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Alan Cumming is beyond eclectic. His most recent projects include lip-synching the protagonist in a documentary, directing a podcast series about a sperm bank heist, playing a gangster opposite Liam Neeson in a Neil Jordan film, curating a cabaret festival in Australia, and recording a duet with a Gaelic rapper.



Not surprisingly, Time called him one of the three most fun people in show business (the others were Cher and Stanley Tucci!). Thirty years ago, his Hamlet stormed the West End. A quarter of a century ago, he was a sensation as Cabaret’s Master of Ceremonies in a production that forever changed the Broadway landscape.

A decade ago, his visceral, virtually one-man Macbeth was a stunning, transatlantic coup de theatre. His screen work ranged from art house to blockbuster, cult to mainstream, including Mr. Floop in Spy Kids, Eli on “The Good Wife,” Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, Boris in Goldeneye, King James on “Doctor Who,” Sandy Frink in Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Mayor Menlove on “Schmigadoon!” and himself on “Broad City.” He is the author of six books, including a New York Times #1 bestselling memoir, performs in concert regularly around the world, and co-owns his own eponymous cabaret bar, Club Cumming, a home for all ages, genders, colors, sexualities—where kindness is all and anything could happen.

He is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning actor, five-time Emmy nominee, Scottish BAFTA winner, British Comedy Award winner, Independent Spirit Award-winning producer, National Board of Review-winning director, Grammy and Golden Globe nominee, an Officer of the British Empire, and winner of over 40 awards for his humanitarianism.

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STAGE CREDITS

Endgame Endgame
[West End]
Old Vic Theatre Production, 2020
Hamm
Daddy Daddy
[Off-Broadway]
The New Group & Vineyard Theatre World Premiere, 2019
Andre
White Rabbit Red Rabbit White Rabbit Red Rabbit
[Off-Broadway]
New York Premiere Production, 2016
Performer [Replacement]
Cabaret Cabaret
[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2014
Emcee
Alan Cumming's Macbeth Alan Cumming's Macbeth
[Broadway]
National Theatre of Scotland Production, 2013
Performer
Macbeth Macbeth
[New York]
Lincoln Centre Transfer, 2012
Macbeth
The Seagull
[Off-Broadway]
2008
Trigorin
The Threepenny Opera The Threepenny Opera
[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2006
Macheath
The 24 Hour Plays 2003
[Broadway]
Special Benefit Production, 2003
Chris
Elle
[Off-Broadway]
2002
Performer
Design For Living
[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2001
Otto
Cabaret Cabaret
[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 1998
Master of Ceremonies
Master of Ceremonies [Replacement]
Master of Ceremonies
Master of Ceremonies [Replacement]
Cabaret
[West End]
Donmar Warehouse Revival, 1993
Master of Ceremonies
The Threepenny Opera
[New York]
Reading, 2004
Macheath

Productions

Writing

Elle
Adaptation

Movies

Prague
[ 1992 ] Alexander Novak
Second Best
[ 1994 ] Bernard
Black Beauty
[ 1994 ] Black Beauty
Circle of Friends
[ 1995 ] Sean
GoldenEye
[ 1995 ] Boris Grishenko
Emma
[ 1996 ] Mr Elton
Buddy
[ 1997 ] Dick
Spice World
[ 1997 ] Piers
For My Baby
[ 1997 ] Daniel Orgelbrand
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
[ 1997 ] Sandy Frink
Eyes Wide Shut
[ 1999 ] Desk Clerk
Titus
[ 1999 ] Saturninus
Plunkett & Macleane
[ 1999 ] Lord Rochester
Urbania
[ 2000 ] Brett
Get Carter
[ 2000 ] Jeremy Kinnear
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
[ 2000 ] Gazoo, Mick Jagged
Company Man
[ 2000 ] General Batista
Intimate Affairs
[ 2001 ] Sevy
The Anniversary Party
[ 2001 ] Joe Therrian
Josie and the Pussycats
[ 2001 ] Wyatt Frame
Spy Kids
[ 2001 ] Fegan Floop
Nicholas Nickleby
[ 2002 ] Mr. Folair
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
[ 2002 ] Fegan Floop
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
[ 2003 ] Fegan Floop
X2: X-Men United
[ 2003 ] Kurt Wagner, Nightcrawler
Garfield
[ 2004 ] Persnikitty
Son of the Mask
[ 2005 ] Loki
Sweet Land
[ 2005 ] Young Frandsen
Ripley Under Ground
[ 2005 ] Jeff Constant
Neverwas
[ 2005 ] Jake
Eighteen
[ 2005 ] Father Chris
Bam Bam and Celeste
[ 2005 ] Eugene
Gray Matters
[ 2006 ] Gordy
Full Grown Men
[ 2006 ] The Hitchhiker
Suffering Man's Charity
[ 2007 ] John Vandermark
Dare
[ 2009 ] Grant Matson
Boogie Woogie
[ 2009 ] Dewey Dalamanatousis
Jackboots on Whitehall
[ 2010 ] Hitler, Braveheart
Burlesque
[ 2010 ] Alexis
The Tempest
[ 2010 ] Sebtian
Almost in Love
[ 2011 ] Hayden
The Smurfs
[ 2011 ] Gutsy
Maladies
[ 2012 ] Alan
Outback
[ 2012 ] Bog
Any Day Now
[ 2012 ] Rudy Donatello
Sir Billi
[ 2012 ] Gordon
The Smurfs 2
[ 2013 ] Gutsy Smurf
Chu and Blossom
[ 2014 ] Uncle Jackie
Strange Magic
[ 2015 ] Bog King
Hurricane Bianca
[ 2016 ] Lawrence Taylor
After Louie
[ 2017 ] Sam Cooper
Battle of the Sexes
[ 2017 ] CuthbertTedTinling
Show Dogs
[ 2018 ] Dante
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
[ 2021 ] The Therapist
My Father's Dragon
[ 2022 ] Cornelius
Marlowe
[ 2022 ] Lou Hendricks

