Kieran Culkin

Kieran Culkin

Born 1982-09-30 (age 43) New York City, New York, USA
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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

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

2010

as Wallace Wells

Movie 43
Movie 43

2013

as Neil (segment "Veronica")

Animal Farm
Animal Farm

2026

as Squealer (voice)

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
The Cider House Rules
A Real Pain
A Real Pain

2024

as Benji Kaplan

Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride

1991

as Matty Banks

Nowhere to Run
Nowhere to Run

1993

as Mike 'Mookie' Anderson

She's All That
She's All That

1999

as Simon Boggs

Father of the Bride Part II
Father of the Bride Part II

1995

as Matty Banks

No Sudden Move
No Sudden Move

2021

as Charley Barnes

The Mighty
The Mighty

1998

as Kevin "Freak" Dillon

Paper Man
Paper Man

2009

as Christopher

Wiener-Dog
Wiener-Dog

2016

as Brandon McCarthy

Music of the Heart
Music of the Heart

1999

as Lexi at 15

Margaret
Margaret

2011

as Paul

Igby Goes Down
Igby Goes Down

2002

as Igby

Lymelife
Lymelife

2008

as Jimmy Bartlett