The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Alan Cumming.
Major associations BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result BAFTA Scotland 1993 Best Film Actor Prague 2018 Outstanding Contribution To Film & Television
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Daytime Emmy Awards 2014 Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Arthur: Show Off New York Emmy Awards 2017 Best Lifestyle Program 1st Look: Scotland Primetime Emmy Awards 2010 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series The Good Wife 2011 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 2015 2016 Outstanding Special Class Program 69th Tony Awards 2024 Outstanding Reality Competition Program The Traitors Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program 2025 Outstanding Reality Competition Program2026 Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film The Good Wife 2016
Laurence Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1988 Best Newcomer in a Play The Conquest of the South Pole 1991 Best Comedy Performance Accidental Death of an Anarchist 1992 La Bête 1994 Best Actor in a Musical Cabaret
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2011 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series The Good Wife 2012
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1998 Best Actor in a Musical Cabaret 2022 Best Musical A Strange Loop
Audio awards Year Award Category Work Result Ref 2011 Audie Awards Best Male Narrator Zorgamazoo AudioFile Earphones Awards Best of the Year – Young Adult Goliath 2012 Best of the Year – Classics Macbeth Audie Awards Original Work AudioFile Awards Best of the Year – Audio Theater Dracula 2013 Audie Awards Literary Fiction or Classics Multi-Voiced Performance 2015 Narration by the Author Not My Father's Son
Film awards Year Award Category Work Result Ref 1996 MTV Movie Awards Best Dance Sequence Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 2001 National Board of Review Excellence in Filmmaking The Anniversary Party 2002 Independent Spirit Awards Best First Screenplay Best First Feature Prism Awards National Board of Review Best Cast Nicholas Nickleby 2006 Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Supporting Actor Son of the Mask 2007 Independent Spirit Awards Best First Feature Sweet Land 2013 Dorian Awards Any Day Now Film Performance of the Year Gaybie Awards Best Actor in a Gay Themed Movie
Festivals Year Award Category Work Result Ref 1992 Atlantic Film Festival Best Actor Prague 2006 Sedona Film Festival Birkner Humanitarian Award Sweet Land 2007 Big Apple Film Festival Golden Apple Award for Honorary Achievement Santa Fe Film Festival Maverick Award Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Tribute Award Suffering Man's Charity Provincetown International Film Festival Excellence in Acting Award SHOUT Film Festival Beacon Award Phoenix Film Festival Copper Wing Tribute Award 2010 Chicago International Film Festival Artistic Achievement Award The Tempest 2011 Denver Film Festival Excellence in Acting 2012 Key West Film Festival Golden Key Award Any Day Now Napa Valley Film Festival Favorite Performer Outfest Best Actor Seattle International Film Festival Best Actor 2024Kraken International Film FestivalBest Supporting ActorV13Won
Television awards Year Award Category Work Result Ref 1992 British Comedy Awards Top TV Newcomer Bernard and the Genie 2010 Crime Thriller Awards Best Supporting Actor The Good Wife Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or TV Film 2011 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Theatre awards Year Award Category Work Result Ref 1994 Shakespeare Globe Awards Richard Burton Award Hamlet Theatre Management Awards Best Actor 1998 FANY Awards Best Actor in a Musical Cabaret Outer Critics Circle Awards Best Actor in a Musical Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actor in a Musical Theatre World Awards Outstanding Broadway Debut 2006 Drama League Awards The Threepenny Opera 2007 WhatsOnStage Awards Best Actor in a Play Bent Herald Angels Awards Archangel Award The Bacchae 2009 SX Magazine Best Cabaret I Bought a Blue Car Today WhatsOnStageAwards Best Solo Performance 2010 Time Out New York Best of Cabaret Bistro Awards Outstanding Recording Theater Offensive Out on the Edge Award 2013 Broadway.com Audience Awards Favorite Actor in a Play Macbeth United Solo Theatre Festival Special Award Drama League Awards Distinguished Performance 2014 Cabaret 2016 Helpmann Awards Best Cabaret Performer Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs
Other Year Award Category Work Result Ref 1998 Vanity Fair Hall of Fame 2003 Bailey House Key Award 2004 Special Civil Rights Award 2005 Human Rights Campaign Humanitarian Award Scotland Magazine Icon of Scotland Award GLAAD Media Awards Vito Russo Award 2006 Human Rights Campaign Elizabeth Birch Equality Award 2007 Lambda Liberty Awards 2008 Anti-Violence Project Courage Award Trevor Project Hero Award 2009 Scottish Style Awards Most Stylish Male National Trust for Scotland Great Scot Award PFLAG Choice Award 2010 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Leadership Award Point Foundation Courage Award Johnnie Walker Great Scot Award 2011 Fleshbot Awards Sexiest Fashion Cumming the Fragrance Johnnie Walker Great Scot Award Charity Work 2012 Matthew Shepard Foundation Making a Difference Award Live Out Loud Awards Star Award 2015 Bailey House Arts & Legacy Award 2017 PETA Humanitarian Award 2018 NYCLU Broadway Stands Up For Freedom Freedom Award
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