TV Shows

High Road
Jim Hunter
Instinct
Dr. Dylan Reinhart
Rick & Steve the Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Chuck, Rupert, Zeke
Schmigadoon!
Mayor Aloysius Menlove
The Good Wife
Eli Gold
The High Life
Sebastian Flight
Web Therapy
Austen Clarke

Awards and Nominations

Drama League Awards - 2014 - Distinguished Performance Award

Alan Cumming, Cabaret


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BroadwayWorld Awards - 2013 - Best Leading Actor in a Play

Alan Cumming, Macbeth

Drama League Awards - 2013 - Distinguished Performance Award

Alan Cumming, Macbeth


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1998 - Outstanding Actor - Musical

Alan Cumming, Cabaret


winner
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1998 - Best Actor - Musical

Alan Cumming, Cabaret


winner
Theatre World Awards - 1998 - Performance

Alan Cumming, Cabaret


winner
Tony Awards - 1998 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Alan Cumming, Cabaret

Olivier Awards - 1994 - Best Actor in a Musical

Alan Cumming, Cabaret

Olivier Awards - 1992 - Best Comedy Performance

Alan CummingLa Bete

Olivier Awards - 1992 - Best Comedy Performance

Alan CummingLa Bete


winner
Olivier Awards - 1991 - Comedy Performance of the Year

Alan CummingAccidental Death Of An Anarchist

Olivier Awards - 1988 - Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre

Alan CummingThe Conquest Of The South Pole

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Audra McDonald, Sara Bareilles, Alan Cumming and More Set For 2024 New Yorker Festiva Photo
Audra McDonald, Sara Bareilles, Alan Cumming and More Set For 2024 New Yorker Festival

This year's New Yorker festival is set to take place next month, and includes a host of Broadway names on its slate. The lineup will include talks with Alan Cumming, Audra McDonald, Ayad Akhtar, Sara Bareilles, and more. Additionally, a screening of the new film adapation of The Piano Lesson will be held.
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: KATHLEEN HUGHES: CRYPTID, Gilded Balloon Patter House Photo
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: KATHLEEN HUGHES: CRYPTID, Gilded Balloon Patter House

Kathleen Hughes: Cryptid begins with a presentation on cryptids, including Bigfoot, Mothman, Loch Ness Monster and aliens. We learn a bit about each of the different creatures, including their strengths and weaknesses, as well as what they are famous for. We are then introduced to one of the scariest cryptids of them all - Kathleen Hughes.
Billy Porter and Alan Cumming Join SUGAR DADDY Producing Team Photo
Billy Porter and Alan Cumming Join SUGAR DADDY Producing Team

Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Billy Porter and his producing partner D.J. Gugenheim, and Tony and Olivier Award winner Alan Cumming have joined the producing team for Sugar Daddy. Learn more about the production!
The Charleston Gaillard Center Adds Programs to Fall for Democracy Photo
The Charleston Gaillard Center Adds Programs to Fall for Democracy

The Charleston Gaillard Center has added programs to Fall for Democracy, a program of performances, panels, and community-focused events exploring the foundational core values defining America.
Shaina Taub Will Host Broadway for Harris Community Launch Photo
Shaina Taub Will Host Broadway for Harris Community Launch

Shaina Taub, creator and star of Broadway’s Tony-winning Suffs, will host the Broadway for Harris Community Launch Call tonight, Monday, August 26 from 6:00-7:00pm ET. The call will take place over Zoom and is open to the public.
70+ Broadway Stars Unite in Support of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Photo
70+ Broadway Stars Unite in Support of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

New York’s theater community is organizing to support Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 presidential election. Broadway for Harris is a volunteer coalition of industry professionals and theater enthusiasts united to elect Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and down ballot Democratic candidates this November.
Krysta Rodriguez and Alan Cumming Join Indie Comedy Feature LUNCH HOUR Photo
Krysta Rodriguez and Alan Cumming Join Indie Comedy Feature LUNCH HOUR

