Cumming was born in Aberfeldy, Scotland, the son of Mary, an insurance company secretary, and Alex Cumming, a forester. He has one older brother, Tom. Cumming attended Monikie Primary School and Carnoustie High School and originally aspired to a career in veterinary medicine; but a personality clash with his biology teacher put him off the idea and he subsequently set his sights on becoming an actor. Read more...

Developing his talents off-camera, Cumming co-wrote, co-directed, co-produced, and co-starred in the ensemble film The Anniversary Party with friend and former Cabaret co-star Jennifer Jason Leigh, in 2001. The two starred in the movie as a Hollywood couple.

Cumming plays a psychotic ex-amusement park employee in David Munro's upcoming Full Grown Men, which will be shown in theaters throughout Read more...

Cumming divides his time between New York City and London with his dog, Honey. Alan has dated both men and women, and was once described in The Observer as "a frolicky pan-sexual sex symbol for the new millennium," though he has stated that he thinks of himself as bisexual.

In 1985, he married Hilary Lyon. However, they divorced in 1993, and he subsequently became involved in several shorter Read more...