Cast & creator
Alan Cumming
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Cumming, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Alan Cummings
150
film credits
114
television credits
243
1949–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (264)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Simpsons
Loki (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Toy Story 5
Evil Bullseye (voice)
2026
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Doctor Who
King James
2005
Frasier
Ahmrit
1993
The Good Wife
Eli Gold
2009
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
Avengers: Doomsday
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
2026
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Sex and the City
Oscar
1998
America's Got Talent
Self - Guest
2006
3rd Rock from the Sun
Angus 'The Hole' McDuff
1996
The Good Fight
Eli Gold
2017
Screen Two
Tulloch
1985Screen Two
Andy
1985Screen Two
Alexander Novak
1985Screen Two
Director
1985
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
Masterpiece Mystery
Self - Host
1980
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Actor
2022The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
Gargoyles
John Castaway (voice)
1994
Broad City
Alan Cumming
2014
The L Word
Billie Blaikie
2004
Doctor Who
Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice)
2024
Bubble Guppies
The Glitch (voice)
2011
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Eyes Wide Shut
Desk Clerk
1999
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
Web Therapy
Austen Clarke
2008
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
2019
ScreenPlay
Percy Bysshe Shelley
1986
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
The Traitors
Self - Host
2023The Traitors
Producer
2023The Traitors
Executive Producer
2023
Taggart
Jamie McCormack
1983
Prodigal Son
Simon Hoxley
2019
Through the Night with...
Self
2002
The Smurfs
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
2011
Schmigadoon!
Mayor Aloysius Menlove
2021Schmigadoon!
Dooley Blight
2021
The BAFTA Awards
Host
1949
The Mighty Nein
Gustav (voice)
2025
Travelling Man
Jamie
1984
RoboGobo
Dame Luxley (voice)
2025
Instinct
Dylan Reinhart
2018Instinct
Executive Producer
2018
The Smurfs 2
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
2013
Spy Kids
Fegan Floop
2001
Web Therapy
Austen Clarke
2011
GoldenEye
Boris Grishenko
1995
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Fegan Floop
2002
Dead End: Paranormal Park
Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice)
2022
Son of the Mask
Loki
2005
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Fegan Floop
2003
Tip Toe
Leo Struthers
2026Tip Toe
Executive Producer
2026
Garfield
Persnikitty (voice)
2004
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Chuck Masters (voice)
2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Zeke (voice)
2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Chuck (voice)
2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Rupert (voice)
2007
Abominable and the Invisible City
Burnish (voice)
2022
Password
Self - Celebrity Guest
2022
Shoebox Zoo
Bruno the Bear (voice)
2004
Helpsters
Dancer Dave
2019
Planet 51
Alien Mailman (voice)
2009
God, the Devil and Bob
The Devil (voice)
2000
Tin Man
Glitch
2007
Boarders
Alan
2024
Battle of the Sexes
Ted Tinling
2017
Me, Eloise
(voice)
2006
It's Complicated
TV Actor (uncredited)
2009
Burlesque
Alexis
2010
Take the High Road
Jim Hunter
1980
My Father's Dragon
Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
2022
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
2000
Doctor Who: Unleashed
Self
2024
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
Self - Hijacker
2008
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Sandy Frink
1997
Show Dogs
Dante (voice)
2018
The Prince
Owen
2021
Strange Magic
Bog King (voice)
2015
Marlowe
Lou Hendricks
2023
Briarpatch
Clyde Brattle
2020
Black Beauty
Black Beauty (voice)
1994
Queers.
Steve
2017Queers.
