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Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming FRSE (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish actor. His London stage work includes Hamlet, the Maniac in Accidental Death of an Anarchist (for which he won an Olivier Award), the lead in Bent, The National Theatre of Scotland's The Bacchae and Samuel Beckett's Endgame at The Old Vic, opposite Daniel Radcliffe. On Broadway, he has appeared in The Threepenny Opera, as the master of ceremonies in Cabaret (for which he won a Tony Award), Design for Living, and a one-man adaptation of Macbeth.

Alan Cumming

Cumming in 2013
Born (1965-01-27) 27 January 1965 (age 58)
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States (2008–present)
EducationRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • singer
Years active1980–present
Political partyScottish National Party
Spouses
  • Hilary Lyon
    (m. 1985; div. 1993)
  • Grant Shaffer
    (m. 2007)
AwardsFull list
Websitewww.alancumming.com

Cumming's early films include GoldenEye (1995) and Emma (1996). He then played Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy (2001–2003), Nightcrawler in X2 (2003), and Loki in Son of the Mask (2005). On television, Cumming is best known for his role in the CBS series The Good Wife (2010–2016), for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Satellite Award. More recently, Cumming starred in the CBS series Instinct (2018–2019) and the Apple TV+ series Schmigadoon! (2021),

Cumming has written a novel, Tommy's Tale (2002), an autobiography, Not My Father's Son: A Memoir (2014), and a topical memoir, Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life (2019).[1][2] He had a cable talk show called Eavesdropping with Alan Cumming and produced a line of perfumed products labelled "Cumming". He has also contributed opinion pieces to many publications and performed the cabaret shows I Bought a Blue Car Today and Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs. In 2022, he received a Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer of the musical A Strange Loop.[3]

Early life

Cumming was born on 27 January 1965 in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland.[4] His mother, Mary Darling, was an insurance company secretary and his father, Alex Cumming, was the head forester of Panmure Estate, which is located near Carnoustie, on the east coast of Scotland, and is where Cumming grew up.[5] He has described the environment as "feudal".[6] He has a brother, Tom, who is six years older,[6] and a niece and two nephews. His brother is a property manager in Southampton, England.[6] Cumming attended Monikie Primary School and Carnoustie High School.[7]

In his autobiography Not My Father's Son, Cumming describes the emotional and physical violence his father inflicted on him in his childhood.[8][9][10] His mother found it impossible to obtain a divorce until she was financially independent.[6] Cumming said that, after his early 20s, he did not have any communication with his father until just before the filming of his episode of the series Who Do You Think You Are? He then found out his father had believed that Cumming was not his biological son.[6] Later, Cumming and his brother took DNA tests that proved they were indeed his biological children.[8]

Cumming said that his difficult childhood taught him how to act by "needing to suppress my own emotions and feelings around him [his father] when I was a little boy".[11]

Film

Cumming made his film debut in Gillies MacKinnon's short film Passing Glory in 1986. His feature film debut came in 1992 when he starred alongside Sandrine Bonnaire and Bruno Ganz in Ian Sellar's Prague, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and earned him the Best Actor award at the Atlantic Film Festival and a Scottish BAFTA Best Actor nomination. American audiences first saw him portraying the smarmy Sean Walsh, an unwanted suitor of Minnie Driver's character, in Circle of Friends, an Irish film released in 1995. Also in 1995 he played Boris Ivanovih Grishenko in the James Bond film GoldenEye.[12] He also played Mr. Elton in Emma in 1996.

His first film in the United States was 1997's Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, playing Sandy Frink opposite Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino. Cumming had a minor role in Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut (1996), as a hotel clerk who humorously flirts with Tom Cruise's character; according to Cumming, he was required to go through six auditions for the role.[13] Cumming co-wrote, co-directed, co-produced and co-starred in the ensemble film The Anniversary Party with friend and former Cabaret co-star Jennifer Jason Leigh in 2001.[14]

In 2022, Cumming appeared in My Old School, a documentary about the case of Brandon Lee, a 32-year-old man exposed in 1995 as having attended a Scottish secondary school in the guise of a 17-year-old. Cumming appeared as an avatar for Lee, who did not want to appear on camera for the film, lip syncing to audio of his interviews. Cumming had previously planned to play Lee in a theatrical production in the late 90s which failed to materialize.[15]

Television

United Kingdom

In 1984, Cumming made his television debut in ITV Granada's Travelling Man, before going on to appear later in the 1980s in the Scottish Television series Take the High Road, Taggart and Shadow of the Stone. His breakthrough role was as Bernard Bottle in the Christmas 1991 BBC comedy Bernard and the Genie, a Richard Curtis-scripted film in which he starred alongside Lenny Henry and Rowan Atkinson. He also featured in a comic relief sketch in 1993 on the popular UK television show Blind Date with Atkinson playing Mr. Bean.[16] Cumming went on to star as flight attendant Sebastian Flight in the BBC2 sitcom The High Life in 1995. The series was written by Cumming and co-star Forbes Masson, continuing an acting-writing partnership the two had developed since their drama school days. Also in 1995, Cumming appeared in the series Ghosts.

