History Creator / AlanCumming

* RuleOfSeanConnery: Must be a recurring thing with Scottish actors.

'''Alan Cumming''' (born on January 27, 1965) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor, singer, writer, director, producer and author. He's best known for his roles as Nightcrawler in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', Fegan Floop in the ''Film/SpyKids'' movie series, and Boris Grishenko in ''Film/GoldenEye''.

His stage appearances include ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', the Broadway revival of ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'' and ''Theatre/DesignForLiving''. In 2000 he directed ''The Anniversary Party'', in which he starred along with Jennifer Jason Leigh. In 2002 he wrote a novel, ''Tommy's Tale''. He currently stars as Eli Gold in ''Series/TheGoodWife'' and is the current host of ''[[{{Series/Masterpiece}} Masterpiece Mystery]]'' on Creator/{{PBS}}.

* DyeingForYourArt: Quite often, the most prominent example in ''X2''. He had his limits, apparently; even in the behind-the-scenes footage, he stated he couldn't go through the makeup process again for the next film. This trope was the main reason he did not reprise the role for ''The Last Stand''.
* FakeNationality: Constantly. As a Scotsman he's played an American, a Brit (an American pretending to be a Brit), a German and a Russian just to name a few.

* ''Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion'' (1998)

* KnightFever: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire Order of the British Empire]].

'''Alan Cumming''' (born on January 27, 1965) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor, singer, writer, director, producer and author. He's best known for his roles as Nightcrawler in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', Fegan Floop in the ''Film/SpyKids'' movie series, and Boris Grishenko in ''Film/GoldenEye''

* ''RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion'' (1998)

* ''JosieAndThePussycats'' (2001)
* ''NicholasNickleby'' (2003)

* ''Titus'' (1999)

* ComicallyMissingThePoint/ ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: He demanded a retraction re: a Wall Street Journal article that [[http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/segments/4916 that suggested]] that he wore a [[BiggusDickus codpiece]] as the Emcee.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint/ ITakeOffenseWithThatLastOne: He demanded a retraction re: a Wall Street Journal article that [[http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/segments/4916 that suggested]] that he wore a [[BiggusDickus codpiece]] as the Emcee.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint/ITakeOffenseWithThatLastOne: He demanded a retraction re: a Wall Street Journal article that [[http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/segments/4916 that suggested]] that he wore a [[BiggusDickus codpiece]] as the Emcee.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: He demanded a retraction re: a Wall Street Journal article that [[http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/segments/4916 that suggested]] that he wore a [[BiggusDickus codpiece]] as the Emcee.

* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: He demanded a retraction re: a Wall Street Journal article that [[http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/segments/4916 that suggested]] that he wore a [[BiggusDickus codpiece]] as the Emcee.

His stage appearances include ''{{Hamlet}}'', the Broadway revival of ''{{Cabaret}}'' and ''DesignForLiving''. In 2000 he directed ''The Anniversary Party'', in which he starred along with Jennifer Jason Leigh. In 2002 he wrote a novel, ''Tommy's Tale''. He currently stars as Eli Gold in ''TheGoodWife'' and is the current host of [[MasterpieceTheatre Masterpiece Mystery]] on Creator/{{PBS}}.

* SelfDeprecatingHumor: At his own last name, in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmdJEjJxYOY this]] cologne commercial.
** And yes it [[http://cbihateperfume.com/shop/2nd-alan-cumming/ actually exists]].

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* SelfDeprecatingHumor: At his own last name, in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmdJEjJxYOY this]] fake cologne commercial.

'''Alan Cumming''' (born in 1965) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor, singer, writer, director, producer and author. He's best known for his roles as Nightcrawler in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', Fegan Floop in the ''Film/SpyKids'' movie series, and Boris Grishenko in ''Film/GoldenEye''

* ''Film/GoldenEye''
* ''Film/SpiceWorld''
* ''RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion''
* ''EyesWideShut''
* ''Titus''

* ''Film/SpyKids''
* ''JosieAndThePussycats''
* ''Film/X2XMenUnited''
* ''Film/{{Burlesque}}''
* ''Series/TinMan''

Alan Cumming (born in 1965) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor, singer, writer, director, producer and author. He's best known for his roles as Nightcrawler in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', Fegan Floop in the ''Film/SpyKids'' movie series, and Boris Grishenko in ''Film/GoldenEye''