Alan Cumming Biography
Alan Cumming is a Scottish actor who has won a BAFTA, an Emmy, two Tony Awards, and an Olivier Award. In Cabaret, he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance in Accidental Death of an Anarchist.
How old is Alan Cumming? – Age
He is 58 years old as of 27 January 2023. He was born in 1965 in Aberfeldy, United Kingdom.
Alan Cumming Family – Education
His mother, Mary Darling, worked as an insurance company secretary, and his father, Alex Cumming, was the head forester of Panmure Estate, which Cumming grew up on near Carnoustie on Scotland’s east coast. He has called the situation as “feudal.” He has a six-year-old brother, Tom, as well as a niece and two nephews. His brother works as a property manager in Southampton, England. Cumming went to Monikie Primary and Carnoustie High Schools.
Alan Cumming Partner – Children
Cumming is a bisexual man. His marriage to actress Hilary Lyon lasted eight years, he had a two-year romance with actress Saffron Burrows, and he had a six-year relationship with theatrical director Nick Philippou. Cumming remarked in 2006 that he “would dearly like to adopt a child,” but that his life was “too hectic” for child rearing.
Cumming and his boyfriend, illustrator Grant Shaffer, dated for two years before marrying on January 7, 2007, at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London. On the fifth anniversary of their London union, Cumming and Shaffer legally married in New York on January 7, 2012.
Alan Cumming Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Alan Cumming Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet, 10 inches (1.78 m).
Alan Cumming The Good Wife
He appeared as Eli Gold, Peter Florrick’s campaign strategist and crisis manager in the American legal and political drama television series The Good Wife. Eli advises Peter about a possible comeback to office. His management approach is straightforward, even unpleasant. Eli is politically adept and does not squander time on formalities. Eli is divorced from his wife, Vanessa Gold, who also has political ambitions, and has a daughter, Marissa, who is vocal like her mother and has a good relationship with her father.
Eli believes that gaining Peter’s wife Alicia’s backing is critical to whatever goals he may have, but he quickly finds that Alicia is no pushover and that his regular wife-coddling ways will not work. He appears to respect Alicia’s boundaries, notably those concerning her children Zach and Grace. Eli has discussed joining Diane Lockhart and Will Gardner’s organization in some capacity as a top political adviser who is also a specialist in damage management.
Eli appears to be truly invested in Peter Florrick and respects both him and Alicia, despite the fact that she is frequently a maddening riddle to him. He has a brief romance with Natalie Flores, a student who formerly worked as a nanny for Wendy Scott-Carr. Eli reveals details about Natalie’s status as an illegal immigrant to the press, but as he gets to know her, he appears to regret this and eventually helps her gain a job as an intern at Lockhart & Gardner. The portrayal of Gold by Cumming has been compared to Rahm Emanuel.
Alan Cumming Instinct
He appeared as Dylan Reinhart in the American police procedural drama television series Instinct. Dylan is a novelist, a psychology professor, and a former CIA paramilitary officer who now consults with the NYPD on unusual cases.
Dr. Dylan Reinhart, an author, university lecturer, and former CIA paramilitary operator, is drawn back to his old life by New York police detective Elizabeth Needham, who wants his help to stop a serial killer who is using Reinhart’s book as motivation for killings.
Alan Cumming Schmigadoon!
In season 2 of the American musical comedy television series Schmigadoon!, he appeared as Mayor Aloysius Menlove, the closeted gay mayor of Schmigadoon, and as Dooley Blight, a butcher and Jenny Banks’ father; based on the title character of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Melissa and Josh, two New York doctors, embark on a backpacking trip to mend their romance in the first season. They stumble upon Schmigadoon, a magical hamlet locked in a Golden Age-style musical. They must discover “true love” in order to leave town. In season 2, they become bored with their lifestyles and seek Schmigadoon, but instead find themselves in Schmicago, a world that pays ironic homage to 1960s and 1970s musicals. Schmicago is a parody of the 1975 musical Chicago. The final episode alludes to later musical trends.
Alan Cumming Movies
♦ 2009 – Boogie Woogie
♦ 2010 – The Tempest
♦ 2011 – The Smurfs
♦ 2012 – Sir Billi
♦ 2013 – The Smurfs 2
♦ 2014 – Chu and Blossom
♦ 2015 – Strange Magic
♦ 2016 – Hurricane Bianca
♦ 2017 – After Louie
♦ 2018 – Show Dogs
♦ 2022 – My Old School
♦ 2023 – Genie
Alan Cumming TV Shows
♦ 2007–2009 – Rick & Steve the Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
♦ 2007 – Tin Man
♦ 2010 – Riverworld
♦ 2010–2016 – The Good Wife
♦ 2011 – The Runaway
♦ 2011–2015 – Web Therapy
♦ 2013 – Arthur
♦ 2014 – Dora the Explorer
♦ 2015 – 69th Tony Awards
♦ 2017 – Queers
♦ 2018–2019 – Instinct
♦ 2018 – Doctor Who
♦ 2019 – Broad City
♦ 2020 – Briarpatch
♦ 2021 – Prodigal Son
♦ 2021–present – Schmigadoon!
♦ 2021, 2022 – Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
♦ 2022 – Bubble Guppies
♦ 2022–2023 – Abominable and the Invisible City
♦ 2023 – The Traitors