Kieran Culkin
1.8Acting

Kieran Culkin

Sep 30, 1982 - 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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Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1990Home AloneFuller
Movie1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkFuller
Movie1999The Cider House RulesBuster
Movie1999She's All ThatSimon Boggs
Movie1993Nowhere to RunMike 'Mookie' Anderson
Movie2008LymelifeJimmy Bartlett
Movie1995Father of the Bride Part IIMatty Banks
Movie1999Music of the HeartLexi at 15
Movie1998The MightyKevin "Freak" Dillon
Movie2002Igby Goes DownIgby
Movie2011MargaretPaul Hirsch
Movie2002The Dangerous Lives of Altar BoysTim Sullivan
Movie2009Paper ManChristopher
Movie1994It Runs in the FamilyRalph "Ralphie" Parker
Movie2013Movie 43Neil (segment "Veronica")
Movie2024A Real PainBenji Kaplan
Movie2015QuittersMr. Becker
Movie2016Wiener-DogBrandon McCarthy
Movie2025Animal FarmSquealer (voice)
Movie1996AmandaBiddle Farnsworth
Movie1991Father of the BrideMatty Banks
Movie2017Infinity BabyBen
Movie1991Only the LonelyPatrick Muldoon Jr.
Movie2017Approaching a BreakthroughNorman
Movie2003Michael Jackson's Private Home MoviesSelf (archive footage)
Movie2010The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'Self
Movie2020Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)Matty Banks
Movie2021No Sudden MoveCharley Barnes
Movie2010Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldWallace Wells
Movie2026The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the ReapingCaesar Flickerman
TV Show1993FrasierJimmy (voice)1
TV Show1997The Wonderful World of Disney1
TV Show2015Hot OnesSelf1
TV Show2023Agent ElvisGabriel Wolf (voice)1
TV Show2023Scott Pilgrim Takes OffWallace Wells (voice)8
TV Show2001Go FishAndy 'Fish' Troutner5
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)3
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf3
TV Show2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf2
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest1
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host1
TV Show1999The Magical Legend of the LeprechaunsBarney O'Grady2
TV Show1992MTV Movie & TV AwardsSelf / Presenter1
TV Show2022Gaming Wall StNarrator (voice)2
TV Show2005Robot ChickenJoe Jonas / Nostradamus' Intern1
TV Show2022The Boys Presents: DiabolicalO.D. (voice)1
TV Show2014FargoRye Gerhardt1
TV Show2018SuccessionRoman Roy39
TV Show2015Long Live the RoyalsPeter (voice)4
TV Show2024The Second Best Hospital in the GalaxyDr. Plowp (voice)8
TV Show2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf3
TV Show1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee2
TV Show2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf1
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1
TV Show2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf2
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf1
TV Show2025Variety Studio: Actors on Actors: BroadwaySelf1
TV Show2025#1 Happy Family USADr. Riley (voice)3
TV Show2020Solar OppositesGlen (voice)3
TV Show2020Solar OppositesGlen / Astronaut (voice)1
TV Show2020Solar OppositesDodge Charger (voice)2
TV Show2023KrapopolisWormius (voice)1

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