Kieran Culkin
Born: 1982-09-30 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kieran Culkin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Animal Farm as Squealer (voice)
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as Caesar Flickerman
2025
- #1 Happy Family USA as Dr. Riley (voice)
- Actors on Actors: Broadway as Self
2024
- A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan
- The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy as Dr. Plowp (voice)
2023
- Krapopolis as Wormius (voice)
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off as Wallace Wells (voice)
- Agent Elvis as Gabriel Wolf (voice)
2022
- The Boys Presents: Diabolical as O.D. (voice)
- Gaming Wall St as Narrator (voice)
2021
- No Sudden Move as Charley Barnes
2020
- Solar Opposites as Glen (voice)
- Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) as Matty Banks
2018
- Succession as Roman Roy
2017
- Infinity Baby as Ben
- Approaching a Breakthrough as Norman
2016
- Wiener-Dog as Brandon McCarthy
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Hot Ones as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Long Live the Royals as Peter (voice)
- Quitters as Mr. Becker
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Fargo as Rye Gerhardt
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2011
- Margaret as Paul
2010
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World as Wallace Wells
- The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' as Self
2009
- Paper Man as Christopher
2008
- Lymelife as Jimmy Bartlett
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
2005
- Robot Chicken as Joe Jonas / Nostradamus' Intern (voice)
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies as Self (archive footage)
2002
- Igby Goes Down as Igby
- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys as Tim Sullivan
2001
- Go Fish as Andy 'Fish' Troutner
1999
- The Cider House Rules as Buster
- She's All That as Simon Boggs
- The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns as Barney O'Grady
- Music of the Heart as Lexi at 15
- Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes as Fuller
1998
- The Mighty as Kevin "Freak" Dillon
1996
- Amanda as Biddle Farnsworth
1995
- Father of the Bride Part II as Matty Banks
1994
- It Runs in the Family as Ralph "Ralphie" Parker
1993
- Frasier as Jimmy (voice)
- Nowhere to Run as Mike 'Mookie' Anderson
1992
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Fuller
1991
- Father of the Bride as Matty Banks
- Only the Lonely as Patrick Muldoon Jr.
1990
- Home Alone as Fuller
1989
- The Simpsons as Hub (voice)
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee