
Kieran Culkin
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1982-09-30
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Kieran Kyle Culkin (born September 30, 1982) is an American actor known for portraying distasteful yet sympathetic characters across stage and screen. His accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Culkin began his career as a child actor in off-Broadway theatre productions. He debuted his feature film alongside his older brother, Macaulay, in the Christmas comedy Home Alone (1990). After achieving his breakthrough role as a sardonic teenager in the comedy-drama Igby Goes Down (2002), which earned him his first Golden Globe Award nomination, Culkin took a break from the screen due to personal conflicts. He returned to film six years later by playing Wallace Wells in the action comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). Culkin won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a grief-stricken cousin in the buddy comedy A Real Pain (2024). On television, Culkin found a career resurgence with his portrayal of Roman Roy in the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. His voice-acting work includes roles in Solar Opposites (2022–present) and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023). On stage, Culkin starred in the West End and Broadway productions of Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth. He also portrayed Richard Roma in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kieran Culkin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Home Alone
1990Fuller
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992Fuller
The Cider House Rules
1999Buster
She's All That
1999Simon Boggs
Nowhere to Run
1993Mike 'Mookie' Anderson
Lymelife
2008Jimmy Bartlett
Father of the Bride Part II
1995Matty Banks
Music of the Heart
1999Lexi at 15
The Mighty
1998Kevin "Freak" Dillon
Igby Goes Down
2002Igby
Margaret
2011Paul
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002Tim Sullivan
Paper Man
2009Christopher
It Runs in the Family
1994Ralph "Ralphie" Parker
Movie 43
2013Neil (segment "Veronica")
A Real Pain
2024Benji Kaplan
Quitters
2015Mr. Becker
Wiener-Dog
2016Brandon McCarthy
Animal Farm
2026Squealer (voice)