In 2021 as the world crept back to life, I hosted the Daily Front Row Fashion Media Awards and the God’s Love We Deliver gala.
Miriam and Alan: Lost In Scotland
I went around Scotland in a van with the great Miriam Margolyes, in a three part travel series for Channel 4 !
The Cinnamon Bear
I play the titular role in The Cinnamon Bear, a twenty part series for Audible based on a radio series that debuted in 1937 as a cliffhanger-style children’s show that featured daily episodes during the holiday season. Audible brought the event back with a modern makeover in a series adapted by Eric Gilliland. The series is directed by David Cromer and features a music score by James Fearnley, founding member of The Pogues. It’s produced by Danielle von Zerneck, Adam Pincus and Best Case Studios.
The cast is pretty insane…
Alan Cumming as Cinnamon Bear
Sarah Vowell as Judy
Milo Manheim as Jimmy
Marcia Gay Harden as Mom
John Goodman as Presto the Magician
Ryan Reynolds as Santa Claus
Rachel Dratch as Wearie Winnie
Catherine Keener as Penelope Pelican
Helen Hunt as Professor Wiz the Owl
Johnny Galecki as Fee-Fo the Giant
Thomas Lennon as Oliver the Ostrich
John Cameron Mitchell as Grand Wonky
Ana Gasteyer as Queen Melissa and Singing Tree
Martha Plimpton as Wintergreen Witch
Stephen Root as the Crazy Quilt Dragon
Chris Parnell as Announcer
Bridget Everett as Wailing Whale
Camryn Manheim as Roly-Poly Deputy
Dan Finnerty as Lord Stenchman
Ed Herbstman as King Howdydieu
Andy Mientus as Rhyming Rabbit
Eric Gilliland as Penguin
Craig Bierko as Admiral Taffy
Michael Arden as Jack Frost
Lakshmi Singh as Lakshmi Singh
Romy Rosemont as Lefty
Rocky Carroll as The Narrator
Alan Cumming's Shelves
I launched my new podcast Alan Cumming’s Shelves on Acast and the Crowd Network. Each week I take an item down from my shelves, talk about it, explain the memories it contains for me then talk to someone who is a part of those memories.
Prodigal Son
I played Simon Hoxley, Europol agent, author of Mind Sleuth and international dapper dan in two episodes of Prodigal Son for the Fox network.
Bubble Guppies
I played the Glitch in an episode of Bubble Guppies for Nickelodeon
My Father's Dragon
I played Cornelius the crocodile in the Netflix animated film My Father’s Dragon, directed by Nora Twomey based on the book by Ruth Stiles Gannett
The Simpsons
I played Loki, God of Mischief (who I’d already played in the movie Son of the Mask!) in an episode of The Simpsons.
Caledonia
I recorded a duet with my chum KT Tunstall of Dougie Maclean’s great Scottish song, Caledonia. We released it on Burns night (the anniversary of the birth of national bard poet Robert Burns’ birthday,2 5th January) and the proceeds went to Voices For Scotland, an organisation dedicated to facilitating conversation about independence for Scotland.