Kieran Culkin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

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.

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Acting History

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