Kieran Culkin
Acting • Born 1982-09-30
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.
Filmography
69 credits
Home Alone
Movie • 1990
Fuller
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Movie • 1992
Fuller
The Cider House Rules
Movie • 1999
Buster
She's All That
Movie • 1999
Simon Boggs
Nowhere to Run
Movie • 1993
Mike 'Mookie' Anderson
Lymelife
Movie • 2008
Jimmy Bartlett
Father of the Bride Part II
Movie • 1995
Matty Banks
Music of the Heart
Movie • 1999
Lexi at 15
The Mighty
Movie • 1998
Kevin "Freak" Dillon
Igby Goes Down
Movie • 2002
Igby
Margaret
Movie • 2011
Paul
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Movie • 2002
Tim Sullivan
Paper Man
Movie • 2009
Christopher
It Runs in the Family
Movie • 1994
Ralph "Ralphie" Parker
Movie 43
Movie • 2013
Neil (segment "Veronica")
A Real Pain
Movie • 2024
Benji Kaplan
Quitters
Movie • 2015
Mr. Becker
Wiener-Dog
Movie • 2016
Brandon McCarthy
Animal Farm
Movie • 2026
Squealer (voice)
Amanda
Movie • 1996
Biddle Farnsworth
Father of the Bride
Movie • 1991
Matty Banks
Infinity Baby
Movie • 2017
Ben
Only the Lonely
Movie • 1991
Patrick Muldoon Jr.
Approaching a Breakthrough
Movie • 2017
Norman
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
Movie • 2010
Self
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Movie • 2020
Matty Banks
No Sudden Move
Movie • 2021
Charley Barnes
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Movie • 2010
Wallace Wells
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Movie • 2026
Caesar Flickerman
Untitled Nancy Meyers Film
Movie • 2027
Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes
Movie • 1999
Fuller
Frasier
TV • 1993
Jimmy (voice)
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1997
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
Agent Elvis
TV • 2023
Gabriel Wolf (voice)
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
TV • 2023
Wallace Wells (voice)
Go Fish
TV • 2001
Andy 'Fish' Troutner
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
TV • 1999
Barney O'Grady
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self / Presenter
Gaming Wall St
TV • 2022
Narrator (voice)
Robot Chicken
TV • 2005
Joe Jonas / Nostradamus' Intern (voice)
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
TV • 2022
O.D. (voice)
Fargo
TV • 2014
Rye Gerhardt
Succession
TV • 2018
Roman Roy
Long Live the Royals
TV • 2015
Peter (voice)
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
TV • 2024
Dr. Plowp (voice)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Actors on Actors: Broadway
TV • 2025
Self
#1 Happy Family USA
TV • 2025
Dr. Riley (voice)
Solar Opposites
TV • 2020
Glen (voice)
Solar Opposites
TV • 2020
Glen / Astronaut (voice)
Solar Opposites
TV • 2020
Dodge Charger (voice)
Krapopolis
TV • 2023
Wormius (voice)
Solar Opposites
TV • 2020
(voice)
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Hub (voice)
Gogglebox
TV • 2013
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Froggy (uncredited)
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self - Presenter