Alan Cumming
Scottish actor
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| 2024 | He will appear in the film 'Drive Back Home'. |
| 2023 | Cumming began hosting the U.S. version of the reality TV series 'The Traitors U.S.'. |
| October 2023 | Cumming signed the Artists4Ceasefire open letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States, calling for a ceasefire of the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. |
| January 27 2023 | On his 58th birthday, Cumming announced via Instagram that he had decided to return his OBE due to misgivings about being associated with the toxicity of empire. |
| 2022 | Cumming partnered with Miriam Margolyes in a television series entitled 'Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland.' |
| 2022 | He appeared in 'My Old School,' a documentary where he lip-synced for Brandon Lee’s audio interviews. |
| 2022 | Cumming received a Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer of the musical A Strange Loop. |
| August 2022 | Cumming performed 'Burn,' a one-man dance show produced by the Edinburgh International Festival, National Theatre of Scotland, and The Joyce Theater. |
| 2021 | Alan Cumming began starring in the Apple TV+ series 'Schmigadoon!', which ran until 2023. |
| 2021 | Cumming was announced as the artistic director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. |
| August 2021 | He performed 'Alan Cumming is not Acting his Age' at the Edinburgh International Festival. |
| 2020 | Cumming starred in 'Endgame' at The Old Vic alongside Daniel Radcliffe. |
| 2019 | Cumming published his second memoir. |
| 2019 | Alan Cumming portrayed the character Andre in the original play 'Daddy' by Jeremy O. Harris at the Pershing Square Signature Center. |
| 2018 | He played King James in the eleventh series of 'Doctor Who.' |
| 2018 | Cumming starred in the CBS series 'Instinct', which aired until 2019. |
| 2017 | He appeared in the film 'Battle of the Sexes'. |
| 2017 | PETA awarded Alan Cumming its Humanitarian Award. |
| September 2017 | Cumming and promoter Daniel Nardicio opened a bar in Manhattan called Club Cumming. |
| 2016 | Alan Cumming endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2016 US presidential election. |
| 2016 | He was cast as the lead character in the CBS series 'Instinct,' playing an academic assisting the NYPD. |
| 2016 | PBS aired a filming of his show 'Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs' from The Smith Center in Las Vegas. |
| February 5 2016 | He released his second full-length album, 'Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs: Live at the Cafe Carlyle.' |
| 2015 | Cumming received an honorary degree from the Open University. |
| June 7 2015 | Cumming co-hosted the 69th annual Tony Awards alongside Kristin Chenoweth. |
| March 29 2015 | The run of 'Cabaret' concluded. |
| 2014 | He released a memoir, marking his first in a series of written works. |
| 2014 | He published his autobiography, 'Not My Father's Son,' which addresses his experiences with an abusive father and family discoveries. |
| 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. |
| September 2014 | Cumming was a supporter and activist for the Scottish 'Yes' campaign in the run-up to Scotland's referendum on independence. |
| April 24 2014 | Cumming returned to Broadway, starring in the Roundabout Theater Company's revival of 'Cabaret,' which opened on this date. |
| 2013 | Alan Cumming performed in 'Macbeth' on Broadway. |
| October 2013 | Cumming appeared in the music video for 'City of Angels' by Thirty Seconds to Mars. |
| July 14 2013 | The Broadway run of Macbeth concluded. |
| 2012 | Cumming launched his photography career with his first exhibition titled 'Alan Cumming Snaps.' |
| 2012 | Cumming narrated the audiobook 'Macbeth: A Novel,' significantly expanding upon the themes of the original play. |
| 2012 | In July, he presented 'Urban Secrets' on Sky Atlantic and the Travel Channel, uncovering hidden secrets in urban areas including London and Brighton. |
| 2012 | Alan Cumming collaborated with Tiffany and the National Theatre of Scotland to play all the roles in a critically acclaimed production of Macbeth, which he later brought to New York's Lincoln Center. |
| April 10 2012 | He released the single 'Someone Like the Edge of Firework.' |
| January 7 2012 | Alan Cumming and Grant Shaffer legally married in New York on the fifth anniversary of their civil partnership. |
| 2011 | Cumming returned to British television in the Sky series The Runaway, starring as Desrae, a crossdresser. |
| 2011 | Cumming launched a second fragrance named 'Second (Alan) Cumming', with all proceeds going to charity. |
| 2010 | He began his role in the CBS series 'The Good Wife', which continued until 2016. |
| 2010 | Cumming appeared on the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are? where he discovered his maternal grandfather was a war hero who had died playing Russian roulette. |
| 2010 | Cumming starred in the film 'The Tempest'. |
| 2010 | He acted in the musical film 'Burlesque'. |
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