Cumming returned to British television screens in 2011 to star as Desrae, a crossdresser, on the Sky series The Runaway. He has also made several documentaries: My Brilliant Britain, about Scottish humour, The Real Cabaret in which he investigated the Weimar cabaret artistes, and the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are? in 2010 in which he discovered his maternal grandfather was a war hero who had died playing Russian roulette.[6]

In 2018, he played King James on the eleventh series of Doctor Who.[17]

Starting in 2022, Cumming partnered with British-Australian actress Miriam Margolyes in a television series entitled Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland. The series follows the pair as they travel in a motorhome and explore Scotland.

United States

 
Cumming performing at benefit concert for the Ali Forney Center in 2010

Cumming introduced Masterpiece Mystery! for PBS, beginning in 2008.

He played Eli Gold on the CBS television show The Good Wife. He appeared as a guest star in the latter third of the first season, becoming a series regular in the show's 2010–2011 season.[18]

In 2016, NBC's 1st Look visited Scotland for a special episode, featuring Alan Cumming. It featured areas of the country that are important to Cumming, and showcased Scotland through his eyes. The show was named Best Lifestyle Programme at the Emmys' 60th annual awards ceremony at New York's Marriott Marquis Broadway Ballroom.[19]

Alan Cumming was cast as the lead character in the CBS series Instinct, an academic seeking to help the NYPD solve crimes.[20]

In 2021, he played Mayor Aloysius Menlove, the closeted small-town mayor of Schmigadoon, in the Apple TV+ comedy musical series Schmigadoon![21]

Theatre

Cumming began his theatre career in his native Scotland, performing in seasons with the Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, Dundee Rep, The Tron Glasgow and tours with Borderline, Theatre Workshop and Glasgow Citizens' TAG. He played Slupianek in the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh's 1988 production of Conquest of the South Pole, which later transferred to the Royal Court in London and earned him an Olivier Award nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. He went on to perform plays with the Bristol Old Vic and the Royal Shakespeare Company and played Valere in La Bete at the Lyric, Hammersmith, London. In 1991 he played The Madman in the 1990 Royal National Theatre production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo, for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance.[22][23][24] He also adapted the play with director Tim Supple. In 1993 he received great critical acclaim and the TMA Best Actor award for playing the title role in the 1993 English Touring Theatre's Hamlet (playing opposite his then-wife, Hilary Lyon, in the role of Ophelia). He played the role of The Master of Ceremonies in Sam Mendes's 1993 revival of the musical Cabaret in London's West End opposite Jane Horrocks as Sally Bowles. He received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. He reprised the role in 1998 for the Mendes-Rob Marshall Broadway revival, this time opposite Natasha Richardson as Sally Bowles. He won a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for his performance.[25]

Other US stage roles include Otto in the 2001 Broadway production of Design for Living by Noël Coward and Mack the Knife in the Bertolt Brecht-Kurt Weill musical The Threepenny Opera opposite Cyndi Lauper. Cumming performed alongside Dianne Wiest in Classic Stage Company's production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, directed by Viacheslav Dolgachev. In 2002, Cumming and then-boyfriend Nick Philippou formed the production company The Art Party. The company's first and only play was the first English production of Jean Genet's play Elle, which Cumming had adapted from a literal translation by Terri Gordon. The company closed in 2003.

In 2006, he returned to the West End playing the lead role in Bent, a play about homosexuals in Germany under the Nazis. In 2007, he took the lead role in the National Theatre of Scotland's production of The Bacchae, directed by John Tiffany, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in August, transferring to the Lyric Theatre in London and then to Lincoln Center, New York, winning him the Herald Archangel award.

He collaborated again with Tiffany and the National Theatre of Scotland in 2012, playing all the roles in Macbeth. He brought this critically acclaimed[26][27] production of Macbeth to New York's Lincoln Center in 2012 and to a 73-show Broadway engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 2013. Macbeth concluded its run on Broadway on 14 July 2013.[28]

In 2014, he returned again to Broadway to star in Roundabout Theater Company's revival production of Cabaret, directed again by Sam Mendes.[29] Starring opposite Michelle Williams, Cabaret opened 24 April 2014 and closed 29 March 2015. The run was extended originally from its 24-week engagement. The role of Sally changed during the production, when Williams left, to include Emma Stone and Sienna Miller.

