Alan Cumming

He lives in New York and London with his dog Honey. Durning received Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in 1982 and for To Be or Not to Be in 1983. Cumming is known to date both men and women, and described himself as "a frolicky pansexual sex symbol for the new millennium." He is also an activist for gay rights organizations and AIDS charities including Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. More recently he has played a benevolent father to Holly Hunter in Home for the Holidays (1995), and a savvy southern state governor ("Pappy" O'Daniel) in Oh Brother, Where Art Thou. His first novel "Tommy's Tale" (ISBN 0141003766) was published in 2002 and he was one half of Victor and Barry with Forbes Masson, a comedy act revolving around two members of a Glasgow amateur theatre group. In Tootsie he played a suitor to a cross-dressing Dustin Hoffman, and worked again with Hoffman in a 1985 TV production of Death of a Salesman. In 2001 Cumming co-wrote and co-directed the ensemble film The Anniversary Party with friend Jennifer Jason Leigh, which they both starred in as a Hollywood couple. Since then he has amassed over 100 film and TV credits, including Dog Day Afternoon (with Al Pacino), the sci-fi classic The Final Countdown, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

His other stage roles have included Otto in the 2001 Broadway production of Design for Living by Noel Coward, the title role in the 1993 English Touring Theatre production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, and "The Madman" in the 1990 Royal National Theatre production of Accidental Death of An Anarchist by Dario Fo. One of Durning's best-known roles is the crooked bunco cop Lieutennant Snyder who doggedly pursues the young con artist Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) in the 1973 classic The Sting. Perhaps one of Cumming's most acclaimed performances was as the charismatic Emcee in the 1998 Broadway revival of the popular stage musical Cabaret, for which he won a Tony as well as other awards that year. He has since performed in some 32 plays, including the Tony Award-winning That Championship Season. He has often been utilised as a character actor —he was the hedonistic Lord Rochester in Plunkett and Macleane (1997) as well as the evil scientist Fegan Floop in Spy Kids and its sequels, directed by Robert Rodriguez. While working as a ballroom dance instructor (he had some training in classical dance) he was noticed and cast in the New York Shakespeare Festival. In 1991, he played the lead in a BBC Christmas special, Bernard and the Genie opposite Lenny Henry, and went on to star in the Scottish sitcom, The High Life, for which he also wrote the theme music, playing airline steward "Sebastian Flight". After the war, Durning worked various jobs.

After graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1985, Cumming appeared in a six part series on British Television called Shadow of the Stone with Shirley Henderson in 1986. He has said he still suffers from nightmares about his war experiences. Alan Cumming (born January 27, 1965 in Perthshire, Scotland), is an actor of stage and screen, possibly best known for his performance in the film X2 as Nightcrawler. Durning is well-known for participating in various functions to honor American veterans. Son of the Mask (2005). He also participated in the Normandy Invasion. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003). One of his injuries took place in the Battle of the Bulge, where he was one of the few to survive an attack on American POWs.

X2 (Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner) (2003). Army Ranger in World War II, during which he was awarded a Silver Star and three Purple Heart medals. Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams (2002). Durning served as a U.S. Spy Kids (2001). An eminent character actor, Durning is known for his versatility and for sometimes outperforming the main actors in his films. Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Charles Durning (born February 28, 1923) is an American actor of stage and screen.

Plunkett and Macleane (1999). Titus (Saturninus) (1999). Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997). Emma (1996).

GoldenEye (1995). Second Best (1994). Micky Love (1993). Prague (1992).

Bernard and the Genie (1991). Bean (1989). Mr. The Conquest of the South Pole (1988).