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Alan Cumming
4 FOLLOWERS • 52 CREDITS • JAN 27, 1965 • 59
Biography
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.
Known For
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The Graham Norton Show
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Frasier
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The Simpsons
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Doctor Who
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Tony Awards
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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3rd Rock from the Sun
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Sex and the City
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The Good Fight
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Real Time with Bill Maher
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Carpool Karaoke: The Series
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The Daily Show
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Who Do You Think You Are?
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The L Word
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Saturday Night Live
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Broad City
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Web Therapy
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Abominable and the Invisible City
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Helpsters
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Dead End: Paranormal Park
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It's Complicated
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The Smurfs
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The Smurfs 2
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Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
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Spice World
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Schmigadoon!
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GoldenEye
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X2
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Eyes Wide Shut
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The Prince
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Burlesque
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Genie
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Marlowe
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Spy Kids
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The Good Wife
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Annie
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Josie and the Pussycats
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Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
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Company Man
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Emma
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Son of the Mask
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God, the Devil and Bob
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Instinct
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Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes
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The Traitors
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
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Strange Magic
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