ACTOR

Alan Cumming

1965 - Today

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Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, a New York Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, and an Olivier Award. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the West End production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1991). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Cumming has received more than 11,732,304 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Alan Cumming is the 4,307th most popular actor (down from 3,403rd in 2019), the 3,365th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,886th in 2019) and the 506th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alan Cummings by language

Over the past year Alan Cumming has had the most page views in the with 1,876,496 views, followed by German (72,133), and Spanish (67,081). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (209.00%), Catalan (195.08%), and Simple English (104.55%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alan Cumming ranks 4,307 out of 13,578. Before him are Simon McBurney, James Donald, Maurizio Arena, Rance Howard, Gary Lockwood, and Gary Lewis. After him are Eva Le Gallienne, Oleg Anofriyev, Anne Jackson, Erwin Geschonneck, Käthe von Nagy, and Anna Kendrick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Alan Cumming ranks 203. Before him are Helena Suková, Amedeo Carboni, Markus Grosskopf, Sylvie Guillem, Pedro Troglio, and John Bosman. After him are Caio Júnior, Masaaki Yuasa, Péricles Chamusca, Akina Nakamori, Hailemariam Desalegn, and Trent Reznor.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Cumming ranks 3,365 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Tippett (1905), James Donald (1917), Thomas Wedgwood (1771), Gary Lewis (1957), Taylor Caldwell (1900), and Nigel Kennedy (1956). After him are Eva Le Gallienne (1899), Trevor Bolder (1950), Stephen Baxter (1957), Simone Perrotta (1977), Peter Ackroyd (1949), and Alexander McDonnell (1798).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Alan Cumming ranks 506. Before him are Michael Wilding (1912), Rupert Graves (1963), Dominic Cooper (1978), Simon McBurney (1957), James Donald (1917), and Gary Lewis (1957). After him are Eva Le Gallienne (1899), Freddie Bartholomew (1924), Patrick Malahide (1945), Susan George (1950), Stanley Baker (1928), and Ian Abercrombie (1934).

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Television and Movie Roles

Son of the Mask
Loki
Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.
Feb 18o 20054.105 / 10
X2
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.
Apr 27o 20037.028 / 10
Eyes Wide Shut
Desk Clerk
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Jul 16o 19997.479 / 10