In 2020, he played in Endgame at the Old Vic, co-starring with Daniel Radcliffe.[30]

In August 2022, he played Robert Burns in one-man dance show called Burn as part of the 75th Edinburgh international festival (EIF).[31]

Other work

 
Cumming in the gallery art work "Sliphost"

Cumming's novel, Tommy's Tale, was published in 2002.[32] He has also written articles for magazines, notably as a contributing editor for Marie Claire, writing on the haute couture shows in Paris, as well as what it was like for him dressing as a woman for a day. He also contributed articles to Newsweek, Modern Painters, Out, Black Book and The Wall Street Journal. He has written introductions and prefaces to various books, including the works of Nancy Mitford, Andy Warhol and Christopher Isherwood, and wrote a chapter of If You Had Five Minutes with the President, a collection of 55+ essays by members or supporters of The Creative Coalition.[33] In September 2017, Cumming and promoter Daniel Nardicio opened a bar in Manhattan's East Village called Club Cumming.[34][35]

  • Cumming recorded a duet of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" with Liza Minnelli to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and 11 September Fund.
  • In 2005, he released an award-winning fragrance called "Cumming" and a related line of scented bath lotion and body wash. A second fragrance was launched in 2011, named "Second (Alan) Cumming", with all proceeds going to charity.[36]
  • On 1 September 2009, Cumming released his first solo album based around his one-man show, I Bought a Blue Car Today.[37]
  • In 2012, he narrated the audiobook Macbeth: A Novel, written by A.J. Hartley and David Hewson. The novel greatly expands upon the themes established in the play.[38]
  • On 10 April 2012, he released the single "Someone Like the Edge of Firework"[39]
  • In 2012, he launched his photography career with his first exhibition Alan Cumming Snaps.[40]
  • In July 2012, Cumming presented Urban Secrets on Sky Atlantic and the Travel Channel where he uncovers hidden secrets in various urban areas including London and Brighton.
  • In October 2013, Cumming appeared in the music video for "City of Angels" by Thirty Seconds to Mars.[41]
  • In 2014, Cumming was a supporter and activist for the Scottish 'Yes' campaign in the run-up to Scotland's referendum on independence in September 2014.[6]
  • In October 2014, Cumming and the Broadway cast of Cabaret collected donations for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS during the "Gypsy of the Year" fundraising season.[42]
  • In 2014, he published his autobiography, Not My Father's Son, which deals with both his experiences growing up with an abusive father and the discoveries he made about his maternal grandfather's life while filming Who Do You Think You Are?
  • On 7 June 2015, Cumming co-hosted the 69th annual Tony Awards alongside Kristin Chenoweth.
  • On 5 February 2016, Cumming released his second full-length album, recorded live at New York City's Café Carlyle, Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs: Live at the Cafe Carlyle.[43] He toured an aptly styled, intimate, cabaret-like live stage production following his success with the Carlyle recording. In November 2016, PBS aired a filming of his show Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs from The Smith Center in Las Vegas.[44]
  • In June 2021, Cumming was artistic director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, as announced in June 2020.[45]

Other activities

 
Cumming with Dick Leitsch

Cumming has promoted LGBT rights, MC-ing and attending fundraisers for organisations such as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), and taking part in an Equality Network video campaign, from New York, promoting the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Scotland.[46] Cumming also supports several AIDS charities, including the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR) and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and is also a patron of NORM-UK, an English-registered charity concerned with foreskin health and matters related to circumcision; he has condemned the practice of routine infant circumcision, particularly in the United States, where it is common.[47][48]

Recognition and honours

In March 2005, Cumming received the Vito Russo Award at the 16th Annual GLAAD Media Awards for outstanding contributions toward eliminating homophobia.[49] In July of the same year, he was presented with the HRC's Humanitarian Award in San Francisco, also for his LGBT public stance. In November 2006, Cumming received a Doctor of Arts honorary degree from the University of Abertay Dundee, and in 2015 he received a honorary degree from the Open University.[50] He also is a patron of the Scottish Youth Theatre, Scotland's National Theatre "for and by" young people.

Cumming was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours for services to film, theatre and the arts and to activism for equal rights for the gay and lesbian community in the United States.[51][52][53] On 27 January 2023, his 58th birthday, Cumming announced via his Instagram page that he had decided to return his OBE due to "misgivings I have being associated with the toxicity of empire".[50]

Cumming has also been honoured for his activism and humanitarian work by organisations such as the Trevor Project and the Matthew Shepard Foundation.[20]

Personal life

Cumming is bisexual.[54] His relationships include an eight-year marriage to actress Hilary Lyon, a two-year relationship with actress Saffron Burrows and a six-year relationship with theatre director Nick Philippou.[9] In 2006, Cumming stated that he "would dearly like to adopt a child", but that his life was "too hectic" for the rearing of children.[55]

