Alan Cumming: movies and TV shows
Alan Cumming has 258 credits in the archive: 149 films and 109 TV series, from 1949 to 2026. Highest rated: The BAFTA Awards (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1949 – 2026 · busiest year: 2005 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Toy Story 5 | Evil Bullseye (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 61 |
| 2026 | Avengers: Doomsday | Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler | Film | — | 61 |
| 2026 | Tip Toe | Leo Struthers | TV | 6.8 | 61 |
| 2026 | Tip Toe | TV | 6.8 | 61 | |
| 2026 | Glenrothan | Donal | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 2026 | Les Parfait(s) : Arnaques en Famille | Sean Mac Callaghan | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 2026 | One Night Out with Alan Cumming | Host | Film | 1.0 | 61 |
| 2026 | Kiloran Bay | Torquil | Film | — | 61 |
| 2026 | The Killer Among Us | Self - Host | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2026 | Club Cumming | Self | TV | 1.0 | 61 |
| 2026 | Club Cumming | TV | 1.0 | 61 | |
| 2026 | The Traitors: New Blood | Self - Host | TV | — | 61 |
| 2026 | The Traitors: New Blood | TV | — | 61 | |
| 2025 | RoboGobo | Dame Luxley (voice) | TV | 1.0 | 60 |
| 2025 | The Mighty Nein | Gustav (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 60 |
| 2025 | Asog | Film | 6.0 | 60 | |
| 2025 | Being Stanley Baxter | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 2025 | V13 | Sigmund Freud | Film | 2.0 | 60 |
| 2025 | Sleazy Tiger | Alan Cumming | Film | — | 60 |
| 2025 | My Happy Place | Self | TV | 1.5 | 60 |
| 2025 | We Are Pat | Film | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 2025 | A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole | self | Film | — | 60 |
| 2024 | Doctor Who | Mr Ring-a-Ding (voice) | TV | 6.4 | 59 |
| 2024 | Boarders | Alan | TV | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2024 | Doctor Who: Unleashed | Self | TV | 6.6 | 59 |
| 2024 | Chimp Crazy | Self | TV | 7.2 | 59 |
| 2024 | Paris & Nicole: The Encore | Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 2024 | Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes | Self | TV | — | 59 |
| 2024 | 92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center | Self | Film | 10.0 | 59 |
| 2024 | All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train | Self - Host | TV | — | 59 |
| 2024 | Drive Back Home | Perley | Film | 6.9 | 59 |
| 2023 | The Traitors | Self - Host | TV | 6.2 | 58 |
| 2023 | The Traitors | TV | 6.2 | 58 | |
| 2023 | Genie | Flaxman | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2023 | Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2023 | Marlowe | Lou Hendricks | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 2023 | Rare Objects | Peter Kessler | Film | 4.4 | 58 |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 57 |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | TV | 2.8 | 57 | |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self – Actor | TV | 2.8 | 57 |
| 2022 | Dead End: Paranormal Park | Harmony - Demonic Feaster on Fear (voice) | TV | 7.3 | 57 |
| 2022 | Abominable and the Invisible City | Burnish (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 2022 | My Father's Dragon | Cornelius the Crocodile (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2022 | My Old School | Brandon Lee | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2022 | Ooh the Banter! | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 57 |
| 2022 | Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men | Therapist | Film | 1.7 | 57 |
| 2022 | Club Cumming Presents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza! | Self - Host | Film | 2.7 | 57 |
| 2021 | Schmigadoon! | Mayor Aloysius Menlove | TV | 6.9 | 56 |
| 2021 | Schmigadoon! | Dooley Blight | TV | 6.9 | 56 |
| 2021 | The Prince | Owen | TV | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2021 | Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland | Self | TV | 7.4 | 56 |
| 2021 | The Nutcracker and the Mouse King | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 56 |
| 2020 | Briarpatch | Clyde Brattle | TV | 6.7 | 55 |
| 2020 | Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins | Self | Film | — | 55 |
| 2020 | Endgame & Rough for Theatre II | B / Hamm | Film | — | 55 |
| 2020 | The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Alan Cumming | Film | 10.0 | 55 |
| 2020 | Sharon Needles Presents: Mask It or Casket | Film | — | 55 | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 54 |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 54 |
| 2019 | Prodigal Son | Simon Hoxley | TV | 8.1 | 54 |
