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Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming OBE is a Scottish actor, comedian, singer, writer, filmmaker, and activist who has acted in numerous films, television shows, and plays.

English

Burlesque

2010
as Alexis

Instinct (2018)

2018
as Dylan Reinhart

The Smurfs

2011
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)

Eyes Wide Shut

1999
as Desk Clerk

Spy Kids

2001
as Fegan Floop

X2

2003
as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler

The Good Wife

2009
as Eli Gold

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

2003
as Fegan Floop

Schmigadoon!

2021
as Mayor Aloysius Menlove

The Smurfs 2

2013
as Gutsy Smurf (voice)

Briarpatch

2020
as Clyde Brattle

GoldenEye

1995
as Boris Grishenko

Spice World

1997
as Piers

Schmigadoon!

2021
as Dooley Flint

Battle of the Sexes

2017
as Ted Tinling

Emma

1996
as Mr. Elton

Web Therapy (2011)

2011
as Austen Clarke

Second Best

1994
as Bernard

Josie and the Pussycats

2001
as Wyatt Frame

Hurricane Bianca

2016
as Lawrence Taylor

Eighteen

2005
as Father Chris

Nicholas Nickleby

2002
as Mr. Folair

Strange Magic

2015
as Bog King (voice)

Sweet Land

2005
as Frandsen

Rare Objects

2023
as Peter Kessler

Neverwas

2005
as Jake

Marlowe

2022
as Lou Hendricks

Plunkett & MacLeane

1999
as Lord Rochester

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

2006
as Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR

Queers

2017
as Steve

Black Beauty

1994
as Black Beauty (voice)

FX2: Visual Effects

2003
as Alan Cumming

Dare

2009
as Grant Matson

Company Man

2000
as General Batista

Jackboots on Whitehall

2010
as Hitler (voice)

The Tempest

2010
as Sebastian

The Runaway

2011
as Desrae

Maladies

2013
as Alan

Show Dogs

2018
as Dante (voice)

The Prince

2021
as Owen

Titus

1999
as Saturninus

Buddy

1997
as Dick Croner, Trudy's Assistant

Any Day Now

2012
as Rudy

The Outback

2012
as Bog (voice)

Zero Effect

as Daryl Zero

For My Baby

1997
as Daniel Orgelbrand

Get Carter

2000
as Jeremy Kinnear

That Sunday

1994
as Stanley

Riverworld

2010
as Judas Caretaker

The Anniversary Party

2001
as Joe Therrian

Ptown Diaries

2009
as Narrator

Sir Billi

2012
as Gordon

Full Grown Men

2006
as The Hitchhiker

Becoming Men

2002
as Narrator

Tin Man

2007
as Glitch

Evergreen

2023
as Fin Gorale

Circle of Friends

1995
as Sean Walsh

Annie

1999
as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan

Ripley Under Ground

2005
as Jeff Constant

CinéMagique

2002
as Magician

Boogie Woogie

2009
as Dewey

Scotland on Screen

2009
as Alan Cumming

Muse of Fire

2013
as Himself

Bernard and the Genie

1991
as Bernard Bottle

Queer as Art

2017
as Alan Cumming

Urbania

2000
as Brett

Ghost Writer

2007
as John Vandermark

Shoebox Zoo

2004
as Bruno -voice-

Guardian of the Highlands

2013
as Gordon the Goat (voice)

Director

Episode Screen Two
Burn Your Phone
1996
Movie The Anniversary Party 2001
Movie Ghost Writer 2007

Writer

Movie The Anniversary Party 2001
Episode The High Life
Feart
1995
Episode The High Life
Birl
1995
Episode The High Life
Winch
1995

Host

Series The Traitors (US) 2023
Series Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland 2021
Movie The Real Cabaret 2009
Series The Traitors: Postmortem 2024

Producer

Movie The Anniversary Party 2001
Movie Ghost Writer 2007

Guest Star

Episode Britannia Awards
12th Britannia Awards
2003
Episode Prodigal Son
Ouroboros
2021
Episode BBC Documentaries
Queer as Art
2017
Episode The Good Fight
The End of Eli Gold
2022
Episode 8 Out of 10 Cats
Alan Cumming, Liza Tarbuck, Susie Essman, Stewart Lee
2007
Episode Britannia Awards
20th Britannia Awards
2011
Episode The Good Fight
The End of the Yips
2022
Episode Britannia Awards
21st Britannia Awards
2012
Episode Doctor Who (2005)
The Witchfinders
2018
Episode Prodigal Son
Face Value
2021
Episode 8 Out of 10 Cats
Movie Special - Alan Cumming, Tom Felton, Richard E. Grant and Lauren Laverne
2009
Episode The Daily Show
Alan Cumming
2005
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Alison Brie, Joanne Froggatt, OK Go, guest host Whitney Cummings
2015
Episode Gargoyles
The Journey
1996
Episode The Colbert Report
Garry Trudeau
2013
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Kevin Costner, Danica McKellar, Alan Cumming and the Broadway cast of ‘Cabaret’, Philip Bailey
2014
Episode LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Neil Patrick Harris, Alan Cumming, Paige VanZant, David Burtka
2016
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Alan Cumming, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Nick Jonas
2016
Episode Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Boris Johnson resigns as MP
2023
Episode Saturday Night Live
Alan Cumming/Jennifer Lopez
2000
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Alan Cumming & Milo Ventimiglia
2023
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 13
2024
Episode The L Word
Lone Star
2006
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Alan Cumming, Carey Mulligan, Ludacris
2015
Episode Robot Chicken
Veggies for Sloth
2006
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Alan Cumming, Michael Phelps, Kate Upton, Unknown Mortal Orchestra
2013
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jamie Foxx, Alan Cumming, Alicia Keys & Kendrick Lamar
2014
Episode Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
October 30, 2022: Bail Reform
2022
Episode BBC Documentaries
Festival Tales: Edinburgh At 70
2017
Episode The Colbert Report
Alan Cumming
2013
Episode Frasier
Kenny on the Couch
2003
Episode Chelsea Lately
Alan Cumming
2009
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Carey Mulligan, Alan Cumming, IDLES
2024
Episode The Electric Company (2009)
A Fistful of Confetti
2011
Episode The Simpsons
Bart's in Jail
2021
Episode BBC Documentaries
The Real Cabaret
2009
Episode Mr. Bean
Blind Date
1993
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Alan Cumming & Darren Criss
2024
Episode Tony Awards
The 69th Annual Tony Awards
2015
Episode LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Alan Cumming, Alicia Vikander, Joel Kinnaman
2016
Episode Queers
Something Borrowed
2017
Episode 3rd Rock from the Sun
Dick and Harry Fall Down a Hole
2000
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
February 27, 2009
2009
Episode Have I Got News for You
Alan Cumming, Steve Wright
1995
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Will Ferrell, Alan Cumming, Jessica Kirson
2019
Episode Conan (2010)
Alan Cumming, Casey Wilson, Pentatonix, Joe Perry
2014
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Alan Cumming & Jeff Goldblum
2018
Episode Durch die Nacht mit...
Alan Cumming und Ian Rankin in Edinburgh
2009
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Dr. Phil McGraw, Alan Cumming, Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam
2016
Episode The Bigger Picture with Graham Norton
Emma Bunton, Jason Isaacs, Fred MacAulay and Alan Cumming
2006