Kieran Culkin

Acting

Kieran Culkin

Born
(age 44)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
66 titles

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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Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 66

YearTitleRole
2028 Clay Film Flip (voice)
2027 Paris Paramount Film
2026 The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Film Caesar Flickerman
2026 Family Guy Happy Hell-o-ween Film The Devil (voice)
2026 Animal Farm Film Squealer (voice)
2025 Actors on Actors: Broadway TV Self (1 ep)
2025 #1 Happy Family USA TV Dr. Riley (voice) (3 ep)
2024 An SNL Thanksgiving Film (archive footage)
2024 A Real Pain Film Benji Kaplan
2024 The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy TV Dr. Plowp (voice) (8 ep)
2023 Scott Pilgrim Takes Off TV Wallace Wells (voice) (8 ep)
2023 Krapopolis TV Wormius (voice) (1 ep)
2023 Agent Elvis TV Gabriel Wolf (voice) (1 ep)
2022 Gaming Wall St TV Narrator (voice) (2 ep)
2022 The Boys Presents: Diabolical TV O.D. (voice) (1 ep)
2021 No Sudden Move Film Charley Barnes
2020 Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) Film Matty
2020 Solar Opposites TV Glen (voice), Glen / Astronaut (voice), Dodge Charger (voice) (3 ep)
2018 Succession TV Roman Roy (39 ep)
2017 Infinity Baby Film Ben
2017 Approaching a Breakthrough Film Norman
2016 Wiener-Dog Film Brandon McCarthy
2015 Long Live the Royals TV Peter (voice) (4 ep)
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV Self - Guest (3 ep)
2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter TV Self (1 ep)
2015 Quitters Film Mr. Becker
2015 Hot Ones TV Self (1 ep)
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors TV Self (3 ep)
2014 Fargo TV Rye Gerhardt (1 ep)
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers TV Self (2 ep)
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
2013 Gogglebox TV Self (1 ep)
2013 Movie 43 Film Neil (segment "Veronica")
2011 Margaret Film Paul
2010 The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' Film Self
2010 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Film Wallace Wells
2009 Paper Man Film Christopher
2008 Lymelife Film Jimmy Bartlett
2007 The Graham Norton Show TV Self (3 ep)
2005 Robot Chicken TV Joe Jonas / Nostradamus' Intern (voice) (1 ep)
2003 Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies Film Self (archive footage)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV Self (1 ep)
2002 Igby Goes Down Film Igby
2002 The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Film Tim Sullivan
2001 Go Fish TV Andy 'Fish' Troutner (5 ep)
1999 The Cider House Rules Film Buster
1999 The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns TV Barney O'Grady (2 ep)
1999 Music of the Heart Film Lexi at 15
1999 Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes Film Fuller
1999 She's All That Film Simon Boggs
1998 The Mighty Film Kevin "Freak" Dillon
1997 The Wonderful World of Disney TV (1 ep)
1996 Amanda Film Biddle Farnsworth
1995 Father of the Bride Part II Film Matty Banks
1994 It Runs in the Family Film Ralph "Ralphie" Parker
1993 Frasier TV Jimmy (voice) (1 ep)
1993 Nowhere to Run Film Mike 'Mookie' Anderson
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Film Fuller
1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards TV Self / Presenter (1 ep)
1991 Father of the Bride Film Matty Banks
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