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Kieran Culkin

Kieran Culkin

Acting1982New York City, New York, USA

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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Acting History

2026
Animal Farm
as Squealer (voice)
The Oscars
TVas Self - Presenter1 eps
2025
The Simpsons
TVas Hub (voice)1 eps
Solar Opposites
TVas (voice)2 eps
Krapopolis
TVas Wormius (voice)1 eps
#1 Happy Family USA
TVas Dr. Riley (voice)3 eps
Actors on Actors: Broadway
TVas Self1 eps
Gogglebox
TVas Self1 eps
2024
A Real Pain
as Benji Kaplan
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
TVas Dr. Plowp (voice)8 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee2 eps
2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
TVas Wallace Wells (voice)8 eps
Agent Elvis
TVas Gabriel Wolf (voice)1 eps
Hot Ones
TVas Self1 eps
2022
Gaming Wall St
TVas Narrator (voice)2 eps
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
TVas O.D. (voice)1 eps
2021
No Sudden Move
as Charley Barnes
2020
Robot Chicken
TVas Joe Jonas / Nostradamus' Intern (voice)1 eps
2018
Succession
TVas Roman Roy39 eps
2016
Wiener-Dog
as Brandon McCarthy
2015
Quitters
as Mr. Becker
Long Live the Royals
TVas Peter (voice)4 eps
Fargo
TVas Rye Gerhardt1 eps
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TVas Self2 eps
2013
Movie 43
as Neil (segment "Veronica")
2011
Margaret
as Paul
2009
Unlikely Hero
as Christopher
2008
Lymelife
as Jimmy Bartlett
2003
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Go Fish
TVas Andy 'Fish' Troutner5 eps
1998
The Mighty
as Kevin "Freak" Dillon
1996
Amanda
as Biddle Farnsworth
Frasier
TVas Jimmy (voice)1 eps
1995
1994
It Runs in the Family
as Ralph "Ralphie" Parker
1993
Nowhere to Run
as Mike 'Mookie' Anderson
1991
Father of the Bride
as Matty Banks
Only the Lonely
as Patrick Muldoon Jr.
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Host / Froggy (uncredited)1 eps
1990
Home Alone
as Fuller

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/30/1982(43 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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