Alan Cumming

Veteran stage and screen actor Alan Cumming is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for portrayal of Eli Gold "The Good Wife."

Photo: Alan Cumming attends the "Higher Ground" New York premiere at the AMC Loews 19th Street East 6 theater on Aug. 15, 2011, in New York.

Special section: Emmys 2011

Alan Cumming attends the his fragrance launch party at Liberty Hall at Ace Hotel on July 14, 2011, in New York.

Alan Cumming backstage at the Cynthia Rowley Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Stage at Lincoln Center on Feb. 11, 2011, in New York.

Alan Cumming with a Nintendo DS.

Alan Cumming and Rosario Dawson at The Theatre at Lincoln Center on Feb. 12, 2011, in New York.

Actor Alan Cumming attends the opening night of "The Book of Mormon" on Broadway on Mar. 24, 2011, in New York.

Joanna Vanderham and Alan Cumming attend "The Debt" screening at the Tribeca Grand Hotel Screening Room on Aug. 22, 2011, in New York.

Alan Cumming attends the after party for the opening night of "Olive and the Bitter Herbs" at 48 Lounge on Aug. 16, 2011, in New York.

Alan Cumming attends the premiere of "The Smurfs" at the Ziegfeld Theater on July 24, 2011, in New York.

Alan Cumming attends the opening night of "That Championship Season" at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on March 6, 2011, in New York.

Alan Cumming arrives at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, in Los Angeles.

Alan Cumming attends the amfAR New York Gala to kick off Fall 2011 Fashion Week at Cipriani Wall Street on Feb. 9, 2011, in New York.

Alan Cumming attends the New York premiere of "Jane Eyre" at the Tribeca Grand Hotel Screening Room on March 9, 2011, in New York.

Alan Cumming attends the 16th Annual GLAAD Awards in New York Monday, March 28, 2005.

Alan Cumming arrives at the 12th Annual BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003.

Alan Cumming hangs out backstage at the 8th Annual Santa Fe Film Festival awards on Dec. 1, 2007.