Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965 in Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross), is a Scottish actor of stage and screen, best known for his performance in the film GoldenEye as Boris Grishenko, his role as Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United and his stage performance as the Emcee in Cabaret.

Biography

---

A descendant of Utah governor Alfred Cumming , after graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1985, Cumming appeared in a six part series on British television called Shadow of the Stone with Shirley Henderson in 1986. In 1991, he played the lead in a BBC Christmas special, Bernard and the Genie opposite Lenny Henry, and in 1993 appeared as a villain in the BBV video The Airzone Solution. The following year, he starred as airline steward Sebastian Flight in the Scottish sitcom, The High Life, which he wrote (along with the theme tune) with co-star Forbes Masson.

Cumming has often been utilised as a character actor — he was the hedonistic Lord Rochester in Plunkett and Macleane (1997) as well as the evil scientist Fegan Floop in Spy Kids and its sequels, directed by Robert Rodriguez. He was one half of Victor and Barry with Forbes Masson, a comedy act revolving around two members of a Glasgow amateur theatre group.

More on [ Alan Cumming ]

Cumming, Alan - Twitter Search

@marchinko love alan cumming..love that we went to the geffen..and honey?..I have NO IDEA xoxoxoxox
sarahpaulson (sarah paulson) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:11:40 -0000
@marchinko love alan cumming..love that we went to the geffen..and honey?..I have NO IDEA xoxoxoxox
KAHDKAAKJSGA JUST SAW ALAN CUMMING IN THE WESTWOOD VILLAGE
eugenetapdance (Eugene Tapdance) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:09:35 -0000
KAHDKAAKJSGA JUST SAW ALAN CUMMING IN THE WESTWOOD VILLAGE
Actor Alan Cumming is Performing at the Geffen http://bit.ly/4Z9xwH
LAKompany (LA Kompany) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:48:09 -0000
Actor Alan Cumming is Performing at the Geffen http://bit.ly/4Z9xwH
Almost ran over Alan Cumming.
nickr78 (Nick Rheinwald) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:15:42 -0000
Almost ran over Alan Cumming.
@Marri http://bohemea.tumblr.com/post/285341809 Alan Cumming is the best.
superfoo (brianna) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:00:35 -0000
@Marri http://bohemea.tumblr.com/post/285341809 Alan Cumming is the best.
It's weird to think that ten years ago, Michael Hall was basically just the Kyle Dean Massey to Alan Cumming's Aaron Tveit.
scamandalous (Amanda Sales) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:24:03 -0000
It's weird to think that ten years ago, Michael Hall was basically just the Kyle Dean Massey to Alan Cumming's Aaron Tveit.

Subscribe to Cumming,_Alan RSS feed