| 2019 | Today with Jenna & Sheinelle | Self | TV | 3.3 | 54 |
| 2019 | Helpsters | Dancer Dave | TV | 5.0 | 54 |
| 2018 | Show Dogs | Dante (voice) | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 2018 | Instinct | Dylan Reinhart | TV | 6.8 | 53 |
| 2018 | Instinct | TV | 6.8 | 53 | |
| 2018 | Always at The Carlyle | Self | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 2018 | They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Eli Gold | TV | 7.6 | 52 |
| 2017 | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Self | TV | 6.1 | 52 |
| 2017 | Battle of the Sexes | Ted Tinling | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 2017 | Queers. | Steve | TV | 5.6 | 52 |
| 2017 | Queers. | TV | 5.6 | 52 | |
| 2017 | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Self (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 2017 | Michael Jackson's Halloween | Meriwether (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 52 |
| 2017 | After Louie | Sam Cooper | Film | 5.1 | 52 |
| 2017 | Queer as Art | Self | Film | 3.2 | 52 |
| 2016 | Hurricane Bianca | Lawrence Taylor | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV | 6.1 | 50 |
| 2015 | Strange Magic | Bog King (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 50 |
| 2015 | Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder | Self | Film | 2.5 | 50 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 49 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 49 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 49 |
| 2014 | Broad City | Alan Cumming | TV | 7.1 | 49 |
| 2014 | Chu and Blossom | Uncle | Film | 4.0 | 49 |
| 2013 | The Smurfs 2 | Gutsy Smurf (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 2013 | The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow | Gutsy Smurf (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 2013 | Picasso Baby | Self | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 2013 | Muse of Fire | Self | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 2013 | Almost in Love | Hayden | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 2012 | The Outs | Alan Cumming | TV | 6.4 | 47 |
| 2012 | The Outback | Bog (voice) | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 2012 | Any Day Now | Rudy Donatello | Film | 6.9 | 47 |
| 2012 | Urban Secrets | TV | — | 47 | |
| 2012 | Urban Secrets | TV | — | 47 | |
| 2012 | Sir Billi | Gordon the Goat (voice) | Film | 3.2 | 47 |
| 2012 | Maladies | Alan | Film | 5.3 | 47 |
| 2011 | Bubble Guppies | The Glitch (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 2011 | Web Therapy | Austen Clarke | TV | 6.6 | 46 |
| 2011 | The Smurfs | Gutsy Smurf (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 2011 | The Runaway | Desrae | TV | 6.1 | 46 |
| 2011 | The Money Pet | The Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 46 |
| 2010 | Burlesque | Alexis | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 2010 | Jackboots on Whitehall | Hitler / Braveheart (voice) | Film | 4.9 | 45 |
| 2010 | Boogie Woogie | Dewey Dalamanatousis | Film | 5.1 | 45 |
| 2010 | The Tempest | Sebastian | Film | 5.3 | 45 |
| 2010 | Riverworld | Judas Caretaker | Film | 4.7 | 45 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 44 |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Eli Gold | TV | 7.6 | 44 |
| 2009 | It's Complicated | TV Actor (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 2009 | Ptown Diaries | Narrator | Film | — | 44 |
| 2009 | Dare | Grant Matson | Film | 5.6 | 44 |
| 2009 | PoliWood | Self | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 2009 | The Real Cabaret | Self | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 2009 | Victoria Wood: Seen on TV | Film | — | 44 | |
| 2009 | The Mystery of Claywoman | Jon Lauting Phd. | Film | — | 44 |
| 2008 | Web Therapy | Austen Clarke | TV | 7.5 | 43 |
| 2008 | Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack | Self - Hijacker | TV | — | 43 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 2007 | Tin Man | Glitch | TV | 6.7 | 42 |
| 2007 | Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World | Chuck Masters (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2007 | Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World | Zeke (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2007 | Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World | Chuck (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2007 | Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World | Rupert (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2007 | Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World | Chuck (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 42 |
