# List of awards and nominations received by Alan Cumming

The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Alan Cumming FRSE.

## Major associations
### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| BAFTA Scotland |||||
| 1993 | Best Film Actor | Prague | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Contribution To Film & Television | Outstanding Contribution To Film & Television | Won |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Daytime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2014 | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Arthur: Show Off | Nominated |
| New York Emmy Awards |||||
| 2017 | Best Lifestyle Program | 1st Look: Scotland | Won |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2010 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | The Good Wife | Nominated |
| 2011 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | The Good Wife | Nominated |
| 2015 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | The Good Wife | Nominated |
| 2016 | Outstanding Special Class Program | 69th Tony Awards | Nominated |
| 2024 | Outstanding Reality Competition Program | The Traitors | Won |
| 2024 | Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program | The Traitors | Won |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | The Good Wife | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | The Good Wife | Nominated | |

### Laurence Olivier Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1988 | Best Newcomer in a Play | The Conquest of the South Pole | Nominated |
| 1991 | Best Comedy Performance | Accidental Death of an Anarchist | Won |
| 1992 | Best Comedy Performance | La Bête | Nominated |
| 1994 | Best Actor in a Musical | Cabaret | Nominated |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2011 | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | The Good Wife | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | The Good Wife | Nominated | |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1998 | Best Actor in a Musical | Cabaret | Won | |
| 2022 | Best Musical | A Strange Loop | Won | |

## Audio awards

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2011 | Audie Awards | Best Male Narrator | Zorgamazoo | Won |
| 2011 | AudioFile Earphones Awards | Best of the Year – Young Adult | Goliath | Nominated |
| 2012 | AudioFile Earphones Awards | Best of the Year – Classics | Macbeth | Won |
| 2012 | Audie Awards | Original Work | Macbeth | Nominated |
| 2012 | AudioFile Awards | Best of the Year – Audio Theater | Dracula | Nominated |
| 2013 | Audie Awards | Literary Fiction or Classics | Dracula | Nominated |
| 2013 | Audie Awards | Multi-Voiced Performance | Dracula | Won |
| 2015 | Audie Awards | Narration by the Author | Not My Father's Son | Won |

## Film awards

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 1996 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Dance Sequence | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Nominated |
| 2001 | National Board of Review | Excellence in Filmmaking | The Anniversary Party | Won |
| 2002 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best First Screenplay | The Anniversary Party | Nominated |
| 2002 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best First Feature | The Anniversary Party | Nominated |
| 2002 | Prism Awards | Prism Awards | The Anniversary Party | Won |
| 2002 | National Board of Review | Best Cast | Nicholas Nickleby | Won |
| 2006 | Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Supporting Actor | Son of the Mask | Nominated |
| 2007 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best First Feature | Sweet Land | Won |
| 2013 | Dorian Awards | Any Day Now | Film Performance of the Year | Nominated |
| 2013 | Gaybie Awards | Any Day Now | Best Actor in a Gay Themed Movie | Nominated |

### Festivals

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 1992 | Atlantic Film Festival | Best Actor | Prague | Won |
| 2006 | Sedona Film Festival | Birkner Humanitarian Award | Sweet Land | Won |
| 2007 | Big Apple Film Festival | Golden Apple Award for Honorary Achievement | Golden Apple Award for Honorary Achievement | Won |
| 2007 | Santa Fe Film Festival | Maverick Award | Maverick Award | Won |
| 2007 | Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival | Tribute Award | Suffering Man's Charity | Won |
| 2007 | Provincetown International Film Festival | Excellence in Acting Award | Suffering Man's Charity | Won |
| 2007 | SHOUT Film Festival | Beacon Award | Suffering Man's Charity | Won |
| 2007 | Phoenix Film Festival | Copper Wing Tribute Award | Copper Wing Tribute Award | Won |
| 2010 | Chicago International Film Festival | Artistic Achievement Award | The Tempest | Won |
| 2011 | Denver Film Festival | Excellence in Acting | Excellence in Acting | Won |
| 2012 | Key West Film Festival | Golden Key Award | Any Day Now | Won |
| 2012 | Napa Valley Film Festival | Favorite Performer | Any Day Now | Won |
| 2012 | Outfest | Best Actor | Any Day Now | Won |
| 2012 | Seattle International Film Festival | Best Actor | Any Day Now | Won |

