
Kieran Culkin
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1982-09-30 (42 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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
Acting
(2025)
Animal Farm
as Squealer (voice)
(2024)
A Real Pain
as Benji Kaplan
(2021)
No Sudden Move
as Charley Barnes
(2020)
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
as Matty Banks
(2017)
Infinity Baby
as Ben
(2017)
Approaching a Breakthrough
as Norman
(2016)
Wiener-Dog
as Brandon McCarthy
(2015)
Quitters
as Mr. Becker
(2013)
Movie 43
as Neil (segment "Veronica")
(2011)
Margaret
as Paul Hirsch
(2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
as Wallace Wells
(2010)
(2009)
Paper Man
as Christopher
(2008)
Lymelife
as Jimmy Bartlett
(2003)
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Igby Goes Down
as Igby
(2002)
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
as Tim Sullivan
(1999)
She's All That
as Simon Boggs
(1999)
The Cider House Rules
as Buster
(1999)
Music of the Heart
as Lexi at 15
(1998)
The Mighty
as Kevin "Freak" Dillon
(1996)
Amanda
as Biddle Farnsworth
(1995)
Father of the Bride Part II
as Matty Banks
(1994)
It Runs in the Family
as Ralph "Ralphie" Parker
(1993)
Nowhere to Run
as Mike 'Mookie' Anderson
(1992)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
as Fuller
(1991)
Father of the Bride
as Matty Banks
(1991)
Only the Lonely
as Patrick Muldoon Jr.
(1990)
Home Alone
as Fuller