Alan Cumming

I'm not always fond of his wackier hairstyles but I am a fan of Alan Cumming , a talented star of stage and screen who turns 44 ytears old today. The out actor won the Tony Award for his performance as the Emcee in the highly successful revival of "Cabaret" and currently is the voice of Chuck on the animated series "Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World." His film roles include Boris Grishenko in "GoldenEye," Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in "X2: X-Men United," and the role of Fegan Floop in "Spy Kids." Read Full Story

BEST known to superhero fans for his excellent portrayal of the blue-skinned teleporting mutant Nightcrawler in X-Men 2, Scottish actor Alan Cumming returns to the genre for the Spider-Man musical on Broadway. Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, with music by U2, has a budget reportedly reaching $45million and recently ran into cash flow problems. Work had stopped on building the sets, but is now resuming, according to Variety . Alan Cumming will play Spider-Man's arch-nemesis Green Goblin, but he has revealed he had no serious desire to play that part and didn't even know the character beforehand. He told The Stage: "I'm not exactly ... Read Full Story

Since no one's writing about Alan Cumming, I had to say a few things. Because I have his soap. Yes, it's called Cumming. Fresh, fresh Cumming. I kept the box because there are pics of his bad buff self all over the inside of it. But this soap is not just a novelty. It actually has a great scent. Though it's made for men and the scent is far from "pretty," it's not overpowering or incredibly musky, but the essence of clean . Another thing I want to say about Alan is that I loved him in the movie version of Titus Andronicus -- ... Read Full Story

FROM blue-skinned demon to bright-green goblin - that's the comic-book career path of Alan Cumming if reports are true. The New York Post claims that Cumming is in line to play the evil Green Goblin in Broadway show Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark. Cumming, 44, is best known to superhero fans for his role playing mutant Kurt Wagner, aka the devil-tailed, demonic-looking teleporter Nightcrawler (pictured right) in X2: X-Men United. The tabloid said the Scottish actor had been seen at a production meeting for the musical, checking out the costume designs. It added that veteran producers had speculated that Cumming's likely fee for the ... Read Full Story

Scaring Writer's Block Away On January 6, 2009 Former Title: Suffering Man's Charity Nobody does creepy quite like Alan Cumming. Whether he's trying to force himself on Minnie Driver in Circle of Friends or stalking Lisa Kudrow with his "huge notebook" in Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion , the actor has certainly cornered the market on playing smiling eccentrics with a dangerous twinkle in their eye. ( Photo Source ) After landing a Tony Award for his performance in Cabaret and co-directing the critically acclaimed and award-winning domestic dramedy The Anniversary Party with his Cabaret 's Sally Bowles (Ms. Jennifer Jason Leigh), Cumming ... Read Full Story