Trivia

For Halloween 2002 in Vancouver, Cumming and his X-Men 2 (2003) costar, Ian McKellen, dressed as their characters Fegan Floop (from "Spy Kids") and Gandalf (from the Lord of the Rings trilogy) respectively. 'He carved me this great Nightcrawler pumpkin and helped answer the door so there were Gandalf and Floop handing out candies,' says Cumming.

Has his own cologne called "Cumming."

Didn't reprise his role as Nightcrawler in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), because he couldn't bear going through the make-up process again.

Won Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for a revival of "Cabaret."

Earned his part in Eyes Wide Shut (1999) after sending an audition to director Stanley Kubrick. His American accent was so fluent that Kubrick, who was himself American, had no idea Cumming was Scottish until he met him on set.

In 2014, he published the tell-all memoir "Not My Father's Son", which documents the physical and emotional abuse inflicted on him by his father, and their years of estrangement.

Mentioned on The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996) that Reese's Peanut Butter Cups was one of his favorite things about the United States, after which he was so bombarded by the candy sent to him from fans that he had to stop eating them for a while.

He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the arts and civil rights.

Between his runs in London (1993) and Broadway (1998 and 2014), Alan has played the Emcee in Cabaret in his 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s.

Speaks fluent German. This came in handy when Cumming was cast in X2 as Nightcrawler, a mutant born and raised in Munich, Germany.

Hosted Saturday Night Live (1975) in February 2000 when the expected host, Jon Stewart, had to back out at the last minute.

Became a U.S. Citizen in 2008.

Named one of the 100 most creative people in the world in Entertainment Weekly in 1998.

A prominent celebrity supporter of Scottish independence.

On Sunday 7 January 2007, he registered his civil partnership with Grant Shaffer at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London.

Was nominated for an Lawrence Olivier award as Best Actor in a Musical category for "Cabaret" in 1994.

Was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award as Most Promising Newcomer for his performance in the production of "The Conquest of the South Pole" in 1988.

Was inducted into the Vanity Fair Hall of Fame for his work in "Cabaret".

Was originally cast as The Green Goblin/Norman Osborne in the disastrous musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, but left due to delays.

Was considered for the role of Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa in Moulin Rouge! (2001) that went to John Leguizamo.

Won a Laurence Olivier Award for Comedy Performance of the Year for "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" in 1991.

Was nominated for an Olivier award as the Best Film Actor and was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA award as Best Film Actor for his role in Prague (1992) in 1992.

Graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with a B.A. and also won the Gordon Bottomley Award for direction, and an award for the speaking of Scots verse in 1985.

Won Best Actor at the Martini Rossi/TMA awards for "Hamlet" in 1994.

He trained for 3 years at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Won the Broadway's Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his performance of the Emcee in "Cabaret" (1998) along with New York Free Press, Outer Critics Circle, Theater World and New York Public Advocate's awards.

Owns Cummings Club in New York.

First job was as a writer for a teen magazine and created dialogue for picture stories.

Received the NY Immigrant Achievement Award. (2001)

He was nominated for the Richard Burton Award at the Shakespeare Globe Awards for his role as Hamlet in 1993.

Is a huge fan of the TV series The Outs (2012) and appeared in the final episode of its debut season after offering to do so.

Was nominated for a GQ magazine Man of the Year award in 2001.

For The Anniversary Party (2001), he received the National Board of Review Excellence in Filmmaking Award and was nominated for The Indie Spirit Award for Best First Feature and Screenplay.

Was offered the role of Gildery Lockheart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), but when he learned from his agent how much more money Rupert Grint, with whom he shares an agent, would be getting paid he refused to sign on as he would not agree to be paid less than "a 12 year old amateur!".

Came at number 18 in one of the 50 most eligible bachelors of Scotland in 2000.

Alan Cumming has won two Tony Awards: in 1998 for "Cabaret"(Lead Actor in a Musical); and in 2022 as a producer for "A Strange Loop"(Best Musical).

Alan had commented in interviews that his one regret with "Cabaret" was his desire to present the show live on TV with his original 1998 leading lady Natasha Richardson; however, it never came together when both were available at the same time. Sadly, Natasha died in 2009 from a head injury sustained during a family ski trip with her husband, Liam Neeson, and their two sons.

TLA Releasing Awards - Gaybie - Best Lead Actor in a Gay Movie - 2013 - Nominee - Alan Cumming - Any Day Now (2012).

Currently starring in the off-Broadway production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull at the Classic Stage Company opposite Dianne Wiest. (January 2008)

Was nominated for an Olivier award in the category of Comedy Perfomance of the Year for "La Bete" in 1993.

Received the Olivier Award in 1991 (1990 season) for Best Comedy Performance for Accidental Death of an Anarchist.

He was also honored by the Drama League for "Design For Living".

On his work for the Tops magazine he interviewed pop stars, made up horoscopes and modeled for the photo love strips.

Of Clan Cumming.

Performing as Macheath in the Broadway Revival of The Threepenny Opera at Studio 54. (May 2006)

Attending Collectormania 7 at Milton Keynes (May 2005)

He has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Spy Kids (2001).