7.5
Movie
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
7.5
Movie
8.0
TV
The Simpsons
6.8
Movie
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
7.5
Movie
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
8.3
TV
Fargo
4.7
Movie
Movie 43
6.4
Movie
She's All That
8.3
TV
Succession
6.8
Movie
A Real Pain
6.5
Movie
Father of the Bride
7.1
Movie
The Cider House Rules
7.7
TV
Frasier
6.6
Movie
Nowhere to Run
6.4
Movie
No Sudden Move
6.3
Movie
Father of the Bride Part II
7.8
TV
Solar Opposites
7.6
TV
Robot Chicken
6.9
TV
Saturday Night Live
Acting credits 66
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |