;">Alan Cumming, OBE (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish stage,
television and film actor, writer, director, producer and author. His roles have included the Emcee in Cabaret,
Boris Grishenko in GoldenEye, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, and Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy. He has also
appeared in independent films like The Anniversary Party, which he
co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in; and Ali Selim's Sweet Land, for
which he won an Independent Spirit award as producer. His London stage
appearances include Hamlet, Madman in Dario Fo's Accidental Death of
an Anarchist, for which he received an Olivier award, the lead in Martin
Sherman's Bent, and as Dionysus in The National Theatre of Scotland's
The Bacchae. On Broadway he has appeared as Mac the Knife in The Threepenny
Opera, the Emcee in Cabaret, for which he won the Tony in
1998, and "Design for Living". Cumming also introduces "Masterpiece Mystery" for
PBS. He has also written a novel, Tommy's Tale, had a cable talk show
("Eavesdropping with Alan Cumming") and produced a line of perfumed products
labeled "Cumming". He has contributed opinion pieces to many publications and
performed a cabaret show I Bought A Blue Car Today. Retaining his British citizenship, Cumming also became a
U.S. citizen in November 2008.
Alan Cumming | |
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![]() Cumming promoting Neverwas at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival | |
Born | 22 January 1965 Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland |
Occupation | Actor, director, producer, writer |
Years active | 1980–present |
Spouse(s) | Hilary Lyon (1985-1993) Grant Shaffer (2006-present) |