Please answer the following question: Facts:   - alt: alan cumming during 2011 fashion week    - years active: 1980 -- present    - known for: '' the good wife '' '' cabaret ''    - notable works: '' not my father 's son ''    - caption: cumming during the 2011 fashion week    - honorific suffix: obe    - spouse: hilary -lrb- 2007 -- present -rrb- lyon -lrb- 1985 -- 1993 -rrb- grant shaffer      - birth date: 27 january 1965    - name: alan cumming    - citizenship: dual british and american citizen    - occupation: actor , director , producer , writer    - image: alan cumming cropped.jpg    - birth place: aberfeldy , perthshire , scotland    - alma mater: royal scottish academy of music and drama   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alan cumming .
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alan cumming , obe -lrb- born 27 january 1965 -rrb- , is a scottish-american actor , author , and activist who has appeared in numerous films , television shows and plays .his london stage appearances include `` hamlet '' , the maniac in `` accidental death of an anarchist '' -lrb- for which he received an olivier award -rrb- , the lead in `` bent '' , and the national theatre of scotland 's `` the bacchae '' .on broadway he has appeared in `` the threepenny opera '' , as the master of ceremonies in `` cabaret '' -lrb- for which he won a tony award -rrb- , and `` design for living '' .his best-known film roles include his performances in `` emma '' , `` goldeneye '' , `` the `` spy kids '' trilogy '' , and `` x2 : x-men united '' .cumming also introduces `` masterpiece mystery ! ''for pbs and appears on `` the good wife '' , for which he has been nominated for two primetime emmy awards , two screen actors guild awards , a golden globe award and a satellite award .he has also written a novel , `` tommy 's tale '' , and an autobiography , `` not my father 's son '' , had a cable talk show called `` eavesdropping with alan cumming '' , and produced a line of perfumed products labelled `` cumming '' .he has contributed opinion pieces to many publications and performed a cabaret show , `` i bought a blue car today '' .retaining his british citizenship , cumming became a naturalised u.s. citizen in 2008 .