Alan Cumming
b. 1965 (age 61)
Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Actor
Director
Alan Cumming, OBE, is a Scottish-American stage and screen actor, singer, comedian, director, producer and author. He is best known for playing Emcee in "Cabaret" on stage, for his portrayal of Boris Grishenko in the James Bond movie "GoldenEye" and as Nightcrawler in "X2", for his recurring role of Eli Gold in the CBS television series "The Good Wife", and for his autobiography "Not My Father's Son: A Memoir".
Known For
Filmography
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★ 5.7
2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards
2026 Self
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★ 3.6
One Night Out with Alan Cumming
2026 Actor
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★ 6.9
The 25th Annual AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2026 Self
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★ 8.7
Kiloran Bay
2026 Actor
Torquil
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Treasure Trekkers
2026 Actor
King Clarence
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Tip Toe
2026 Actor
Leo
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★ 5.9
Glenrothan
2025 Actor
Donal
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★ 5.8
Robogobo
2025 Actor
Dame Luxley
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★ 6.8
My Happy Place
2025 Self
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★ 5.1
V13
2025 Actor
Freud
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★ 6.6
Sleazy Tiger
2025 Actor
Alan Cumming
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2025 BAFTA Television Awards
2025 Self
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The 24th Annual AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2025 Self
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The 19th Annual MPTF Evening Before
2025 Self
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★ 7.3
Chimp Crazy
2024 Self
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★ 6.8
Drive Back Home
2024 Actor
Perley
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★ 8.5
All Aboard!: Scotland's Poshest Train
2024 Self
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★ 7.2
Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes
2024 Self
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★ 5.9
Genie
2023 Actor
Flaxman
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★ 7.7
The Traitors
2023 Self
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★ 5.3
Rare Objects
2023 Actor
Peter Kessler
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★ 7.3
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.1
My Old School
2022 Actor
Brandon
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★ 8.2
The Tiny Chef Show
2022 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.6
Abominable and the Invisible City
2022 Actor
Burnish
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★ 4.4
Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza!
2022 Self
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★ 7.4
Schmigadoon!
2021 Actor
Mayor Aloysius Menlove
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★ 6.5
My Father's Dragon
2021 Actor
Cornelius
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★ 5.9
The Prince
2021 Actor
Owen
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★ 7.8
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
2021 Self
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★ 6.0
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
2021 Actor
Therapist
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★ 8.0
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
2021 Self
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★ 6.0
Masterpiece: 50 Fabulous Years!
2020 Self
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Broadway Barks Across America
2020 Self
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The British Podcast Awards 2020
2020 Self
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Life Ball
2019 Self
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★ 6.7
Instinct
2018 Actor
Dr. Dylan Reinhart
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★ 7.4
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018 Self
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★ 4.0
Show Dogs
2018 Actor
Dante
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★ 2.4
The Birds and the BS
2018 Self
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★ 6.7
Battle of the Sexes
2017 Actor
Cuthbert 'Ted' Tinling
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★ 4.9
Michael Jackson's Halloween
2017 Actor
Meriweather
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★ 7.9
Queers
2017 Actor
Steve
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★ 6.0
After Louie
2017 Actor
Sam Cooper
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★ 7.5
Queer as Art
2017 Self
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Festival Tales: Edinburgh at 70
2017 Self
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★ 5.9
Hurricane Bianca
2016 Actor
Lawrence Taylor
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A Roundabout Road to Broadway
2016 Self
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Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs
2016 Self
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Jeffery Live
2016 Self
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★ 5.8
Strange Magic
2015 Actor
Bog King
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★ 6.8
The New Yorker Presents
2015 Actor
God
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★ 5.7
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
2015 Self
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★ 5.9
The 69th Annual Tony Awards
2015 Self
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★ 2.8
Live from the Red Carpet: The 2015 Tony Awards
2015 Self
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Remember That Time
2015 Self
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★ 6.1
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2013 Actor
Gutsy Smurf
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★ 8.0
The 67th Annual Tony Awards
2013 Self
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★ 5.7
In the Woods
2013 Self
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★ 6.5
Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film
2013 Self
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★ 7.2
Losing It with John Stamos
2013 Self
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★ 4.2
Happy Tears
2013 Actor
Traveler
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The 7th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute
2013 Self
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The Cumming Attraction: Backstage at 'Macbeth' with Alan Cumming
2013 Self
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★ 7.4
Any Day Now
2012 Actor
Rudy Donatello
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★ 4.7
Outback
2012 Actor
Bog
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★ 2.7
Sir Billi
2012 Actor
Gordon
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★ 4.9
Maladies
2012 Actor
Alan
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★ 8.0
Urban Secrets
2012 Self
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★ 7.2
Ronna & Beverly
2012 Self
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★ 7.3
The BAFTA Britannia Awards
2012 Self
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God Save the Queens
2012 Self
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Pamela Stephenson: The Fame Report
2012 Self
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Johnny Beattie: In the Limelight
2012 Self
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★ 6.7
Web Therapy
2011 Actor
Austen Clarke
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★ 7.5
Kingdom Come
2011 Self
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★ 5.3
Almost in Love
2011 Actor
Hayden
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★ 5.0
Rocco's Dinner Party
2011 Self
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★ 6.6
The Money Pet
2011 Actor
The Narrator
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★ 2.5
Fern
2011 Self
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★ 4.6
The 1st Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards
2011 Self
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The BAFTA Britannia Awards
2011 Self
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The 9th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles TV Tea Party
2011 Self
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Angela Lansbury & Friends Benefiting Salute to Terrence McNally
2011 Self
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★ 6.4
Burlesque
2010 Actor
Alexis
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★ 5.3
The Tempest
2010 Actor
Sebastian
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★ 4.9
Riverworld
2010 Actor
Judas Caretaker
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★ 7.4
The Runaway
2010 Actor
Desrae
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★ 5.7
Invitation to World Literature
2010 Self
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★ 6.4
The Naturalized
2010 Self
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The Annual Anglo-American Cultural Gala Awards
2010 Self
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David Campbell on Broadway
2010 Self
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★ 8.3
The Good Wife
2009 Actor
Eli Gold
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★ 5.1
Boogie Woogie
2009 Actor
Dewey Dalamanatousis
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★ 6.1
PoliWood
2009 Self
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★ 7.8
Liza's at the Palace
2009 Self
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★ 7.2
Ptown Diaries
2009 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.8
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009 Self
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★ 5.7
The Mystery of Claywoman
2009 Actor
Jon Lauting Phd.
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★ 7.7
Scotland on Screen
2009 Self