Lee Van Cleef

He also appeared as a villainous swindler in the Bonanza episode, The Bloodline (December 31, 1960). He lives in New York and London with his dog Honey. Van Cleef also appeared in John Carpenter's cult hit Escape from New York. 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. He appeared with Clint Eastwood in For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. 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. His first film was the classic Western High Noon, in which he played a villain. 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.

Van Cleef served in the United States Navy during World War II and became an actor after a brief career as an accountant. 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. However, Van Cleef occasionally played heroes. 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. His sharp features and piercing eyes made him an ideal "bad guy". 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. Lee Van Cleef (January 9, 1925 - December 16, 1989) was a movie actor, who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. 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 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. 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. Son of the Mask (2005). Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003).

X2 (Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner) (2003). Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams (2002). Spy Kids (2001). Eyes Wide Shut (1999).

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).