Kieran Kyle CulkinΒ (born September 30, 1982) is an American actor known for portraying distasteful yet sympathetic characters across stage and screen. His accoladesΒ include anΒ Academy Award, aΒ BAFTA Award, aΒ Primetime Emmy Award, and twoΒ Golden Globe Awards.
Culkin began his career as aΒ child actorΒ inΒ off-BroadwayΒ theatre productions. He debuted his feature film alongside his older brother,Β Macaulay, in the Christmas comedyΒ Home Alone (1990). After achieving hisΒ breakthrough roleΒ as a sardonic teenager in the comedy-dramaΒ Igby Goes DownΒ (2002), which earned him his firstΒ Golden Globe AwardΒ nomination, Culkin took a break from the screen due to personal conflicts. He returned to film six years later by playingΒ Wallace WellsΒ in the action comedyΒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldΒ (2010). Culkin won theΒ Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorΒ for his performance as a grief-stricken cousin in the buddy comedyΒ A Real PainΒ (2024).Β
On television, Culkin found a career resurgence with his portrayal ofΒ Roman RoyΒ in theΒ HBO drama seriesΒ SuccessionΒ (2018β2023), for which he won theΒ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. His voice-acting work includes roles inΒ Solar OppositesΒ (2022βpresent) andΒ Scott Pilgrim Takes OffΒ (2023). On stage, Culkin starred in theΒ West EndΒ andΒ BroadwayΒ productions ofΒ Kenneth Lonergan'sΒ This Is Our Youth. He also portrayedΒ Richard RomaΒ in the Broadway revival ofΒ David Mamet'sΒ Glengarry Glen Ross (2025).
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