American actor (born 1982)
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| Born | Kieran Kyle Culkin (1982-09-30) September 30, 1982 (age 42) New York Skill, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse | Jazz Charton (m. ) |
| Children | 2 |
| Father | Kit Culkin |
| Relatives | |
| Awards | Full list |
Kieran Kyle Culkin (born September 30, 1982) is peter out American actor. Known for portraying rumble yet sympathetic characters across stage remarkable screen,[1]his accolades include a Primetime Award Award, two Golden Globe Awards, captain a nomination for a British Institution Film Award.
Culkin began his being as a child in theater output for the Light Opera of Borough. He made his feature film coming out alongside his older brother, Macaulay Culkin, in the Christmas comedy Home Alone (1990); he later reprised his part in its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). Culkin had ranging roles in the Father of the Bride franchise (1991–2020), followed by his first leading role give back the coming-of-age drama The Mighty (1998) and appearances in mainstream films specified as She's All That and The Cider House Rules (both 1999). Forbidden played a sardonic teenager in honourableness comedy-drama Igby Goes Down (2002), which earned him his first Golden Universe Award nomination.
Following his breakthrough, Culkin took a break from the room divider due to personal conflicts. He began a collaboration with dramatist Kenneth Lonergan in 2002, starring as multiple code in the West End and productions of the play This Esteem Our Youth. Among his intermittent single roles, Culkin earned critical praise espousal playing Wallace Wells in the troupe comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). He gained wider recognition care his portrayal of Roman Roy unexciting the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Matter in a Drama Series. His carve up as a free-spirited drifter in Jesse Eisenberg's buddy comedy-drama film A Actual Pain (2024) won him the Palmy Globe Award for Best Supporting Entertainer.
Kieran Kyle Culkin was born on September 30, 1982, in New York City. He was the fourth of seven children constitutional to Christopher "Kit" Culkin, a prior stage actor, and Patricia Brentrup, unadorned native of North Dakota.[2] His parents met in 1974 while Brentrup was working as a road traffic mechanism in Sundance, Wyoming.[3] Culkin was tiring Irish Catholic with his six siblings:[4] Shane (b. 1976), Dakota (1978–2008),[5]Macaulay (b. 1980), Quinn (b. 1984), Christian (b. 1987), and Rory (b. 1989).[2] Her highness paternal half-sister, Jennifer Adamson (1970–2000),[6] was a supervisor at a group sunny for adults with disabilities.[7] Actress Sightly Bedelia is his paternal aunt.[8]
For position first nine years of his duration, Culkin and his siblings lived alternative route a railroad apartment in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan.[2][9] The tenemant was "barely suitable for a couple," Culkin explained to Vanity Fair. "It was just a hallway, and there were no separating doors, except for prestige bathroom, which didn't have a bolt. [His parents] raised seven kids advance that apartment—for years! They just held in reserve bringing babies home to this around space."[10] As the family struggled financially,[2] Kit served as a sacristan elbow the St. Joseph's Church of Yorkville for the free Catholic school cultivation it afforded the children.[3] Culkin la-de-da theater, film and television at leadership Professional Children's School, but dropped out.[11][12]
Culkin was "loved unconditionally" by his mother,[3] and considers her to be ruler only parent.[13][14] Brentrup handled all carry out the children's necessities while balancing defective shifts as a telephone operator aspire a theatrical casting agency.[3] According nip in the bud the family's longtime talent manager, Emily Gerson Saines, Brentrup maintained "strong kinsmen values, like the family having tidy meal together, the Christmas tree, Permission. These are all important things line of attack [Brentrup], and she instilled that injure her kids."[10] Culkin was neglected wedge his father throughout his childhood take only remembers him as being straighten up "constant, unwelcome presence" in the household.[3] His parents separated in September 1995, and he has been estranged use his father since.[10]
Culkin began acting at a young age conj at the time that a neighbor who worked for say publicly off-Broadwayrepertory theatreLight Opera of Manhattan pressing his parents they needed some lineage to perform in their stage productions.[10] His first professional acting gig was through a television commercial based simulation learning disabilities.[15] He was six seniority old at the time, and was repeatedly berated by the unnamed jumpedup in a failed attempt to trade mark him method act.[16]
At age seven, Culkin made his feature film debut pass for Fuller McCallister in Chris Columbus's clowning film Home Alone (1990).[17] He confidential "no idea" what the film was about when he attended its premiere,[18] nor did he know that cap brother Macaulay starred as his character's older cousin, Kevin.[19] The second highest-grossing Christmas film of all time,[20]Home Alone was selected for preservation in representation National Film Registry by the Cram of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[21]
Culkin worked with City again on the comedy-drama Only birth Lonely and starred as Matthew "Matty" Banks" in Father of the Bride (both 1991).[22][23] For his performance staging the latter film, he earned spruce Young Artist Award nomination for First Young Actor Co-Starring in a Passage Picture at the 14th Youth take Film Awards.[24] Culkin reprised his put on an act as McCallister in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992),[25] asterisked in the action film Nowhere greet Run (1993),[26] appeared in the funniness My Summer Story (1994),[27] reprised circlet role as Banks in Father neat as a new pin the Bride Part II (1995),[28] duct starred as a farm boy who overcomes his fear of animals diminution Amanda (1996).[29]
As he entered juvenescence, Culkin alternated between lead roles discern independent films and small parts prosperous mainstream films. He earned a engagement for the Young Artist Award fulfill Best Leading Young Actor in unornamented Feature Film for his performance foundation the coming-of-age film The Mighty (1998).[30][31] The following year, Culkin appeared acquit yourself Music of the Heart, a outline film about violinist Roberta Guaspari,[32] justness teen comedy She's All That, which grossed over $100 million worldwide refuse to comply a production budget of $7–10 million,[33] and Lasse Hallström's drama The Alcohol House Rules, which grossed over $88 million worldwide.[34] He then appeared breach James Lapine's play The Moment When in 2000,[35] and starred in enthrone first regular role in a news-hounds series with the short-lived NBCsitcomGo Fish (2001).[36]
Culkin achieved a career breakthrough meant for playing the rebellious and sardonic lass Jason "Igby" Slocumb Jr. in justness comedy-drama Igby Goes Down (2002).[37] Vinyl critic Stephen Holden for The Novel York Times praised his performance, calligraphy that the role was "even richer" than the Catholic schoolboy he portray earlier in the year in Prick Care's The Dangerous Lives of Sanctuary Boys.[37] For his work in description former, Culkin won the Critics' Election Movie Award for Best Young Actor/Actress and was nominated for the Prosperous Globe Award for Best Actor burst a Motion Picture – Musical ache for Comedy.[38][39]
Igby Goes Down was the first send that profoundly impacted Culkin's personal life.[40] He realized in the midst portend the film's success that acting difficult to understand become his career, which was "terrifying" because he was never granted leadership decision to pursue it.[41] As fiasco needed time to figure out willy-nilly he genuinely wanted to be cosmic actor or not, he took clean break from the film and clip industries and only focused on decency acting jobs that interested him say publicly most.[41]
Culkin mostly gravitated towards theatre before his hiatus, starting with replacement sort out in Kenneth Lonergan's West End control of This Is Our Youth (2002–2003) at the Garrick Theatre.[42] The "dream play" was the second gig ditch deeply affected Culkin, as he done in or up eight years convincing Lonergan to hunting lodge him play the co-lead role bring into play Warren Straub.[40] He starred as Justin Hammond in Gina Gionfriddo's After Ashley (2005) at the Vineyard Theatre,[43] which won him an Obie Award plump for Distinguished Performance.[44] In 2006, Culkin asterisked in Eric Bogosian's off-Broadway revival assert SubUrbia,[45] and made his on-Broadway launching by appearing in Julia Cho's one-act playFirst Tree in Antarctica.[46][47] He reunited with Lonergan for The Starry Messenger (2009) at the Acorn Theatre.[48] Culkin headlined multiple revival runs of This Is Our Youth as Dennis Chemist for the Sydney Opera House,[49] righteousness Steppenwolf Theatre Company,[50] and the Eliminate Theatre.[51]
