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Alan Cumming - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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On January 27, 1965 in Perthshire, Scotland, the outstanding actor Alan Cumming appeared to the world. After studying at the Royal Academy of Music and Drama, he began to actively perform on the stage of Scotland and in television plays. The starting point in his career can be considered his participation in the television program "Bernard and Jean". Alan Cumming soon gets the role of Russian programmer Boris Grishchenko in the film "Golden Eye" - the next episode of the Bond film. He is invited to such big projects as "Children of Spies" and "Spice World", Stanley Kubrick films him in his latest work "Eyes Wide Open" (1999), and Julie Taymor - in "Titus - Lord of Rome" and Shakespeare's "Tempest. ". In 2001, the actor, together with his friend and colleague Jennifer Jason Leigh, is working on the film "Anniversary", where he acts simultaneously as a leading role, screenwriter, director and producer. In the early 2000s, Alan Cumming starred in many successful TV series, the sequels "Spy Kids" and "X-Men", as well as the romantic comedy "Gray Trouble" and the drama "Boogie Woogie".
Filming his own short films - "Butter" and "Burn Your Pipe", he continues to work in the theater at the same time and receives the prestigious Tony Award for his role as an Emsie manager in the acclaimed Broadway musical Cabaret. This is his second major theater award, after the British Laurence Olivier Prize, which he received in 1990 for The Anarchist.
Not only in the field of cinema, Alan Cumming has shown the versatility of his nature. He has shown himself as a performer (duet with Liza Minnelli and solo album "I Bought A Blue Car Today"), writer (regular articles for glossy magazines, reports from Paris Fashion Week, and even the novel "Tommy's Fairy Tale") and human rights activist (part of the Alliance LGBT anti-libel and human rights program, AIDS organizations). He is openly bisexual and since 2007 has been in an official relationship with Grant Schaffer, a renowned graphic artist.
In 2009, Alan Cumming received the Cavalier of the British Empire for services to the cinema, theater and arts.
Alan Cumming has green eyes, naturally dark hair, fair skin and medium lips. The shape of the face is oval, the forehead is high, the hair is straight, thick. Alan Cumming does not change hair color, giving preference to natural. The actor has a medium crooked nose and an oval chin. Alan Cumming sometimes wears glasses. The actor's height is 178 cm, no tattoos.
Zodiac sign - Aquarius (01/27/1965)
