Kieran Culkin

Kieran Culkin
Culkin at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010.
Born	Kieran Kyle Culkin September 30, 1982 (1982-09-30) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present

Kieran Kyle Culkin (born September 30, 1982) is an American actor and brother of actors Macaulay Culkin and Rory Culkin.

Early life

Culkin was born in New York City, the son of Patricia Brentrup and Christopher 'Kit' Culkin, a former stage actor with a long career on Broadway.

He has four brothers, Shane Arliss (b. 1976), Macaulay Carson Culkin (b. 1980), Christian Patrick (b. 1987), and Rory Hugh Culkin (b. 1989), and two sisters, Dakota Ulissa (1978–2008) and Quinn Kay (b. 1984).

Career

Kieran Culkin's first film role was a small part alongside his brother, Macaulay, in Home Alone as cousin Fuller McCallister. He continued acting as a child and teenager, mainly working in comedies, including Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and Father of the Bride and its sequel.

As a teenager, he alternated between lead roles in independent films and small parts in mainstream films. He played the title role in the film Igby Goes Down, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. He appeared in the Academy Award-nominated movie Music of the Heart as well.

He played Buff in Eric Bogosian's updated version of SubUrbia at the Second Stage Theatre in New York. In 2010, Culkin played Scott Pilgrim's "cool gay roommate" Wallace Wells in the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

He also had the lead role in The Mighty as Kevin Dillon.

Filmography

Culkin at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Home Alone	Fuller McCallister
1991	Only the Lonely	Patrick Muldoon Jr.
1991	Father of the Bride	Matty Banks	Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Motion Picture
1992	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	Fuller McCallister
1993	Nowhere to Run	Mike 'Mookie' Anderson
1994	My Summer Story	Ralph 'Ralphie' Parker
1995	Father of the Bride Part II	Matty Banks
1996	Amanda	Biddle Farnsworth
1998	The Mighty	Kevin Dillon	Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor
1999	She's All That	Simon Boggs
1999	Music of the Heart	Lexi at 15
1999	The Cider House Rules	Buster	Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1999	The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns	Barney O'Grady
2001	Go Fish	Andy 'Fish' Troutner	Lead role, TV Series (5 episodes)
2002	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	Tim Sullivan
2002	Igby Goes Down	Jason "Igby" Slocumb, Jr.	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Youth in Film Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
2009	Lymelife	Jimmy Bartlett
2009	Paper Man	Christopher
2009	Three Stories About Joan
2010	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	Wallace Wells	Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble
2010	The Stanford Prison Experiment
2011	Margaret	Paul
2012	The Other Side	Rupert Pupkin

Stage credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	The Moment When	Wilson	Playwrights Horizons, New York
2003	This is Our Youth	Warren	Garrick Theatre, London
2004	After Ashley	Justin Hammond	Vineyard Theatre, New York/Obie Award for Performance
2007	subUrbia	Buff	Second Stage Theatre, New York

External links

• Kieran Culkin at the Internet Movie Database
• Kieran Culkin at the Internet Broadway Database

Awards
Satellite Award
Preceded by Ewan McGregor for Moulin Rouge!	Best Actor - Musical or Comedy for Igby Goes Down 2002	Succeeded by Bill Murray for Lost in Translation