List of Alan Cumming performances

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Cumming during the 2011 Fashion Week

This is the filmography list for the Scottish actor, writer and presenter Alan Cumming.

Contents

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Bernard and the Genie Bernard BottleTelevision film
1992 Prague Alexander Novak
1993 The Airzone Solution MacNamara
CabaretEmceeTelevision film
Micky LoveGreg Deane
1994 Second Best Bernard
Black Beauty Black Beauty (voice)
1995 Circle of Friends Sean Walsh
GoldenEye Boris Grishenko
1996 Emma Philip Elton
1997 Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Sandy Frink
Buddy Dick Croner
For My BabyDaniel OrgelbrandTelevision film
Spice World Piers Cuthbertson-Smyth
1999 Titus Saturninus
Plunkett & Macleane Lord Rochester
Eyes Wide Shut Hotel Desk Clerk
Annie Daniel Francis "Rooster" HanniganTelevision film
2000 Urbania Brett
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged
Get Carter Jeremy Kinnear
2001 The Anniversary Party Joe TherrianFeature directorial debut; Also co-writer, co-producer and co-director (with Jennifer Jason Leigh)
Investigating Sex Sevy
Josie and the Pussycats Wyatt Frame
Spy Kids Fegan Floop
Company Man General Batista
2002 CinéMagique The MagicianShort film
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Fegan Floop Cameo
Nicholas Nickleby Mr. Folair
2003 X2 Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Fegan FloopCameo
2004 Garfield: The Movie Sir Roland / Persnikitty (voice)
2005 Son of the Mask Loki
Eighteen Father Chris
Ripley Under Ground Jeff Constant
Neverwas Jake
Sweet Land FrandsenAlso producer
Bam Bam and Celeste Eugene
Reefer Madness Lecturer, Goat-man, Various charactersTelevision film; also known as Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
2006 Full Grown Men The HitchhikerAlso co-producer
2007 Gray Matters Gordy
Suffering Man's Charity (aka Ghost Writer) John VandermarkAlso director and executive producer
2009 Boogie Woogie Dewey
Dare Grant Matson
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva Ian (voice)
PoliWood HimselfDocumentary
2010 The Tempest Sebastian
Jackboots on Whitehall Adolf Hitler, Braveheart (voice)
Burlesque Alexis
Riverworld Judas CaretakerTelevision film
2011 The Smurfs Gutsy Smurf (voice)
2012 Sir Billi Gordon The Goat (voice)
The Outback Bog (voice)
Any Day Now Rudy
2013 The Smurfs 2 Gutsy Smurf (voice)
2014 Chu and Blossom Uncle Jackie
2015 Strange Magic Bog King (voice)
2016 Hurricane Bianca Lawrence Taylor
2017 After Louie Sam CooperAlso producer
Battle of the Sexes Ted Tinling
2018 Show Dogs Dante (voice)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Narrator
2021Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About MenThe Therapist
2022 My Old School Brian MacKinnon/"Brandon Lee"Cumming lip syncs to the audio of recorded interviews with MacKinnon, who did not wish to appear on camera for the documentary.
Marlowe Lou Hendricks
My Father's Dragon Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
2023 Rare Objects Peter Kessler
Genie Flaxman
2024 Drive Back Home Perley
TBARunStevePost-production
Glenrothan Donal

Television

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Cumming at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 Travelling Man JamieEpisode: "Sudden Death"
1986 Taggart Jamie McCormackEpisode: "Death Call"
Take the High Road Jim Hunter4 episodes
1987 Shadow of the Stone Tom Henderson5 episodes
1992 Screen Two TullochEpisode: "The Last Romantics"
1992 ScreenPlay Percy Bysshe ShelleyEpisode: "Dread Poets Society"
1995 The High Life Sebastian Flight7 episodes; also co-writer
1996 3rd Rock from the Sun Angus 'The Hole' McDuffEpisode: "Dick and Harry Fall into a Hole"
2000–2011 God, the Devil and Bob The Devil (voice)13 episodes
2000 Saturday Night Live HimselfHost; episode: "Alan Cumming/Jennifer Lopez"
2001 Sex and the City OscarEpisode: "The Real Me"
2002 Courage the Cowardly Dog Rumpledkiltskin (voice)Episode: "Rumpledkiltskin"
Foyle's War HimselfHost; episode: "Series VII: The Eternity Ring"
2003 Frasier AhmritEpisode: "Kenny on the Couch"
2004–2005 Shoebox Zoo Bruno the Bear (voice)26 episodes
2006 The L Word Billie Blaikie6 episodes
2006–2008 Robot Chicken Interperator / Interpreter (voice)3 episodes
2007–2009 Rick & Steve the Happiest Gay Couple in All the World Chuck, Rupert, Zeke (voice)13 episodes
2007 Tin Man Glitch3 episodes
2010–2016 The Good Wife [1] Eli Gold121 episodes
2011 The Runaway Desrae5 episodes
2011–2015 Web Therapy [2] Austen Clarke11 episodes
2013 Arthur Sebastian (voice)Episode: "Show Off/Dog's Best Friend" [3]
2014 Dora the Explorer White Rabbit (voice)Episode: "Dora in Wonderland"
2015 69th Tony Awards HimselfHost
2017 Queers [4] SteveEpisode: "Something Borrowed"
2018–2019 Instinct Dr. Dylan Reinhart24 episodes; also executive producer
2018 Doctor Who King James Episode: "The Witchfinders" [5]
2019 Broad City HimselfEpisode: "Lost and Found"
Helpsters Dancer DaveEpisode: "Dancer Dave"
2020 Briarpatch Clyde Brattle5 episodes
2021 Prodigal Son Simon Hoxley2 episodes
The Prince Owen (voice)12 episodes
The Simpsons Loki (voice)Episode: "Bart's in Jail!"
2021–2023 Schmigadoon! Mayor Menlove, Dooley BlightMain role
2021, 2022Miriam and Alan: Lost in ScotlandHimselfTwo series alongside Miriam Margolyes [6]
2022 Bubble Guppies The Glitch (voice)Episode: "Robo Puppy!"
The Good Fight Eli Gold2 episodes
2022–2023 Abominable and the Invisible City Burnish (voice)11 episodes
2023–present The Traitors HimselfHost; also producer
2023–2024 The Tiny Chef Show Narrator / Announcer (voice)4 episodes
2024Alan Cumming's Paradise HomesHimselfPresenter [7]
Scotland's Most Luxurious Railway
2025Doctor WhoMr Ring-a-Ding (voice) Series 15
TBARhona Who Lives by the RiverHamish (voice)Upcoming series


