown 2006-08-14
Series Doctor Who King James 2005-03-26
Movie Son of the Mask Loki 2005-02-18
Movie Eighteen Father Chris 2005-01-01
Series Playing It Straight 2005-04-08
Movie Bam Bam and Celeste Eugene 2005-09-13
Movie Bad Blood Davie Mitchell 2005-04-22
Movie Ripley Under Ground Jeff Constant 2005-11-06
Movie Sweet Land Frandsen 2005-10-21
Movie Neverwas Jake 2005-09-09
Series 8 Out of 10 Cats Unknown 2005-06-03
Movie The Goodbye Girl Mark 2004-01-16
Series The L Word Unknown 2004-01-18
Series The Tony Danza Show 2004-09-13
Series Shoebox Zoo Bruno the Bear (voice) 2004-09-21
Movie Garfield Persnikitty (voice) 2004-06-10
Movie X2 Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler 2003-04-27
Movie Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Fegan Floop 2003-07-25
Movie Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler! Himself 2003-11-25
Movie Intimate Affairs Sevy 2002-04-18
Series V Graham Norton Unknown 2002-05-06
Movie Searching for Debra Winger Self (uncredited) 2002-07-13
Movie Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Fegan Floop 2002-08-07
Movie Nicholas Nickleby Mr. Folair 2002-12-27
Movie Spy Kids Fegan Floop 2001-03-18
Movie Josie and the Pussycats Wyatt Frame 2001-04-06
Movie The Anniversary Party Joe Therrian 2001-06-09
Series God, the Devil and Bob The Devil (voice) 2000-03-09
Movie Urbania Brett 2000-01-24
Movie Company Man General Batista 2000-03-09
Movie Loser Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited) 2000-07-21
Movie Get Carter Jeremy Kinnear 2000-10-06
Movie The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged 2000-04-28
Movie For My Baby 2000-10-19
Movie Plunkett & MacLeane Lord Rochester 1999-01-22
Movie Titus Saturninus 1999-12-25
Movie Annie Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan 1999-11-07
Movie Eyes Wide Shut Desk Clerk 1999-07-16
Movie Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Sandy Frink 1997-04-25
Series EP Daily Unknown 1997-09-20
Movie Spice World Piers 1997-12-18
Movie Buddy Dick Croner 1997-06-06
Movie Emma Mr. Elton 1996-08-02
Series The Daily Show Unknown 1996-07-22
Movie Circle of Friends Sean Walsh 1995-04-07
Movie GoldenEye Boris Grishenko 1995-11-16
Movie Goldeneye: The Secret Files 1995-12-26
Series The High Life Sebastian Flight 1994-01-09
Movie Black Beauty Black Beauty (voice) 1994-07-29
Movie Second Best Bernard 1994-09-30
Movie Mr. Bean: Blind Date Roger 1993-03-12
Movie Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love Greg Deane 1993-05-20
Movie The Airzone Solution MacNamara 1993-01-01
Series Late Night with Conan O'Brien Unknown 1993-09-13
Series Frasier Unknown 1993-09-16
Movie Cabaret Emcee 1993-12-09
Movie Prague Alexander Novak 1992-05-26
Movie Bernard and the Genie Bernard Bottle 1991-11-23
Movie Conquest of the South Pole 1989-08-01
Series Taggart Unknown 1983-09-06
Series Saturday Night Live Unknown 1975-10-11