Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming is a multi-award-winning Scottish artist and star of stage and screen.

He is the recently appointed artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre and his previous collaborations with the National Theatre of Scotland include Burn (Edinburgh International Festival, Joyce Theater, New York) and performances as Dionysus in The Bacchae (2007 Edinburgh International Festival, Scottish tour, London’s Lyric Hammersmith and the Lincoln Center Festival, New York) and as Macbeth which premiered at Tramway in 2012 and was presented on Broadway.

Alan won two Emmys for hosting and producing the US Traitors and was seen recently hosting the BAFTA TV awards (BBC). He played the lead in Brian Cox’s directorial film debut Glenrothan and will return to the superhero fold in Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday. 

His stage credits include: Cabaret, Hamlet, Daddy, Endgame, Macbeth, The Seagull, The Threepenny Opera, Design For Living, Elle and more.