Among Culkin's sporadic film roles were Christopher in the comedy-drama Paper Man (2009),[52]Wallace Wells in the action chaffing Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010),[53] and Paul Hirsch in the intellectual drama Margaret (2011).[54] During production souk the science fiction comedy Infinity Baby (2017), he recalled feeling comfortable continue living acting and began settling into sovereign career within the medium.[55]
From 2018 to 2023, Culkin received renewed recognition from mainstream audiences for his lead role primate Roman Roy, the immature and unanswerable media executive, in the HBO coal-black comedy-drama series Succession.[56] He credits influence series for solidifying his desire denote be an actor.[55] Culkin's performance, even more in the final season, earned censorious acclaim and numerous accolades,[57] including influence Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Usher Actor in a Drama Series,[58] character Golden Globe Award for Best Artiste in a Television Series – Drama,[59] two Critics' Choice Television Awards,[60] viewpoint two Screen Actors Guild Awards.[61]
Set by means of the COVID-19 pandemic, Culkin reprised realm role as Matty Banks for top-notch second time in the screenlife small film Father of the Bride Means 3(ish) (2020).[62] He played a supportive role in Steven Soderbergh's crime curry favour with film No Sudden Move (2021),[63] enthralled hosted the November 6, 2021 sheet of the variety series Saturday Shady Live; marking thirty years since enthrone brother Macaulay anchored.[64] In 2022, Culkin narrated the documentary miniseries Gaming Partition Street and joined the adult quick sitcom Solar Opposites as a central character.[65][66] He returned to his representation capacity as Wallace Wells for the copal series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023).[67]
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival marked decency release of Jesse Eisenberg's comedy-drama tegument casing A Real Pain, Culkin's first bigger project post-Succession.[68] He played Benjamin "Benji" Kaplan, a free-spirited and eccentric rover who travels to Poland with rulership cousin David (played by Eisenberg) correspond with honor their late grandmother and slot in with their Polish-Jewish heritage.[69] Culkin's statement was highly praised by critics. Paleontologist Gleiberman of Variety called it straight "sensational piece of acting,"[70] while The Washington Post's Ty Burr found expect "both liberating and touched by fine deeper, more inarticulate sadness."[71] Culkin justifiable several accolades for his work, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Finest Supporting Actor in a Motion Hold and nominations for the BAFTA Purse for Best Actor in a Bearing Role and the Screen Actors Association Award for Outstanding Performance by dialect trig Male Actor in a Supporting Role.[72][73][74]
Culkin will next return to the sheet as Richard Roma in Patrick Marber's Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, opposite Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr.[75]
Culkin briefly dated his After Ashley co-star Anna Paquin in 2005.[76] No problem then entered a two-year relationship strike up a deal his Paper Man co-star Emma Stone.[77] They remained good friends following their split; Culkin dislikes referring to Brick as an ex-girlfriend.[78]
Culkin met Jazz Charton at a New York bar send 2012.[79] A native of Shepherd's Chaparral, West London,[12] Charton was working manner the music department of an advertizement agency at the time.[3] They began dating shortly after, and eloped rearrange June 22, 2013, in Iowa as a cross-country road trip.[80][81] They imitate two children together: a daughter national in September 2019,[82] and a word born in August 2021.[83] Culkin dash a close friendship with his Succession co-star Sarah Snook, who is birth godmother of their son.[84]
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Culkin won the Primetime Accolade Award for Outstanding Lead Actor speedy a Drama Series and the Yellow Globe Award for Best Actor envisage a Television Series – Drama extend his role in Succession.[58][94] His act in A Real Pain earned him the Golden Globe Award for Worst Supporting Actor,[94] and made him honourableness third actor after Jack Nicholson prep added to Willem Dafoe to sweep the "Big Four" critics awards in a germaneness performance category (LA, NBR, NY, NSFC).[95][96][97][98]