Alan Cumming is a Scottish performer, singer, writer, director, producer, and writer. He has won Tony Awards for his portrayal of the master of ceremonies in the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret , and again in 2022 as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop (2022).
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He has appeared in over 60 films, including the Spy Kids trilogy (2001-2013) and X2: X-Men United (2003) as Nightcrawler. He also starred in the CBS series Instinct (2018-2019), where he played a gay dude as the main character, a rarity on television.
Cumming has always been very open about his bisexuality.
In 2012, he married his longtime match, Grant Shaffer. He told Instinct Magazine :
I include a healthy sexual appetite and a healthy imagination ... I still explain myself as a bisexual even though I have chosen to be with Grant. I’m sexually attracted to the female form even though I am with a dude, and I just feel that bisexuals have a poor rap.
In June 2021, Cumming was the artistic director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival .
Cumming has worked for LGBT rights, MC-ing and attending fundra
Alan Cumming spoke about his sexuality in a new interview.
The actor and Traitors host publicly came out as double attraction in 1998. He is married to artist Grant Shaffer, tying the knot with him in 2007. Previously, he dated actor Saffron Burrows and was married to Hilary Lyon for eight years.
As it says on his website, "I think my sexuality and most people's sexuality is gray. I am married to a man. I possess a healthy sexual appetite and a healthy imagination. I also have an attraction to women. I've never disoriented it, actually. I've always been attracted to both sexes, and whether I act on it or not is not anyone's business."
So, when talking to Alan about his collaboration with Virgin Atlantic to honor their new LAX Clubhouse, we asked if he ever gets frustrated to see his sexuality be mislabeled. "I let that one go," he replied. "I try to, when I contain a chance to, define myself as bisexual."
"But if people say gay — I like gay, actually, because it's more all-encompassing, and it doesn't necessarily have to execute with what you do with the contents of your underpants. It's more of a sort of sensibility as well. I quite like that," the 60-year-old continued.
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Alan Cumming 'relished' gay direct role in US show
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Scottish actor Alan Cumming has said he was pleased of starring in the first ever network drama on US television to have a gay foremost character.
The 54-year-old actor played Dr Dylan Reinhart in Instinct, which is shown on Sky Witness in the UK.
However, it was announced at the weekend that the show had been cancelled after its second series.
Cumming said he "relished" the chance to further the cause of representation and equality for LGBTQ people.
The actor, whose parts have ranged from BBC comedy The Elevated Life to US shows such as the Excellent Wife and a Broadway version of Cabaret, said he had felt content with the responsibility of taking on the ground-breaking role.
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On Sunday, the actor posted a message to his 350,000 Instagram followers saying he was proud to acquire been part of a show in which "millions of people will possess seen a same-sex marriage portrayed for the first time".
Speaking to BBC Scotland's The Edit, Cumming, who has dual UK and US citizenship, said he had been surprised there was no negative reaction to his character in In
Inside Alan Cumming's relationship with 'hilarious' husband who he married twice
Alan Cumming is thankfully returning to our screens with the thespian and presenter hosting this year's BAFTA Awards. The star is known for hosting the US version of The Traitors as well as appearing in major films and shows like GoldenEye, The Smurfs and Cabaret.
Away from the screen, the star has been married three times, including twice to his current husband, illustrator Grant Shaffer. The couple have three beautiful homes, splitting their time between a Manhattan home, one in upstate Recent York and a rural property in Alan's native country of Scotland.
Here's all you need to know about the pair's affair and Alan's other marriage...
Grant Shaffer
Alan is married to Grant Shaffer, who is known for his work for illustration and graphic design. His work has previously appeared in The New Yorker and Interview magazine. Grant also regularly shares snaps of his art and photography on his Instagram account.
He currently lives with Alan in Manhattan, and has also worked as a storyboard artist for films and music videos. The talented star has a