As of 1999 he was living in Manhattan with his partner, illustrator Grant Shaffer.[56] The couple dated for two years before becoming civil partners at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London, on 7 January 2007.[57] Cumming and Shaffer legally married in New York on 7 January 2012, the fifth anniversary of their London union.[58]

On 7 November 2008, Cumming became a dual-national and was sworn in as a citizen of the United States at a ceremony in New York City.[59][60]

Cumming has stated that since 2012 he has maintained a vegan lifestyle.[61] PETA awarded him its Humanitarian Award in 2017.[62]

He is a supporter of the Scottish National Party and Scottish independence.[63] Cumming endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2016 US presidential election.[64]

Cumming is an atheist.[65]

Bibliography

  • Tommy's Tale: A Novel. New York: ReganBooks, 2002. ISBN 978-0-060-39444-8.
  • May the foreskin be with you : why circumcision doesn't make sense and what you can do about it.. Magnus Books, 2012. ISBN 978-1-936-83339-9
  • Not My Father's Son: A Memoir. New York: Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow Publishers, 2014. ISBN 978-0-062-22506-1.
  • You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures. New York: Rizzoli New York. 2016. ISBN 9780847849000. OCLC 939994490.
  • The Adventures of Honey & Leon By: Alan Cumming, Illustrated by: Grant Shaffer ISBN 978-0-399-55797-2[66]
  • Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life, a topical memoir, 2019. Scrollable preview. Iron Press.[2]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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Alan Cumming FRSE born 27 January 1965 is a Scottish actor His London stage work includes Hamlet the Maniac in Accidental Death of an Anarchist for which he won an Olivier Award the lead in Bent The National Theatre of Scotland s The Bacchae and Samuel Beckett s Endgame at The Old Vic opposite Daniel Radcliffe On Broadway he has appeared in The Threepenny Opera as the master of ceremonies in Cabaret for which he won a Tony Award Design for Living and a one man adaptation of Macbeth Alan CummingFRSECumming in 2013Born 1965 01 27 27 January 1965 age 58 Aberfeldy Perthshire ScotlandCitizenshipUnited KingdomUnited States 2008 present EducationRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and DramaOccupationsActorwritersingerYears active1980 presentPolitical partyScottish National PartySpousesHilary Lyon m 1985 div 1993 wbr Grant Shaffer m 2007 wbr AwardsFull listWebsitewww wbr alancumming wbr comCumming s early films include GoldenEye 1995 and Emma 1996 He then played Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy 2001 2003 Nightcrawler in X2 2003 and Loki in Son of the Mask 2005 On television Cumming is best known for his role in the CBS series The Good Wife 2010 2016 for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards two Screen Actors Guild Awards two Golden Globe Awards and a Satellite Award More recently Cumming starred in the CBS series Instinct 2018 2019 and the Apple TV series Schmigadoon 2021 Cumming has written a novel Tommy s Tale 2002 an autobiography Not My Father s Son A Memoir 2014 and a topical memoir Baggage Tales from a Fully Packed Life 2019 1 2 He had a cable talk show called Eavesdropping with Alan Cumming and produced a line of perfumed products labelled Cumming He has also contributed opinion pieces to many publications and performed the cabaret shows I Bought a Blue Car Today and Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs In 2022 he received a Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer of the musical A Strange Loop 3 Contents 1 Early life 2 Film 3 Television 3 1 United Kingdom 3 2 United States 4 Theatre 5 Other work 6 Other activities 7 Recognition and honours 8 Personal life 9 Bibliography 10 Filmography 11 Awards and nominations 12 References 13 External linksEarly life EditCumming was born on 27 January 1965 in Aberfeldy Perthshire Scotland 4 His mother Mary Darling was an insurance company secretary and his father Alex Cumming was the head forester of Panmure Estate which is located near Carnoustie on the east coast of Scotland and is where Cumming grew up 5 He has described the environment as feudal 6 He has a brother Tom who is six years older 6 and a niece and two nephews His brother is a property manager in Southampton England 6 Cumming attended Monikie Primary School and Carnoustie High School 7 In his autobiography Not My Father s Son Cumming describes the emotional and physical violence his father inflicted on him in his childhood 8 9 10 His mother found it impossible to obtain a divorce until she was financially independent 6 Cumming said that after his early 20s he did not have any communication with his father until just before the filming of his episode of the series Who Do You Think You Are He then found out his father had believed that Cumming was not his biological son 6 Later Cumming and his brother took DNA tests that proved they were indeed his biological children 8 Cumming said that his difficult childhood taught him how to act by needing to suppress my own emotions and feelings around