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Date of Birth
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27-January-1965
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Place of Birth
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Aberfeldy
(United Kingdom, Perth and Kinross)
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Nationality
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United States of America, United Kingdom
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Also know as
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Alan Cummings, Uppin Cumming, Young Alan, Alan Cumming, OBE, Alan Cumming, OBE, Alan Cummings, 알란 커ë°, Alan Cumming OBE, Alan Cummings
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Profession
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Actor, Singer, Film director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Author, Entrepreneur, Voice Actor, Film Score Composer
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Alan Cumming, OBE, is a Scottish actor who has appeared in numerous films, television shows and plays.
His London stage appearances include Hamlet, the Maniac in Accidental Death of an Anarchist, the lead in Bent, and the National Theatre of Scotland's The Bacchae. On Broadway he has appeared in The Threepenny Opera, the master of ceremonies in Cabaret, and Design for Living. Cumming also introduces Masterpiece Mystery! for PBS and appears on The Good Wife, for which he has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Satellite Award.
He has also written a novel, Tommy's Tale, had a cable talk show called Eavesdropping with Alan Cumming, and produced a line of perfumed products labelled "Cumming". He has contributed opinion pieces to many publications and performed a cabaret show, I Bought A Blue Car Today. Cumming has also promoted LGBT rights, same-sex marriage, and sexual health charities.
Retaining his British citizenship, Cumming became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2008.
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