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








