Alan Cumming OBE is a Scottish stage, television and film actor, singer, writer, director, producer and author. His roles have included the Emcee in
Cabaret,
Boris Grishenko in
GoldenEye, Kurt Wagner/
Nightcrawler in
X2: X-Men United, Mr. Elton in
Emma, and Fegan Floop in the
Spy Kids films. He has also appeared in independent films like
The Anniversary Party, which he co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in; and
Ali Selim's
Sweet Land, for which he won an Independent Spirit award as producer. His London stage appearances include
Hamlet, the Maniac in
Dario Fo's
Accidental Death of an Anarchist, for which he received an Olivier award, the lead in
Martin Sherman's
Bent, and as Dionysus in The National Theatre of Scotland's
The Bacchae. On Broadway he has appeared as Mac the Knife in
The Threepenny Opera, the Emcee in
Cabaret, for which he won the Tony in 1998, and
Design for Living. Cumming also introduces
Masterpiece Mystery! for PBS. He currently appears as a regular on
The Good Wife, a role for which he was nominated for an Emmy.