Alan Cumming Tickets

Alan Cumming tickets

Alan Cumming, OBE, is an award-winning Scottish actor, writer, singer and presenter whose catalog of work comprises an impressively diverse array of projects. Stateside television audiences probably know Cumming best for his role in The Good Wife, while his key movie roles include the James Bond film, GoldenEye, and the Spy Kids trilogy. Theater fans are certainly aware of Cumming's star-making performance in Cabaret on Broadway, as well as his one-man adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. The latest Alan Cumming tour, featuring the performer speaking live on stage, draws on this long and remarkable career, sharing with fans in audiences across the country the stories of one of our era's most intriguing entertainers.

Alan Cumming's background

Alan Cumming was born and raised in Scotland, and had his earliest notable roles in the 1980s Scottish television dramas, Take the High Road and Taggart, as well as the 1995 comedy series, The High Life. He made his feature film debut in Prague in 1992, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

As a stage actor, Cumming has performed extensively in London's West End, appearing there in celebrated productions of Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Hamlet, Cabaret, Bent and Bacchae. In the U.S. he has starred in performances at Lincoln Center and numerous Broadway theaters, including a 73-show run of Macbeth at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

Cumming's best-known U.S. television projects include Sex and the City in 2001, Frasier in 2003 and The L Word in 2006. His most prominent TV role is Eli Gold on The Good Wife. Cumming's movie credits include Emma (1996), Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). He also hosted Saturday Night Live in 2000, and in 2015 co-hosted the Tony Awards with Kristin Chenoweth.

Furthermore, Cumming has penned an original novel, Tommy's Tale, as well as his autobiography, Not My Father's Son: A Memoir, which recounts his troubled childhood with an abusive father.

Alan Cumming's noteworthy awards

Alan Cumming boasts an impressive litany of top acting awards and nominations since the mid-1980s. Early in his career, Cumming received the Laurence Olivier Award for his role as the Maniac in Accidental Death of an Anarchist. For the Broadway revival of Cabaret, Cumming won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards, and for The Good Wife he received nominations for three Primetime Emmys, two Golden Globes and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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