It's hard to imagine anyone other than Alan Cumming playing Nightcrawler, but the X-Men character was nearly played by a How I Met Your Mother star.

Alan Cumming is grateful for his latest turn as Nightcrawler in the new Avengers: Doomsday — especially after describing his initial experience in X2 as “terrible.” It’s been 23 years since Cumming, ...

Alan Cumming played Nightcrawler in 2003's X2: X-Men United, though the role ended up being a one-and-done for the actor. He didn't return for X-Men: The Last Stand and was also absent from X-Men: ...

Kurt Wagner, a.k.a. Nightcrawler, is one of the most iconic members of the X-Men. And his portrayal by The Traitors’ Alan Cumming in X2: X-Men United is definitely one of that film’s best aspects. But ...

X2: X-Men United was released in 2003 to glowing reviews and, in a recent interview, Nightcrawler actor Alan Cumming described it as "the gayest film that I've ever done." The actor would go on to ...

What a difference two decades make. Alan Cumming recently said during an interview on “Today With Jenna and Friends” that he’s already begun makeup tests for “Avengers: Doomsday.” He is reprising his ...

Speaking with PEOPLE at a panel for The Traitors, the Emmy winner said it was "really nice to go back to something that was a terrible experience when I did it the first time," referring to his ...

Alan Cumming, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, Anna Paquin, & Rebecca Romijn on a cropped X2: X-Men United poster Image via 20th Century Fox We could be on the brink of a new golden age for the X-Men, in ...

The former Fox X-Men Universe (which remains alive through Kevin Feige’s sheer bloody will) was and is confoundingly inconsistent. Half the movies are great, the other half are garbage. Characters ...