him his father when I was a little boy 11 Film EditCumming made his film debut in Gillies MacKinnon s short film Passing Glory in 1986 His feature film debut came in 1992 when he starred alongside Sandrine Bonnaire and Bruno Ganz in Ian Sellar s Prague which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and earned him the Best Actor award at the Atlantic Film Festival and a Scottish BAFTA Best Actor nomination American audiences first saw him portraying the smarmy Sean Walsh an unwanted suitor of Minnie Driver s character in Circle of Friends an Irish film released in 1995 Also in 1995 he played Boris Ivanovih Grishenko in the James Bond film GoldenEye 12 He also played Mr Elton in Emma in 1996 His first film in the United States was 1997 s Romy and Michele s High School Reunion playing Sandy Frink opposite Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino Cumming had a minor role in Stanley Kubrick s final film Eyes Wide Shut 1996 as a hotel clerk who humorously flirts with Tom Cruise s character according to Cumming he was required to go through six auditions for the role 13 Cumming co wrote co directed co produced and co starred in the ensemble film The Anniversary Party with friend and former Cabaret co star Jennifer Jason Leigh in 2001 14 In 2022 Cumming appeared in My Old School a documentary about the case of Brandon Lee a 32 year old man exposed in 1995 as having attended a Scottish secondary school in the guise of a 17 year old Cumming appeared as an avatar for Lee who did not want to appear on camera for the film lip syncing to audio of his interviews Cumming had previously planned to play Lee in a theatrical production in the late 90s which failed to materialize 15 Television EditUnited Kingdom Edit In 1984 Cumming made his television debut in ITV Granada s Travelling Man before going on to appear later in the 1980s in the Scottish Television series Take the High Road Taggart and Shadow of the Stone His breakthrough role was as Bernard Bottle in the Christmas 1991 BBC comedy Bernard and the Genie a Richard Curtis scripted film in which he starred alongside Lenny Henry and Rowan Atkinson He also featured in a comic relief sketch in 1993 on the popular UK television show Blind Date with Atkinson playing Mr Bean 16 Cumming went on to star as flight attendant Sebastian Flight in the BBC2 sitcom The High Life in 1995 The series was written by Cumming and co star Forbes Masson continuing an acting writing partnership the two had developed since their drama school days Also in 1995 Cumming appeared in the series Ghosts Cumming returned to British television screens in 2011 to star as Desrae a crossdresser on the Sky series The Runaway He has also made several documentaries My Brilliant Britain about Scottish humour The Real Cabaret in which he investigated the Weimar cabaret artistes and the BBC s Who Do You Think You Are in 2010 in which he discovered his maternal grandfather was a war hero who had died playing Russian roulette 6 In 2018 he played King James on the eleventh series of Doctor Who 17 Starting in 2022 Cumming partnered with British Australian actress Miriam Margolyes in a television series entitled Miriam and Alan Lost in Scotland The series follows the pair as they travel in a motorhome and explore Scotland United States Edit Cumming performing at benefit concert for the Ali Forney Center in 2010 Cumming introduced Masterpiece Mystery for PBS beginning in 2008 He played Eli Gold on the CBS television show The Good Wife He appeared as a guest star in the latter third of the first season becoming a series regular in the show s 2010 2011 season 18 In 2016 NBC s 1st Look visited Scotland for a special episode featuring Alan Cumming It featured areas of the country that are important to Cumming and showcased Scotland through his eyes The show was named Best Lifestyle Programme at the Emmys 60th annual awards ceremony at New York s Marriott Marquis Broadway Ballroom 19 Alan Cumming was cast as the lead character in the CBS series Instinct an academic seeking to help the NYPD solve crimes 20 In 2021 he played Mayor Aloysius Menlove the closeted small town mayor of Schmigadoon in the Apple TV comedy musical series Schmigadoon 21 Theatre EditCumming began his theatre career in his native Scotland performing in seasons with the Royal Lyceum Edinburgh Dundee Rep The Tron Glasgow and tours with Borderline Theatre Workshop and Glasgow Citizens TAG He played Slupianek in the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh s 1988 production of Conquest of the South Pole which later transferred to the Royal Court in London and earned him an Olivier Award nomination as Most Promising Newcomer He went on to perform plays with the Bristol Old Vic and the Royal Shakespeare Company and played Valere in La Bete at the Lyric Hammersmith London In 1991 he played The Madman in the 1990 Royal National Theatre production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance 22 23 24 He also adapted the play with director Tim Supple In 1993 he received great critical acclaim and the TMA Best Actor award for playing the title role in the 1993 English Touring Theatre s Hamlet playing opposite his then wife Hilary