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Kieran Culkin

Kieran Culkin

Born: 1982-09-30 • New York City, New York, USA

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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Filmography
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Untitled Nancy Meyers Film
2027
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping poster
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026 • Caesar Flickerman
Animal Farm poster
Animal Farm
2026 • Squealer (voice)
A Real Pain poster
A Real Pain
2024 • Benji Kaplan
No Sudden Move poster
No Sudden Move
2021 • Charley Barnes
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) poster
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
2020 • Matty Banks
Infinity Baby poster
Infinity Baby
2017 • Ben
Approaching a Breakthrough poster
Approaching a Breakthrough
2017 • Norman
Wiener-Dog poster
Wiener-Dog
2016 • Brandon McCarthy
Quitters poster
Quitters
2015 • Mr. Becker
Movie 43 poster
Movie 43
2013 • Neil (segment "Veronica")
Margaret poster
Margaret
2011 • Paul
The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' poster
The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
2010 • Self
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World poster
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010 • Wallace Wells
Paper Man poster
Paper Man
2009 • Christopher
Lymelife poster
Lymelife
2008 • Jimmy Bartlett
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies poster
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
2003 • Self (archive footage)
Igby Goes Down poster
Igby Goes Down
2002 • Igby
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys poster
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002 • Tim Sullivan
The Cider House Rules poster
The Cider House Rules
1999 • Buster
Music of the Heart poster
Music of the Heart
1999 • Lexi at 15
She's All That poster
She's All That
1999 • Simon Boggs
The Mighty poster
The Mighty
1998 • Kevin "Freak" Dillon
Amanda poster
Amanda
1996 • Biddle Farnsworth
Father of the Bride Part II poster
Father of the Bride Part II
1995 • Matty Banks
It Runs in the Family poster
It Runs in the Family
1994 • Ralph "Ralphie" Parker
Nowhere to Run poster
Nowhere to Run
1993 • Mike 'Mookie' Anderson
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York poster
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 • Fuller
Father of the Bride poster
Father of the Bride
1991 • Matty Banks
Only the Lonely poster
Only the Lonely
1991 • Patrick Muldoon Jr.
Home Alone poster
Home Alone
1990 • Fuller