Q&A: Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming, 47, won a Tony in 1998 for playing the leering emcee in Cabaret, but more recently he's found a steady gig serving as emcee of the far more proper Britannia Awards, at which the British Academy of Film and Television Los Angeles celebrates its own -- not to mention a number of Yanks. It's his fourth time hosting the black-tie dinner, which will be handing out honors to Lincoln's Daniel Day-Lewis and Django Unchained's Quentin Tarantino, among others. In addition to his ongoing role as a shrewd political operative on CBS' The Good Wife, Cumming also stars in the indie film Any Day Now, opening Dec. 14, which has earned him several best actor trophies of his own on the festival circuit.