Bryan Singer has become a father for the first time.

The 49-year-old director and his best friend Michelle Clunie, 44, both took to their Twitter accounts to post the same picture of the brunette beauty holding their newborn son Dashiell Julius William Clunie Singer shortly after she gave birth.

She added the caption: ''Bryan Singer and I would like to welcome our beautiful son Dashiell Julius William Clunie Singer into the world :) (sic)''

He added the caption: ''Michelle Clunie and I would like to welcome our beautiful son Dashiell Julius William Clunie Singer into the world :) (sic)''

The 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' director - who is openly bisexual - and the 'Queer as Folk' actress have been friends for the last 25 years and announced in October they were expecting their first child together.

A statement at the time read: ''Mother and father are both very excited about the upcoming birth and look forward to co-parenting the child together.

''The pair have been planning this baby for years and have been trying for the last two.''

It comes after Bryan was accused in April last year of sexually abusing Michael Egan when he was a minor but the lawsuit was later dropped in August.

Bryan's attorney Marty Singer said at the time: ''We're very pleased and my client is looking forward to moving on.''