| 2007 | ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Self | Film | 7.2 | 42 |
| 2007 | Gray Matters | Gordy | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 2007 | Suffering Man's Charity | John Vandermark | Film | 4.8 | 42 |
| 2007 | Suffering Man's Charity | Film | 4.8 | 42 | |
| 2007 | Suffering Man's Charity | Film | 4.8 | 42 | |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.4 | 41 |
| 2006 | Me, Eloise | (voice) | TV | 10.0 | 41 |
| 2006 | Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical | Lecturer / Goat-Man / FDR | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 2006 | Motherfucker: A Movie | Self | Film | — | 41 |
| 2006 | Web Junk 20 | TV | 9.3 | 41 | |
| 2006 | Full Grown Men | The Hitchhiker | Film | 5.6 | 41 |
| 2006 | Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema | Self | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 2006 | The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event | Film | 5.5 | 41 | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | King James | TV | 7.6 | 40 |
| 2005 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | Self | TV | 7.2 | 40 |
| 2005 | Son of the Mask | Loki | Film | 4.2 | 40 |
| 2005 | Ripley Under Ground | Jeff Constant | Film | 5.6 | 40 |
| 2005 | Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes: Creating “Son of The Mask” | Self | Film | — | 40 |
| 2005 | Sweet Land | Frandsen | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 2005 | Sweet Land | Film | 6.4 | 40 | |
| 2005 | Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of “Son of The Mask” | Self | Film | — | 40 |
| 2005 | Neverwas | Jake | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 2005 | Bam Bam and Celeste | Eugene | Film | 4.3 | 40 |
| 2005 | Eighteen | Father Chris | Film | 4.5 | 40 |
| 2005 | Playing It Straight | Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 40 |
| 2005 | Bad Blood | Davie Mitchell | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 2004 | The L Word | Billie Blaikie | TV | 7.7 | 39 |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 39 |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 39 |
| 2004 | Garfield | Persnikitty (voice) | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 2004 | Shoebox Zoo | Bruno the Bear (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 39 |
| 2004 | The Goodbye Girl | Mark Bodine | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV | 6.1 | 38 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest Host | TV | 5.3 | 38 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 38 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 38 |
| 2003 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Fegan Floop | Film | 5.1 | 38 |
| 2003 | Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler! | Himself | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 2003 | FX2: Visual Effects | Self | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 2003 | X2 Global Webcast Highlights | Self | Film | 5.7 | 38 |
| 2003 | The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 | Self | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 2003 | X2 | Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton | Self | TV | 5.3 | 37 |
| 2002 | Through the Night with... | Self | TV | 8.3 | 37 |
| 2002 | Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams | Fegan Floop | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 2002 | Nicholas Nickleby | Mr. Folair | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 2002 | Intimate Affairs | Sevy | Film | 4.7 | 37 |
| 2002 | Searching for Debra Winger | Self (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 2002 | Becoming Men | Film | 2.0 | 37 | |
| 2002 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories | Self | Film | 7.7 | 37 |
| 2001 | Spy Kids | Fegan Floop | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 2001 | Josie and the Pussycats | Wyatt Frame | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 2001 | The Anniversary Party | Joe Therrian | Film | 5.6 | 36 |
| 2001 | The Anniversary Party | Film | 5.6 | 36 | |
| 2001 | The Anniversary Party | Film | 5.6 | 36 | |
| 2001 | The Anniversary Party | Film | 5.6 | 36 | |
| 2001 | This is Stanley Baxter | Self | Film | — | 36 |
| 2000 | Get Carter | Jeremy Kinnear | Film | 5.2 | 35 |
| 2000 | God, the Devil and Bob | The Devil (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 35 |
| 2000 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | The Great Gazoo / Mick Jagged | Film | 4.8 | 35 |
| 2000 | Loser | Alan Cumming / Emcee (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 35 |
