Who Is Alan Cumming’s Husband? All About Grant Shaffer

Alan Cumming and Grant Shaffer have a lasting love.

After two years together, the couple married in a civil ceremony in London in January 2007.

“Not only are we so happy to be able to celebrate our love for each other, but to be able to do so in a country that truly recognizes the rights of same-sex couples,” Cumming said in a statement to PEOPLE at the time.

“As Americans we would love to get married there, but we hope that soon the civil rights afforded to us in the UK will be available to all gay Americans and we look forward to celebrating not only our marriage, but the end of prejudice.”

Five years later, Cumming and Shaffer married for the second time after the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage.

From his career to his relationship with Cumming, here’s everything you need to know about Shaffer.

He is a noted illustrator

According to his official website bio, Shaffer has worked in Manhattan as an artist/illustrator for over 25 years. His illustrations appeared in magazines and newspapers such as The New Yorker, The New York Times and Interview magazine and had 12 independent gallery exhibitions.

He worked as a screenwriter for major films and music videos

In addition to illustration, Shaffer has worked as a storyboard artist, creating music videos for Beyoncé, Madonna and Michael Jackson, and contributing to major motion pictures such as tick, tick… BOOM!, Angels in America, Zoolander, The girl on the train and more.

He is also a teacher

Shaffer also teaches illustration courses at the School of Visual Arts, as well as general art at the Hetrick-Martin Institute, according to his official website.

He and Cumming met through mutual friends

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During the previous interview with Closer Weekly, Cumming discussed his relationship with Shaffer, revealing that they met through mutual friends in NYC. “He’s kind and kind and funny, but he’s also the first person who didn’t want to change me,” he told the publication. “We respect each other, and we were a little older when we met, so you know yourself more and respect each other more.”

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He and Cumming were married twice

Five years after celebrating their civil partnership in London, the couple held their second wedding at New York’s Soho Grand Hotel in January 2012. The wedding came just months after New York became the sixth US state to legalize same-sex marriage.

In January 2024, Cumming and Shaffer celebrated 17 years of marriage.

“Happy anniversary @granteepants. So glad to be skating through life with you,” Traitors wrote the host on Instagram alongside a photo of the couple ice skating on their wedding day in 2007.

He worked with Cumming on a children’s book Adventures of Honey & Leon

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In September 2017, Cumming and Shaffer joined creative forces while working together on a children’s book Adventures of Honey & Leon. The book, about the couple’s “dear deceased,” was written by Cumming with illustrations by Shaffer.

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“Honey and Leon were both rescue dogs. I had Honey and Grant had Leon, and when we got together they were about 4 years old, and so they became, you know, brother and sister. And so this book is kind of way about us,” Cumming told WSHU Public Radio about the inspiration for the book.

During the interview, Cumming also noted that the book was not his first collaboration with his wife, as Shaffer created the illustrations for his bar Club Cumming. “We had some Club Cumming glasses and trays and stuff, he drew it… and he actually did a really beautiful mural on two walls of the bar… It’s kind of a big celebration of our two big collaborations.”

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