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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 30, 1982
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Kieran Culkin
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).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping | Caesar Flickerman |
| 2025 | Animal Farm | Squealer (voice) |
| 2024 | A Real Pain | Benji Kaplan |
| 2021 | No Sudden Move | Charley Barnes |
| 2020 | Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) | Matty Banks |
| 2017 | Infinity Baby | Ben |
| 2017 | Approaching a Breakthrough | Norman |
| 2016 | Wiener-Dog | Brandon McCarthy |
| 2015 | Quitters | Mr. Becker |
| 2013 | Movie 43 | Neil (segment "Veronica") |
| 2011 | Margaret | Paul Hirsch |
| 2010 | The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' | Self |
| 2010 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Wallace Wells |
| 2009 | Paper Man | Christopher |
| 2008 | Lymelife | Jimmy Bartlett |
| 2003 | Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Igby Goes Down | Igby |
| 2002 | The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys | Tim Sullivan |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | Buster |
| 1999 | She's All That | Simon Boggs |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart | Lexi at 15 |
| 1998 | The Mighty | Kevin "Freak" Dillon |
| 1996 | Amanda | Biddle Farnsworth |
| 1995 | Father of the Bride Part II | Matty Banks |
| 1994 | It Runs in the Family | Ralph "Ralphie" Parker |
| 1993 | Nowhere to Run | Mike 'Mookie' Anderson |
| 1992 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Fuller |
| 1991 | Father of the Bride | Matty Banks |
| 1991 | Only the Lonely | Patrick Muldoon Jr. |
| 1990 | Home Alone | Fuller |