Krysta Rodriguez and Alan Cumming are among the names that are set to star in Lunch Hour, a new film directed by Larry Guterman from a script by Oren Safdie. Rodriguez and Cumming will appear alongside Thomas Middleditch.
Peacock Picks Up Two Additional Seasons of Hit Competition Series THE TRAITORS Photo
Peacock Picks Up Two Additional Seasons of Hit Competition Series THE TRAITORS

Peacock has announced a season four and five pickup of its Emmy Award®-winning competition-reality series The Traitors. The hit series brings together the dramatic stylings of fashion icon Alan Cumming with the deceit and treachery of a celeb-fueled competition set in the Scottish Highlands.
Intiman Launches New Intiman Cabaret This Fall Photo
Intiman Launches New Intiman Cabaret This Fall

This fall, Intiman Theatre will launch an exciting program as part of its 51st season: the Intiman Cabaret.
Complete Lineup Set for 2024 Hudson Jazz Festival Photo
Complete Lineup Set for 2024 Hudson Jazz Festival

The 2024 Hudson Jazz Festival has revealed its complete line-up, featuring a diverse array of jazz musicians and performances. See who is performing and learn how to purchase tickets.
2024 Hudson Jazz Festival Announces Complete Line-up Photo
2024 Hudson Jazz Festival Announces Complete Line-up

Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House has announced the complete lineup of the 2024 Hudson Jazz Festival, running October 4-6
Rachel Zegler, Jordan Fisher, John Gallagher Jr. Will Join Darren Criss for Elsie Fes Photo
Rachel Zegler, Jordan Fisher, John Gallagher Jr. Will Join Darren Criss for Elsie Fest 2024

The full line-up has been announced for Elsie Fest 2024 and we have all of the details!
REEFER MADNESS Extends Run in Los Angeles Photo
REEFER MADNESS Extends Run in Los Angeles

Reefer Madness The Musical has announced that due to popular demand, they are extending the run through September 15th. 
REEFER MADNESS Extends Through Mid September at The Whitley Photo
REEFER MADNESS Extends Through Mid September at The Whitley

Reefer Madness The Musical is extending the run of its revival in Los Angeles. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
Mandy Patinkin, DEAR EVAN HANSEN & More Are Coming to The Charleston Gaillard Center Photo
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Charleston Gaillard Center has revealed five upcoming theater productions. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Northern Stage's 2024/25 Season Kicks Off With CABARET Photo
Northern Stage's 2024/25 Season Kicks Off With CABARET

 Northern Stage’s 2024/25 Season will kick off with Summer Musical Theater Intensive (SMTI) production Cabaret, based on the play by Jon Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood, with book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb, with performances from July 30 to August 4, 2024 in the Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts.
Sutton Foster, Adrienne Warren & More Set for 2024-25 Season at the Hobby Center Photo
Sutton Foster, Adrienne Warren & More Set for 2024-25 Season at the Hobby Center

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MESSY FRIENDS is Coming to To The Edinburgh Fringe Festival

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Interview: Christian Campbell's Mad About Reefer Madness

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Video: HBO Releases Trailer for CHIMP CRAZY Documentary From the Director of TIGER KING

The HBO Original four-part documentary series CHIMP CRAZY, produced and directed by filmmaker Eric Goode (“Tiger King”), debuts SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 (10:00 p.m-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. New episodes will debut subsequent Sundays at the same time. Watch the trailer now!
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Alan Cumming been in?

Alan Cumming has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.

How many West End shows has Alan Cumming been in?

Alan Cumming has appeared on London's West End in 2 shows.

What was Alan Cumming's first West End show?

Alan Cumming's first West End show was Cabaret which opened in 1993

What awards has Alan Cumming been nominated for?

Alan Cumming has received several nominations for his performances, including: - Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Cabaret - Best Leading Actor in a Play (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Macbeth - Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Macbeth - Outstanding Actor - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Cabaret - Best Actor - Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Cabaret - Performance (Theatre World Awards) for Cabaret - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Cabaret - Best Actor in a Musical (Olivier Awards) for Cabaret - Best Comedy Performance (Olivier Awards) for La Bete - Best Comedy Performance (Olivier Awards) for La Bete - Comedy Performance of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Accidental Death Of An Anarchist - Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre (Olivier Awards) for The Conquest Of The South Pole

What awards has Alan Cumming won?

Alan Cumming has won several prestigious awards, including: - Best Leading Actor in a Play (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Macbeth - Outstanding Actor - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Cabaret - Best Actor - Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Cabaret - Performance (Theatre World Awards) for Cabaret - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Cabaret - Comedy Performance of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Accidental Death of an Anarchist.

How many shows has Alan Cumming written?

Alan Cumming has written 1 shows including Elle (Adaptation).

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