2017
Rik Mayall Presents
Greg Deane
1993
The Outs
Alan Cumming
2012
Get Carter
Jeremy Kinnear
2000
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
Gutsy Smurf (voice)
2013
Josie and the Pussycats
Wyatt Frame
2001
The Runaway
Desrae
2011
Ghosts
Philip
1995
Loser
Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited)
2000
Nicholas Nickleby
Mr. Folair
2002
Spice World
Piers
1997She-Play
Nick
1990
Plunkett & Macleane
Lord Rochester
1999
The Outback
Bog (voice)
2012
Emma
Mr. Elton
1996
Titus
Saturninus
1999
Boogie Woogie
Dewey Dalamanatousis
2010
Club Cumming
Self
2026Club Cumming
Executive Producer
2026
Circle of Friends
Sean Walsh
1995
Genie
Flaxman
2023
The Tempest
Sebastian
2010Rhona Who Lives by the River
Hamish
Treasure Trekkers
(voice)
2026
Always at The Carlyle
Self
2018
The High Life
Sebastian Flight
1994The High Life
Writer
1994The High Life
Creator
1994
Glenrothan
Donal
2026
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self
2007
Paris & Nicole: The Encore
Narrator
2024Web Junk 20
2006
Buddy
Dick Croner
1997
Chimp Crazy
Self
2024
Cabaret
Emcee
1993
My Happy Place
Self
2025
Michael Jackson's Halloween
Meriwether (voice)
2017
Annie
Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
1999
Playing It Straight
Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
Kiloran Bay
Torquil
2026
Ripley Under Ground
Jeff Constant
2007
Intimate Affairs
Sevy
2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
Asog
Executive Producer
2025
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR
2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
2006
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
Hurricane Bianca
Lawrence Taylor
2016
Any Day Now
Rudy Donatello
2012
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self (voice)
2017
Les Parfait(s) : Arnaques en Famille
Sean Mac Callaghan
2026
Romy and Michele 2
Sandy Frink
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Narrator (voice)
2018
Second Best
Bernard
1994
Company Man
General Batista
2000
Gray Matters
Gordy
2007
Neverwas
Jake
2005
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
Self
2015
Rare Objects
Peter Kessler
2023
Sweet Land
Frandsen
2005Sweet Land
Producer
2005
PoliWood
Self
2009
The Real Cabaret
Self
2009
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
Self
2021
Shadow of the Stone
Tom Henderson
1987
The Anniversary Party
Joe Therrian
2001The Anniversary Party
Director
2001The Anniversary Party
Writer
2001The Anniversary Party
Producer
2001
The Goodbye Girl
Mark Bodine
2004
One Night Out with Alan Cumming
Self - Host
2026GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Self
1995
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Self
1995
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
Therapist
2022
Collectormania 7
Self
2005
Bam Bam and Celeste
Eugene
2005
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!
Himself
2003
Dare
Grant Matson
2009Picasso Baby
Self
2013
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
2025
Searching for Debra Winger
Self (uncredited)
2002
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Narrator (voice)
2023
Bernard and the Genie
Bernard Bottle
1991Conquest of the South Pole
1989
That Sunday
1994
Suffering Man's Charity
John Vandermark
2007Suffering Man's Charity
Director
2007Suffering Man's Charity
Executive Producer
2007
Death Do Us Part
Lord Ingannamorte
2026
Ptown Diaries
Narrator
2009
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Self
2024
Sir Billi
Gordon the Goat (voice)
2012
Urban Secrets
2012Urban Secrets
Creator
2012
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Alan Cumming
2020
Chu and Blossom
Uncle
2014
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
Self
2009
The Killer Among Us
Self - Host
2026
Sleazy Tiger
Alan Cumming
2025
This is Stanley Baxter
Self
2001
Eighteen
Father Chris
2005
Jackboots on Whitehall
Hitler / Braveheart (voice)
2010
Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes: Creating “Son of The Mask”
Self
2005
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
Self
2003
Burn Your Phone
Andy
1996Burn Your Phone
Director
1996
All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train
Self - Host
2024
My Old School
Brandon Lee
2022
We Are Pat
Executive Producer
2025
The Last Romantics
Tulloch
1992
Urbania
Brett
2000
Ooh the Banter!
Self (archive footage)
2022
Sharon Needles Presents: Mask It or Casket
Executive Producer
2020
Full Grown Men
The Hitchhiker
2006
Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of “Son of The Mask”
Self
2005
Bathtime
Wrigley
1997
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
Self
2003
Motherfucker: A Movie
Self
2006The Mystery of Claywoman
Jon Lauting Phd.
2009
FX2: Visual Effects
Self
2003
Borges and Me
Alastair Reid
2026
A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole
self
2025
The Diary
Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes
Self
2024
V13
Sigmund Freud
2025
After Louie
Sam Cooper
2017The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
2006
Riverworld
Judas Caretaker
2010
For My Baby
Daniel Orgelbrand
2000
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!
Self - Host
2022
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
B / Hamm
2020
Drive Back Home
Perley
2024
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
Greg Deane
1993
Dread Poets' Society
Shelley
1992Passing Glory
Rab
1986
Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins
Self
2020Run
Steve
Maladies
Alan
2012
The Airzone Solution
MacNamara
1993
Almost in Love
Hayden
2013
Butter
Ronnie
1994Butter
Director
1994Butter
Writer
1994
Becoming Men
2002
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Narrator (voice)
2021
The Money Pet
The Narrator (voice)
2011The Naturalized
Self
Prague
Alexander Novak
1992
Bad Blood
Davie Mitchell
2005Lunch Hour
Queer as Art
Self
2017
EP Daily
1997
X2
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
2003