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Alan Cumming
OBE
(born 27 January 1965) is a
Scottish
actor who is known for his roles in
The Smurfs
,
Spy Kids
,
Son of the Mask
, and in
X2
. He won an
Drama Desk Award
and an
Tony Award
.
Cumming was born on 27 January 1965 in
Aberfeldy
,
Perthshire
,
Scotland
.
[1]
He studied at
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
. Cumming is
openly
bisexual
.
[2]
He was married to Hilary Lyon from 1985 until they
divorced
in 1993. He had been in a
civil partnership
with Grant Shaffer since 2007. Cumming gained American citizenship in 2008; he has been a dual British-American citizen since then.