Alan Cumming

Alan trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. On the New York stage he has appeared in Elle (which he also adapted), Design For Living and Cabaret (for which he won the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Theater World, New York Press, FANY and New York Public Advocate’s Awards). In London: Hamlet at the Donmar Warehouse (TMA Best Actor award and Shakespeare Globe nomination), Cabaret (Olivier nomination), La Bete (Olivier nomination), Conquest Of The South Pole (Olivier nomination) and seasons with the RSC and RNT, where he won an Olivier Award for his performance in Accidental Death Of An Anarchist (which he also co-adapted).
Alan can be seen in Showtime’s Reefer Madness, a tongue-in-cheek musical comedy adaptation of the 1936 classic anti-marijuana propaganda film. He recently starred in New Line’s Son Of The Mask with Jamie Kennedy and next Spring will be back on Broadway with Edie Falco in The Threepenny Opera. Cumming recently completed work on the animated feature Ant Bully for Warner Bros. as well as the independent film Neverwas (costarring Aaron Eckhart), Eighteen and Bam Bam And Celeste directed by Margaret Cho.
He wrote, directed, produced and acted in (with Jennifer Jason Leigh) the feature film The Anniversary Party, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won a National Board of Review award and two Independent Spirit award nominations. He also directed the short films Butter and Burn Your Phone. Recent films include X2: X-Men United, Spy Kids 3, Nicholas Nickleby, Josie And The Pussycats, Company Man, Titus, Urbania, Eyes Wide Shut, Emma, Circle Of Friends, Goldeneye and Buddy. His debut novel, Tommy’s Tale, is recently published and fragrance Cumming is now available at cummingthefragrance.com. He resides in New York City and has a long-running website, alancumming.com, where you can find the latest information on everything he’s involved with, from acting projects to charitable organizations.