
Born 1965
BAberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Alan Cumming is a Scottish actor who won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his revival of Cabaret (1998) and is known for GoldenEye, The Good Wife, and Instinct. He has been openly bisexual throughout his public career, discussing his relationships with both men and women freely in interviews for decades. In his 2014 memoir Not My Father's Son, he explored his identity and his complicated relationship with his abusive father. Cumming married artist Grant Shaffer in New York in 2012 and holds dual US-UK citizenship. He has been a prominent advocate for LGBTQ+ equality in both countries and remains one of the most outspoken bisexual actors in Hollywood.