Kieran Culkin
2 FOLLOWERS • 36 CREDITS • SEP 30, 1982 • 43
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
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
The Graham Norton Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Frasier
Krapopolis
Solar Opposites
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Robot Chicken
Fargo
The Wonderful World of Disney
Agent Elvis
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
#1 Happy Family USA
Home Alone
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Movie 43
The Cider House Rules
No Sudden Move
She's All That
Father of the Bride Part II
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Father of the Bride
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Go Fish
Succession
A Real Pain
Igby Goes Down
Gaming Wall St
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