Lyon in the role of Ophelia He played the role of The Master of Ceremonies in Sam Mendes s 1993 revival of the musical Cabaret in London s West End opposite Jane Horrocks as Sally Bowles He received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical He reprised the role in 1998 for the Mendes Rob Marshall Broadway revival this time opposite Natasha Richardson as Sally Bowles He won a Tony Award Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for his performance 25 Other US stage roles include Otto in the 2001 Broadway production of Design for Living by Noel Coward and Mack the Knife in the Bertolt Brecht Kurt Weill musical The Threepenny Opera opposite Cyndi Lauper Cumming performed alongside Dianne Wiest in Classic Stage Company s production of Anton Chekhov s The Seagull directed by Viacheslav Dolgachev In 2002 Cumming and then boyfriend Nick Philippou formed the production company The Art Party The company s first and only play was the first English production of Jean Genet s play Elle which Cumming had adapted from a literal translation by Terri Gordon The company closed in 2003 In 2006 he returned to the West End playing the lead role in Bent a play about homosexuals in Germany under the Nazis In 2007 he took the lead role in the National Theatre of Scotland s production of The Bacchae directed by John Tiffany which premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in August transferring to the Lyric Theatre in London and then to Lincoln Center New York winning him the Herald Archangel award He collaborated again with Tiffany and the National Theatre of Scotland in 2012 playing all the roles in Macbeth He brought this critically acclaimed 26 27 production of Macbethto New York s Lincoln Center in 2012 and to a 73 show Broadway engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 2013 Macbeth concluded its run on Broadway on 14 July 2013 28 In 2014 he returned again to Broadway to star in Roundabout Theater Company s revival production of Cabaret directed again by Sam Mendes 29 Starring opposite Michelle Williams Cabaret opened 24 April 2014 and closed 29 March 2015 The run was extended originally from its 24 week engagement The role of Sally changed during the production when Williams left to include Emma Stone and Sienna Miller In 2020 he played in Endgame at the Old Vic co starring with Daniel Radcliffe 30 In August 2022 he played Robert Burns in one man dance show called Burn as part of the 75th Edinburgh international festival EIF 31 Other work Edit Cumming in the gallery art work Sliphost Cumming s novel Tommy s Tale was published in 2002 32 He has also written articles for magazines notably as a contributing editor for Marie Claire writing on the haute couture shows in Paris as well as what it was like for him dressing as a woman for a day He also contributed articles to Newsweek Modern Painters Out Black Book and The Wall Street Journal He has written introductions and prefaces to various books including the works of Nancy Mitford Andy Warhol and Christopher Isherwood and wrote a chapter of If You Had Five Minutes with the President a collection of 55 essays by members or supporters of The Creative Coalition 33 In September 2017 Cumming and promoter Daniel Nardicio opened a bar in Manhattan s East Village called Club Cumming 34 35 Cumming recorded a duet of Baby It s Cold Outside with Liza Minnelli to raise money for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS and 11 September Fund In 2005 he released an award winning fragrance called Cumming and a related line of scented bath lotion and body wash A second fragrance was launched in 2011 named Second Alan Cumming with all proceeds going to charity 36 On 1 September 2009 Cumming released his first solo album based around his one man show I Bought a Blue Car Today 37 In 2012 he narrated the audiobook Macbeth A Novel written by A J Hartley and David Hewson The novel greatly expands upon the themes established in the play 38 On 10 April 2012 he released the single Someone Like the Edge of Firework 39 In 2012 he launched his photography career with his first exhibition Alan Cumming Snaps 40 In July 2012 Cumming presented Urban Secrets on Sky Atlantic and the Travel Channel where he uncovers hidden secrets in various urban areas including London and Brighton In October 2013 Cumming appeared in the music video for City of Angels by Thirty Seconds to Mars 41 In 2014 Cumming was a supporter and activist for the Scottish Yes campaign in the run up to Scotland s referendum on independence in September 2014 6 In October 2014 Cumming and the Broadway cast of Cabaret collected donations for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS during the Gypsy of the Year fundraising season 42 In 2014 he published his autobiography Not My Father s Son which deals with both his experiences growing up with an abusive father and the discoveries he made about his maternal grandfather s life while filming Who Do You Think You Are On 7 June 2015 Cumming co hosted the 69th annual Tony Awards alongside Kristin Chenoweth On 5 February 2016 Cumming released his second full length album recorded live at New York City s Cafe Carlyle Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs