List of awards and nominations received by Alan Cumming

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Alan Cumming awards and nominations

Cumming in 2013

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Laurence Olivier Awards 1 4 Primetime Emmy Awards 5 10 Screen Actors Guild Awards 0 2 Tony Awards 2 2

The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Alan Cumming FRSE .

Major associations

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
BAFTA Scotland
1993	Best Film Actor	Prague	Nominated	[1]
2018	Outstanding Contribution To Film & Television		Won	[2]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Daytime Emmy Awards
2014	Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program	Arthur: Show Off	Nominated	[3]
New York Emmy Awards
2017	Best Lifestyle Program	1st Look: Scotland	Won	[4]
Primetime Emmy Awards
2010	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	The Good Wife	Nominated	[5]
2011	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
2015			Nominated
2016	Outstanding Special Class Program	69th Tony Awards	Nominated
2024	Outstanding Reality Competition Program	The Traitors	Won
	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program		Won
2025	Outstanding Reality Competition Program		Won
	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program		Won

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	The Good Wife	Nominated	[6]
2016			Nominated	[7]

Laurence Olivier Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1988	Best Newcomer in a Play	The Conquest of the South Pole	Nominated	[8]
1991	Best Comedy Performance	Accidental Death of an Anarchist	Won	[9]
1992		La Bête	Nominated	[10]
1994	Best Actor in a Musical	Cabaret	Nominated	[11]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Good Wife	Nominated	[12]
2012			Nominated	[13]

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1998	Best Actor in a Musical	Cabaret	Won	[14]
2022	Best Musical	A Strange Loop	Won	[15] [a]

Audio awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2011	Audie Awards	Best Male Narrator	Zorgamazoo	Won	[16]
	AudioFile Earphones Awards	Best of the Year – Young Adult	Goliath	Nominated
2012		Best of the Year – Classics	Macbeth	Won
	Audie Awards	Original Work		Nominated
	AudioFile Awards	Best of the Year – Audio Theater	Dracula	Nominated
2013	Audie Awards	Literary Fiction or Classics		Nominated
		Multi-Voiced Performance		Won
2015		Narration by the Author	Not My Father's Son	Won

Film awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
1996	MTV Movie Awards	Best Dance Sequence	Romy and Michele's High School Reunion	Nominated	[b]
2001	National Board of Review	Excellence in Filmmaking	The Anniversary Party	Won	[17]
2002	Independent Spirit Awards	Best First Screenplay		Nominated
		Best First Feature		Nominated	[c]
	Prism Awards			Won
	National Board of Review	Best Cast	Nicholas Nickleby	Won	[18]
2006	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Supporting Actor	Son of the Mask	Nominated
2007	Independent Spirit Awards	Best First Feature	Sweet Land	Won	[d]
2013	Dorian Awards	Any Day Now	Film Performance of the Year	Nominated
	Gaybie Awards		Best Actor in a Gay Themed Movie	Nominated

Festivals

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
1992	Atlantic Film Festival	Best Actor	Prague	Won
2006	Sedona Film Festival	Birkner Humanitarian Award	Sweet Land	Won	[19]
2007	Big Apple Film Festival	Golden Apple Award for Honorary Achievement		Won
	Santa Fe Film Festival	Maverick Award		Won	[20]
	Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival	Tribute Award	Suffering Man's Charity	Won
	Provincetown International Film Festival	Excellence in Acting Award		Won	[21]
	SHOUT Film Festival	Beacon Award		Won
	Phoenix Film Festival	Copper Wing Tribute Award		Won
2010	Chicago International Film Festival	Artistic Achievement Award	The Tempest	Won	[22]
2011	Denver Film Festival	Excellence in Acting		Won	[23]
2012	Key West Film Festival	Golden Key Award	Any Day Now	Won	[24]
	Napa Valley Film Festival	Favorite Performer		Won
	Outfest	Best Actor		Won	[25]
	Seattle International Film Festival	Best Actor		Won	[26]
2024	Kraken International Film Festival	Best Supporting Actor	V13	Won

Television awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
1992	British Comedy Awards	Top TV Newcomer	Bernard and the Genie	Won	[27]
2010	Crime Thriller Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Good Wife	Nominated	[28]
	Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or TV Film		Nominated	[29]
2011	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated	[30]

Theatre awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
1994	Shakespeare Globe Awards	Richard Burton Award	Hamlet	Nominated	[31] [32]
	Theatre Management Awards	Best Actor		Won
1998	FANY Awards	Best Actor in a Musical	Cabaret	Won	[33]
	Outer Critics Circle Awards	Best Actor in a Musical		Won	[34]
	Drama Desk Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Musical		Won
	Theatre World Awards	Outstanding Broadway Debut		Won	[35]
2006	Drama League Awards		The Threepenny Opera	Honoured	[36]
2007	WhatsOnStage Awards	Best Actor in a Play	Bent	Nominated	[e] [37]
	Herald Angels Awards	Archangel Award	The Bacchae	Won
2009	SX Magazine	Best Cabaret	I Bought a Blue Car Today	Won
	WhatsOnStageAwards	Best Solo Performance		Nominated	[38]
2010	Time Out New York	Best of Cabaret		Nominated
	Bistro Awards	Outstanding Recording		Won	[39]
	Theater Offensive	Out on the Edge Award		Won
2013	Broadway.com Audience Awards	Favorite Actor in a Play	Macbeth	Won	[34]
	United Solo Theatre Festival	Special Award		Nominated	[40]
	Drama League Awards	Distinguished Performance		Nominated	[34]
2014			Cabaret	Nominated
2016	Helpmann Awards	Best Cabaret Performer	Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs	Nominated	[41]

Other

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
1998	Vanity Fair Hall of Fame			Inducted
2003	Bailey House	Key Award		Won
2004	Special Civil Rights Award			Won
2005	Human Rights Campaign	Humanitarian Award		Won	[42]
	Scotland Magazine	Icon of Scotland Award		Won	[43]
	GLAAD Media Awards	Vito Russo Award		Won	[42]
2006	Human Rights Campaign	Elizabeth Birch Equality Award		Won
2007	Lambda Liberty Awards			Honoured	[44]
2008	Anti-Violence Project	Courage Award		Won
	Trevor Project	Hero Award		Won	[45]
2009	Scottish Style Awards	Most Stylish Male		Nominated	[46]
	National Trust for Scotland	Great Scot Award		Won	[43]
	PFLAG	Choice Award		Won	[44]
2010	National Gay and Lesbian Task Force	Leadership Award		Won
	Point Foundation	Courage Award		Won
	Johnnie Walker	Great Scot Award		Won	[43]
2011	Fleshbot Awards	Sexiest Fashion	Cumming the Fragrance	Won
	Johnnie Walker	Great Scot Award	Charity Work	Won	[43]
2012				Won
	Matthew Shepard Foundation	Making a Difference Award		Won	[42]
	Live Out Loud Awards	Star Award		Won
2015	Bailey House	Arts & Legacy Award		Won
2017	PETA	Humanitarian Award		Won	[47]
2018	NYCLU Broadway Stands Up For Freedom	Freedom Award		Won	[48]

Notes

1. As producer
2. Shared with Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow
3. as director
4. as producer
5. Then Theatregoers' Choice Awards

References

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41. "Helpmann race a tale of two Tims". au.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
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48. "Alan Cumming Headlines a Night of Inspiring Music at 16th Annual "Broadway Stands Up for Freedom" Concert". NYCLU. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

External links

• Official website