The Scottish Manhattan-based actor Alan Cumming is a busy man. He has built a fine career with roles ranging from Taggart and The Good Wife on TV, to the X-Men films, and Cabaret and Macbeth on the stage. He has had a photo exhibition named “Alan Cumming Snaps!” and developed an award-winning fragrance named “Cumming”; and has been a tireless champion for LGBT civil rights and HIV. Most recently he’s turned his attention to family history: in his lauded memoir Not My Father’s Son he recounts the story of his appearance on the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? and his subsequent examination of family secrets and damaged men. Cumming is in conversation with Michael Hurst.

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