Live at the Cafe Carlyle 43 He toured an aptly styled intimate cabaret like live stage production following his success with the Carlyle recording In November 2016 PBS aired a filming of his show Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs from The Smith Center in Las Vegas 44 In June 2021 Cumming was artistic director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival as announced in June 2020 45 Other activities Edit Cumming with Dick Leitsch Cumming has promoted LGBT rights MC ing and attending fundraisers for organisations such as the Gay amp Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign HRC and taking part in an Equality Network video campaign from New York promoting the legalisation of same sex marriage in Scotland 46 Cumming also supports several AIDS charities including the American Foundation for AIDS Research AMFAR and Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS and is also a patron of NORM UK an English registered charity concerned with foreskin health and matters related to circumcision he has condemned the practice of routine infant circumcision particularly in the United States where it is common 47 48 Recognition and honours EditIn March 2005 Cumming received the Vito Russo Award at the 16th Annual GLAAD Media Awards for outstanding contributions toward eliminating homophobia 49 In July of the same year he was presented with the HRC s Humanitarian Award in San Francisco also for his LGBT public stance In November 2006 Cumming received a Doctor of Arts honorary degree from the University of Abertay Dundee and in 2015 he received a honorary degree from the Open University 50 He also is a patron of the Scottish Youth Theatre Scotland s National Theatre for and by young people Wikinews has related news Actor Alan Cumming returns OBE for British Empire s toxicity Cumming was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE in the 2009 Birthday Honours for services to film theatre and the arts and to activism for equal rights for the gay and lesbian community in the United States 51 52 53 On 27 January 2023 his 58th birthday Cumming announced via his Instagram page that he had decided to return his OBE due to misgivings I have being associated with the toxicity of empire 50 Cumming has also been honoured for his activism and humanitarian work by organisations such as the Trevor Project and the Matthew Shepard Foundation 20 Personal life EditCumming is bisexual 54 His relationships include an eight year marriage to actress Hilary Lyon a two year relationship with actress Saffron Burrows and a six year relationship with theatre director Nick Philippou 9 In 2006 Cumming stated that he would dearly like to adopt a child but that his life was too hectic for the rearing of children 55 As of 1999 he was living in Manhattan with his partner illustrator Grant Shaffer 56 The couple dated for two years before becoming civil partners at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich London on 7 January 2007 57 Cumming and Shaffer legally married in New York on 7 January 2012 the fifth anniversary of their London union 58 On 7 November 2008 Cumming became a dual national and was sworn in as a citizen of the United States at a ceremony in New York City 59 60 Cumming has stated that since 2012 he has maintained a vegan lifestyle 61 PETA awarded him its Humanitarian Award in 2017 62 He is a supporter of the Scottish National Party and Scottish independence 63 Cumming endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2016 US presidential election 64 Cumming is an atheist 65 Bibliography EditTommy s Tale A Novel New York ReganBooks 2002 ISBN 978 0 060 39444 8 May the foreskin be with you why circumcision doesn t make sense and what you can do about it Magnus Books 2012 ISBN 978 1 936 83339 9 Not My Father s Son A Memoir New York Dey Street an imprint of William Morrow Publishers 2014 ISBN 978 0 062 22506 1 You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams My Life in Stories and Pictures New York Rizzoli New York 2016 ISBN 9780847849000 OCLC 939994490 The Adventures of Honey amp Leon By Alan Cumming Illustrated by Grant Shaffer ISBN 978 0 399 55797 2 66 Baggage Tales from a Fully Packed Life a topical memoir 2019 Scrollable preview Iron Press 2 Filmography EditMain article Alan Cumming filmographyAwards and nominations EditMain article List of awards and nominations received by Alan CummingReferences Edit Cumming Alan 2019 Baggage Tales from a Fully Packed Life Description amp scrollable preview Iron Press a b VanDenburgh Barbara 23 October 2021 5 books not to miss Going There with Katie Couric unpacking Alan Cumming s Baggage USA TODAY Retrieved 27 October 2021 Paulson Michael 12 June 2022 Moments From the 2022 Tony Awards Strange Loop Lehman Trilogy and More The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 13 June 2022 The Queer Encyclopedia of Film and Television Cleis Press 2012 p 83 ISBN 9781573448826 Retrieved 17 August 2022 Black Claire 8 November 2014 Alan Cumming on dealing with his past The Scotsman Retrieved 16 November 2014 a b c d e f g King Larry 27 October 2014 Alan Cumming Video interview Larry King Now Retrieved 1 November 