## Television awards

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 1992 | British Comedy Awards | Top TV Newcomer | Bernard and the Genie | Won |
| 2010 | Crime Thriller Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Good Wife | Nominated |
| 2010 | Satellite Awards | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or TV Film | The Good Wife | Nominated |
| 2011 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | The Good Wife | Nominated |

## Theatre awards

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 1994 | Shakespeare Globe Awards | Richard Burton Award | Hamlet | Nominated |
| 1994 | Theatre Management Awards | Best Actor | Hamlet | Won |
| 1998 | FANY Awards | Best Actor in a Musical | Cabaret | Won |
| 1998 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor in a Musical | Cabaret | Won |
| 1998 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Cabaret | Won |
| 1998 | Theatre World Awards | Outstanding Broadway Debut | Cabaret | Won |
| 2006 | Drama League Awards | Drama League Awards | The Threepenny Opera | Honoured |
| 2007 | WhatsOnStage Awards | Best Actor in a Play | Bent | Nominated |
| 2007 | Herald Angels Awards | Archangel Award | The Bacchae | Won |
| 2009 | SX Magazine | Best Cabaret | I Bought a Blue Car Today | Won |
| 2009 | WhatsOnStageAwards | Best Solo Performance | I Bought a Blue Car Today | Nominated |
| 2010 | Time Out New York | Best of Cabaret | I Bought a Blue Car Today | Nominated |
| 2010 | Bistro Awards | Outstanding Recording | I Bought a Blue Car Today | Won |
| 2010 | Theater Offensive | Out on the Edge Award | Out on the Edge Award | Won |
| 2013 | Broadway.com Audience Awards | Favorite Actor in a Play | Macbeth | Won |
| 2013 | United Solo Theatre Festival | Special Award | Macbeth | Nominated |
| 2013 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance | Macbeth | Nominated |
| 2014 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance | Cabaret | Nominated |
| 2016 | Helpmann Awards | Best Cabaret Performer | Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs | Nominated |

## Other

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 1998 | Vanity Fair Hall of Fame | Vanity Fair Hall of Fame | Vanity Fair Hall of Fame | Inducted |
| 2003 | Bailey House | Key Award | Key Award | Won |
| 2004 | Special Civil Rights Award | Special Civil Rights Award | Special Civil Rights Award | Won |
| 2005 | Human Rights Campaign | Humanitarian Award | Humanitarian Award | Won |
| 2005 | Scotland Magazine | Icon of Scotland Award | Icon of Scotland Award | Won |
| 2005 | GLAAD Media Awards | Vito Russo Award | Vito Russo Award | Won |
| 2006 | Human Rights Campaign | Elizabeth Birch Equality Award | Elizabeth Birch Equality Award | Won |
| 2007 | Lambda Liberty Awards | Lambda Liberty Awards | Lambda Liberty Awards | Honoured |
| 2008 | Anti-Violence Project | Courage Award | Courage Award | Won |
| 2008 | Trevor Project | Hero Award | Hero Award | Won |
| 2009 | Scottish Style Awards | Most Stylish Male | Most Stylish Male | Nominated |
| 2009 | National Trust for Scotland | Great Scot Award | Great Scot Award | Won |
| 2009 | PFLAG | Choice Award | Choice Award | Won |
| 2010 | National Gay and Lesbian Task Force | Leadership Award | Leadership Award | Won |
| 2010 | Point Foundation | Courage Award | Courage Award | Won |
| 2010 | Johnnie Walker | Great Scot Award | Great Scot Award | Won |
| 2011 | Fleshbot Awards | Sexiest Fashion | Cumming the Fragrance | Won |
| 2011 | Johnnie Walker | Great Scot Award | Charity Work | Won |
| 2012 | Johnnie Walker | Great Scot Award | | Won |
| 2012 | Matthew Shepard Foundation | Making a Difference Award | Making a Difference Award | Won |
| 2012 | Live Out Loud Awards | Star Award | Star Award | Won |
| 2015 | Bailey House | Arts & Legacy Award | Arts & Legacy Award | Won |
| 2017 | PETA | Humanitarian Award | Humanitarian Award | Won |
| 2018 | NYCLU Broadway Stands Up For Freedom | Freedom Award | Freedom Award | Won |