Alan Cumming
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Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish actor, writer and presenter. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and an Olivier Award. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the West End production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1991). His other Olivier-nominated roles were in The Conquest of the South Pole (1988), La Bête (1992), and Cabaret (1994). Cumming won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for reprising his role as the Emcee on Broadway in Cabaret (1998). His other performances on Broadway include Design for Living (2001) and Macbeth (2013). Cumming is known for his film roles in Circle of Friends (1995), GoldenEye (1995), Emma (1996), Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), Buddy (1997), Spice World (1997), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), The Tempest (2010), Burlesque (2010), and Battle of the Sexes (2017). He is also known for his roles as Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy (2001–2003), Nightcrawler in X2 (2003), and Loki in Son of the Mask (2005). On television, Cumming is best known for his role in the CBS series The Good Wife (2010–2016), for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Cumming also starred in the CBS series Instinct (2018–2019), the Apple TV+ series Schmigadoon! (2021–2023) and presents the Peacock reality game show, The Traitors. Cumming has written a novel, Tommy's Tale (2002), and two memoirs in 2014 and 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Cumming, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish actor, writer and presenter. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and an Olivier Award. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the West End production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1991). His other Olivier-nominated roles were in The Conquest of the South Pole (1988), La Bête (1992), and Cabaret (1994). Cumming won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for reprising his role as the Emcee on Broadway in Cabaret (1998). His other performances on Broadway include Design for Living (2001) and Macbeth (2013). Cumming is known for his film roles in Circle of Friends (1995), GoldenEye (1995), Emma (1996), Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), Buddy (1997), Spice World (1997), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), The Tempest (2010), Burlesque (2010), and Battle of the Sexes (2017). He is also known for his roles as Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy (2001–2003), Nightcrawler in X2 (2003), and Loki in Son of the Mask (2005). On television, Cumming is best known for his role in the CBS series The Good Wife (2010–2016), for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Cumming also starred in the CBS series Instinct (2018–2019), the Apple TV+ series Schmigadoon! (2021–2023) and presents the Peacock reality game show, The Traitors. Cumming has written a novel, Tommy's Tale (2002), and two memoirs in 2014 and 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Cumming, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Frasier
Doctor Who
Tony Awards
The Simpsons
Question Time
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Graham Norton Show
3rd Rock from the Sun
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Sex and the City
The Good Fight
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
The One Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Doctor Who
The Daily Show
Today with Hoda & Jenna
Who Do You Think You Are?
The L Word
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Saturday Night Live
Bubble Guppies
Web Therapy
Doctor Who: Unleashed
Broad City
Web Therapy
Abominable and the Invisible City
Helpsters
Dead End: Paranormal Park
It's Complicated
The Smurfs 2
The Smurfs
Avengers: Doomsday
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Schmigadoon!
RoboGobo
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
GoldenEye
Spice World
Burlesque
Queers.
Eyes Wide Shut
X2
Battle of the Sexes
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
The Prince
Genie
The Good Wife
Marlowe
Spy Kids
Paris & Nicole: The Encore
Emma
Shoebox Zoo
Dread Poets' Society
Josie and the Pussycats
Masterpiece Mystery
Annie
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Company Man
God, the Devil and Bob
Son of the Mask
Chimp Crazy
Bernard and the Genie
Instinct
Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes
Strange Magic
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!
Burn Your Phone
The Traitors
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