Theatre

YearTitleRole(s)Notes
1989–1990 As You Like It Courtier, SilviusUK tour [8] [9] [10]
1989–1990SingerDerek, Pepper, Tim Bunty, NCO 1UK tour [11] [12]
1991 Accidental Death of an Anarchist The MadmanOff-West End [13]
1992 La Bête ValèreWest End [14] [15]
1993 Hamlet HamletUK tour [16]
1993–1994 Cabaret The EmceeOff-West End
1998–1999Second Broadway revival
2001 Design for Living OttoBroadway revival
2002 Elle The PopeOff-Broadway [17]
2006 The Threepenny Opera Macheath Broadway revival
2006 Bent MaxWest End [18]
2008 The Seagull Boris Alexeyevitch TrigorinOff-Broadway revival
2008 The Bacchae DionysusInternational tour [19] [20]
2012–2013 Macbeth All RolesBroadway revival
2014–2015 Cabaret The EmceeThird Broadway revival
2015 Lazarus The KillerCameo in filmed video insert [21]
2019DaddyAndreOff-Broadway [22]
2020 Endgame HammLondon revival
Rough for Theatre II B
2022BurnRobert BurnsEdinburgh [23]
2024Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His AgeHimselfBroadway production

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotes
2006 X-Men: The Official Game Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler [24]
2009 Wet Christopher Sorrell / Ze Kollecktor

Podcasts

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Hot White Heist SassAlso director
2022 Solar Alex Tawley
2023 Hidden Signal: Evergreen Fin Gorale

References

  1. Erin Carlson (9 January 2012). "'The Good Wife's' Alan Cumming Marries Grant Shaffer". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  2. Irene Lacher (28 July 2013). "'Web Therapy's' Lisa Kudrow doesn't shrink from her TV chores". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  3. "PBS KIDS Debuts New Episodes & Online Content from ARTHUR and MARTHA SPEAKS - BWWTVWorld". Broadway World TV. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  4. "Alan Cumming and Ben Whishaw Star in BBC America's Short Film Series 'Queers'". BBC America. August 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  5. Marcus. "Doctor Who Episodes Seven and Eight". Doctor Who News. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  6. "Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland and Beyond". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  7. "Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes". hgtv.co.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  8. "AYL198909 - As You Like It". RSC Performances. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  9. "AYL199002 - As You Like It". RSC Performances. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  10. "AYL199004 - As You Like It". RSC Performances. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  11. "SIN198910 - Singer". RSC Performances. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  12. "SIN199003 - Singer". RSC Performances. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  13. Billington, Michael (9 Jan 1991). "Farce forfeit". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  14. "Olivier Winners 1992". Official London Theatre. Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  15. Coveney, Michael (8 July 2010). "La Bête". What's On Stage. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  16. "Hamlet · Shakespeare". Learning on Screen. British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  17. Gans, Andrew (17 July 2002). "Alan Cumming's Art Party Makes Debut with Elle, July 17-31". Playbill. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  18. Billington, Michael (6 October 2006). "Bent". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  19. National Theatre of Scotland. "The Bacchae - international tour trailer 2008". YouTube. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  20. Stasio, Marilyn (5 July 2008). "The Bacchae". Variety. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  21. Felton-Dansk, Miriam (December 8, 2015). "The Man Who Fell to Earth Rises Again in 'Lazarus'...Or Does He?". Village Voice . Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  22. Brantley, Ben (5 March 2019). "Review: This 'Daddy' Has Issues. A Pool and Alan Cumming, Too". New York Times. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  23. Fisher, Mark (7 August 2022). "Burn review – Alan Cumming is extraordinary as Scotland's rockstar poet". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  24. "Movie Cast Voicing X-Men: The Official Game". Superherohype.com. CraveOnline Media. 2006-04-24. Retrieved 2016-01-31.