2014 Watt Richard 8 January 2013 High school reunion for film star Alan Cumming The Courier Dundee Archived from the original on 29 November 2014 Retrieved 16 November 2014 a b Aitkenhead Decca 14 November 2014 Alan Cumming I never felt I d achieved enough because I was always told I was nothing The Guardian Retrieved 16 November 2014 a b Higginbotham Adam 16 February 2003 Cumming out on top The Observer Retrieved 15 April 2013 Alan Cumming Biography 1965 FilmReference com Retrieved 15 April 2013 Simon Scott 11 October 2014 Actor Alan Cumming Is Not His Father s Son NPR Weekend Edition Saturday Retrieved 1 November 2014 Lenker Maureen Lee 31 May 2018 Alan Cumming recalls the time he got burned by liquid nitrogen on the set of GoldenEye EW com Retrieved 11 February 2020 Alan Cumming on Standing Up to Stanley Kubrick Archived from the original on 17 August 2016 Retrieved 27 March 2018 via www youtube com Interview Alan Cumming Barnes amp Noble 18 January 2002 Archived from the original on 18 February 2012 Boyd Laura 4 March 2022 Alan Cumming hopes Glasgow schoolboy imposter Brandon Lee is happy STV News Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Comic Relief Sketch youtube YouTube Fullerton Huw 8 March 2018 Alan Cumming set to play King James I in Doctor Who Radio Times Retrieved 9 March 2018 Ausiello Michael 23 March 2010 Exclusive Good Wife promotes Alan Cumming to series regular Entertainment Weekly Retrieved 15 April 2013 Alan Cumming finally wins an Emmy for wandering around Scotland The Herald 16 May 2017 Retrieved 16 May 2017 a b Bentley Rick 11 March 2018 Alan Cumming hopeful that groundbreaking CBS series Instinct will find an audience The Toronto Star Retrieved 12 March 2018 Cleal Sam 20 July 2021 The Cast Of Schmigadoon Is Positively Stacked Here s Where You Know Them From BuzzFeed Retrieved 1 October 2021 Olivier Winners 1991 Olivier Awards Society of London Theatre Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 Alan Cumming wins Olivier Award 1991 Vimeo Retrieved 15 April 2013 Alan Cumming Won 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Kory 29 October 2013 Thirty Seconds to Mars Recruit Kanye West Lindsay Lohan for Angels Rolling Stone Retrieved 8 August 2014 Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS 24 October 2014 Alan Cumming Backstage at Cabaret Archived from the original on 10 July 2015 via YouTube Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs Live At The Cafe Carlyle allmusic com Retrieved 16 September 2016 ALAN CUMMING SINGS SAPPY SONGS Somewhere Only We Know Performance PBS YouTube Retrieved 11 February 2020 Frangos Daniela 22 June 2020 Acclaimed Actor Alan Cumming Announced as Artistic Director of Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2021 Broadsheet Retrieved 23 June 2020 Video Scottish campaign for equal marriage launches It s Time celebrity video campaign Pink News 24 June 2013 Archived from the original on 27 June 2013 Retrieved 25 June 2013 Dalton John 11 June 2007 Film Star Wants the Foreskin to be with you NORM UK Archived from the original on 19 December 2013 X Man Nixes Circs circumstitions com 11 June 2007 Gans Andrew 25 March 2005 GLAAD Media Awards to Honor Billy Crystal and Alan Cumming Playbill Retrieved 13 March 2022 a b Alan Cumming Actor and US Traitors host hands back OBE BBC News Retrieved 27 January 2023 No 59090 The London Gazette Supplement 13 June 2009 p 24 Queen s birthday honours list Diplomatic service and overseas list guardian co uk London 13 June 2009 Actor Producer and Presenter For serv film theatre and the arts and to activism for equal rights for the gay and lesbian community Bi OBE Bi Media 25 November 2009 He was honoured for services to film theatre and the arts and for his work as a bisexual lesbian and gay rights campaigner I have a voice because of my work I m loud and I speak my mind he said Sandel Adam 30 March 2015 Alan Cumming Is Bisexual And You Might Be Too Advocate Mattin David 18 July 2006 Odd man out Alan Cumming The Times London McQuaid Peter 28 September 1999 The artful swinger bisexual actor Alan Cumming Brief Article Interview The Advocate 59 62 Finn Natalie 8 January 2007 Alan Cumming Groomed for Marriage E Retrieved 15 April 2013 Kinser Jeremy 9 January 2012 Alan Cumming Remarries Husband in New York The Advocate Archived from the original on 11 April 2012 Retrieved 15 April 2013 Cumming Alan 7 November 2008 I bought a blue car today alancumming com Archived from the original on 4 March 2012 Retrieved 15 April 2013 Ross Peter 1 November 2008 Alan Cumming interview seen the future got the t shirt The Scotsman Retrieved 13 March 2022 Pashman Heidi 13 January 2013 25 Sexiest Vegan and Vegetarian Celebrities Shape Archived from the original on 14 December 2013 Retrieved 14 December 2013 Photo Flash Alan Cumming Receives PETA s Humanitarian Award at Valentine s Day Bash BroadwayWorld 13 February 2017 Brooks Libby 13 December 2016 Nicola Sturgeon quips she could field SNP candidates in England The Guardian Retrieved 12 November 2017 Kurtz Judy 25 March 2016 Alan Cumming backs Sanders The Hill Smith Warren Allen 2011 Celebrities in Hell p 91 ISBN 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