Kieran Culkin
birthday: 1982-09-30
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kieran Culkin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Home Alone

Home Alone

1990 . movie

Lymelife

Lymelife

2008 . movie

The Mighty

The Mighty

1998 . movie

Margaret

Margaret

2011 . movie

Paper Man

Paper Man

2009 . movie

Movie 43

Movie 43

2013 . movie

A Real Pain

A Real Pain

2024 . movie

Quitters

Quitters

2015 . movie

Wiener-Dog

Wiener-Dog

2016 . movie

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

2025 . movie

Amanda

Amanda

1996 . movie

Frasier

Frasier

1993 . tv

Hot Ones

Hot Ones

2015 . tv

Agent Elvis

Agent Elvis

2023 . tv

Go Fish

Go Fish

2001 . tv

Gaming Wall St

Gaming Wall St

2022 . tv

Robot Chicken

Robot Chicken

2005 . tv

Fargo

Fargo

2014 . tv

Succession

Succession

2018 . tv

The Oscars

The Oscars

1953 . tv