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