| 2000 | Company Man | General Batista | Film | 5.1 | 35 |
| 2000 | Urbania | Brett | Film | 5.5 | 35 |
| 2000 | For My Baby | Daniel Orgelbrand | Film | 3.8 | 35 |
| 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | Desk Clerk | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1999 | Plunkett & Macleane | Lord Rochester | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1999 | Titus | Saturninus | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1999 | Annie | Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Oscar | TV | 7.4 | 33 |
| 1997 | Spice World | Piers | Film | 4.9 | 32 |
| 1997 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Sandy Frink | Film | 6.2 | 32 |
| 1997 | Bathtime | Wrigley | Film | 5.8 | 32 |
| 1997 | Buddy | Dick Croner | Film | 5.0 | 32 |
| 1997 | EP Daily | TV | — | 32 | |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 31 |
| 1996 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Angus 'The Hole' McDuff | TV | 7.5 | 31 |
| 1996 | Emma | Mr. Elton | Film | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1996 | Burn Your Phone | Andy | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 1996 | Burn Your Phone | Film | 10.0 | 31 | |
| 1995 | GoldenEye | Boris Grishenko | Film | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1995 | Circle of Friends | Sean Walsh | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1995 | Goldeneye: The Secret Files | Self | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1995 | Ghosts | Philip | TV | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1995 | GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast | Self | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1994 | Gargoyles | John Castaway (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 29 |
| 1994 | Black Beauty | Black Beauty (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1994 | The High Life | Sebastian Flight | TV | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1994 | The High Life | TV | 6.6 | 29 | |
| 1994 | The High Life | TV | 6.6 | 29 | |
| 1994 | Second Best | Bernard | Film | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1994 | That Sunday | Film | 7.3 | 29 | |
| 1994 | Butter | Ronnie | Film | 8.7 | 29 |
| 1994 | Butter | Film | 8.7 | 29 | |
| 1994 | Butter | Film | 8.7 | 29 | |
| 1993 | Frasier | Ahmrit | TV | 7.7 | 28 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1993 | Cabaret | Emcee | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1993 | Rik Mayall Presents | Greg Deane | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1993 | The Airzone Solution | MacNamara | Film | 5.3 | 28 |
| 1993 | Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love | Greg Deane | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1992 | The Last Romantics | Tulloch | Film | — | 27 |
| 1992 | Dread Poets' Society | Shelley | Film | — | 27 |
| 1992 | Prague | Alexander Novak | Film | 6.4 | 27 |
| 1991 | Bernard and the Genie | Bernard Bottle | Film | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 25 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Loki (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1989 | Conquest of the South Pole | Film | 8.0 | 24 | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 23 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Percy Bysshe Shelley | TV | 6.0 | 21 |
| 1986 | Passing Glory | Rab | Film | — | 21 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Tulloch | TV | 7.1 | 20 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Andy | TV | 7.1 | 20 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Alexander Novak | TV | 7.1 | 20 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | TV | 7.1 | 20 | |
| 1984 | Travelling Man | Jamie | TV | 6.5 | 19 |
| 1983 | Taggart | Jamie McCormack | TV | 6.4 | 18 |
| 1980 | Masterpiece Mystery | Self - Host | TV | 6.3 | 15 |
| 1979 | Question Time | Self - Panellist | TV | 5.9 | 14 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 10 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 6 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host | TV | — | 8 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 8 |
| 1949 | The BAFTA Awards | Host | TV | 10.0 | 15 |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards | Self | TV | 7.9 | 15 |
| Rhona Who Lives by the River | Hamish | TV | — | — | |
| Treasure Trekkers | (voice) | Film | — | — | |
| Death Do Us Part | Film | — | — | ||
| Romy and Michele 2 | Sandy Frink | Film | — | — | |
| Run | Steve | Film | — | — | |
| Borges and Me | Film | — | — | ||
| The Diary | Film | — | — | ||
| Lunch Hour | Film | — | — | ||
| The Naturalized | Self | Film | — | — |