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Kieran Culkin wearing a blue shirt and a tan suit standing against a magenta background at the 2024 New York Film Festival
Culkin at the 2024 New York Film Festival

Kieran Culkin is an American actor who has appeared in films, television series, and stage productions since he was a child. He made his feature film debut alongside his older brother, Macaulay, as a bedwetting Pepsi aficionado in Home Alone (1990), the second-highest-grossing Christmas film of all time. While reprising his role in its 1992 sequel, Culkin portrayed the young son of Steve Martin and Diane Keaton's characters in the Father of the Bride franchise (1991–2020). His first leading role came with the coming-of age drama The Mighty (1998), where he played a boy suffering from Morquio syndrome.

After appearing in She's All That and The Cider House Rules (both 1999), which were both commercial successes, Culkin achieved his breakthrough as a sardonic teenager in the comedy-drama Igby Goes Down (2002). The role won him the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Actor/Actress and earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Culkin took a hiatus from the screen due to personal conflicts and worked extensively in theater, making his West End debut as a replacement for Jake Gyllenhaal in Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth. He continued to perform in off-Broadway plays such as Gina Gionfriddo's After Ashley (2004), for which he won an Obie Award for Distinguished Performance, and Eric Bogosian's revival of SubUrbia (2006).

Culkin made an intermittent return to the screen through the comedy-drama film Lymelife (2008). His role as the sarcastic Wallace Wells in Edgar Wright's action comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) earned praise from critics. From 2012 to 2015, Culkin headlined the Broadway, Chicago, and Sydney productions of This is Our Youth as a manipulative college dropout living under the dawn of the Reagan era. On television, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Roman Roy in the HBO series Succession (2018–2023). Culkin's critical success continued with Jesse Eisenberg's buddy comedy film A Real Pain (2024). His performance as a free-spirited and outspoken drifter earned nominations for the BAFTA and Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor.

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1990 Home Alone Fuller McCallister [1]
1991 Only the Lonely Patrick Muldoon Jr. [2]
Father of the Bride Matthew "Matty" Banks [3]
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Fuller McCallister [4]
1993 Nowhere to Run Mike "Mookie" Anderson [5]
1994 My Summer Story Ralph "Ralphie" Parker [6]
1995 Father of the Bride Part II Matthew "Matty" Banks [7]
1996 Amanda Biddle Farnsworth [8]
1998 The Mighty Kevin Dillon [9]
1999 She's All That Simon Boggs [10]
Music of the Heart Alexi Tzavaras [11]
The Cider House Rules Buster [12]
2002 The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Tim Sullivan [13]
Igby Goes Down Jason "Igby" Slocumb, Jr. [14]
2008 Lymelife Jimmy Bartlett [15]
2009 Paper Man Christopher [16]
2010 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Wallace Wells [17]
2011 Margaret Paul Hirsch [18]
2013 Movie 43 Neil Segment: "Veronica" [19]
2015 Quitters Mr. Becker [20]
2016 Wiener-Dog Brandon McCarthy [21]
2017 Infinity Baby Ben [22]
Approaching a Breakthrough Norman Kaminsky Short film [23]
2020 Father of the Bride, Part 3(ish) Matthew "Matty" Banks [24]
2021 No Sudden Move Charley [25]
2024 A Real Pain Benjamin "Benji" Kaplan [26]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1991 Saturday Night Live Froggy (uncredited) Episode: "Macaulay Culkin / Tin Machine" (S17E7) [27]
1996 Frasier Jimmy (voice) Episode: "The Impossible Dream" (S4E3) [28]
1999 The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns Barney O'Grady Miniseries [29]
2001 Go Fish Andy "Fish" Troutner Main role [30]
2015 Fargo Rye Gerhardt Guest role (season 2) [31]
Long Live the Royals Peter (voice) Main role [32]
2018–2023 Succession Roman Roy [33]
2020 Robot Chicken Joe Jonas / Nostradamus's Intern (voice) Episode: "Petless M in: Cars Are Couches On The Road" (S10E13) [34]
2021 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "Kieran Culkin / Ed Sheeran" (S47E5) [35]
2022 Gaming Wall Street Himself (narrator) Documentary miniseries [36]
The Boys Presents: Diabolical O.D. (voice) Episode: "I'm Your Pusher" (S1E3) [37]
Saturday Night Live Matthew "Matty" Banks Episode: "Steve Martin & Martin Short / Brandi Carlile" (S48E8); guest role [38]
2022–present Solar Opposites Glen Kumstein / Dodge Charger (voice) Main role (season 3–present) [39]
2023 Agent Elvis Gabriel Wolf (voice) Episode: "Godspeed, Drunk Monkey" (S1E10) [40]
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Wallace Wells (voice) Main role [41]
Teenage Euthanasia Ref Mazos Episode: "A Waist-Down Ghost Town Shut Down" (S2E9) [42]
2024 The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy Dr. Plowp (voice) Main role [43]

Theater

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Year Title Role Venue Theatre Ref.
2000 The Moment When Wilson Playwrights Horizons Off-Broadway [44]
2002–2003 This Is Our Youth Warren Straub (replacement) Garrick Theatre West End [45]
2004 Autobahn — Manhattan Class Company Off-Broadway [46]
2005 After Ashley Justin Hammond Vineyard Theatre [47]
2006 subUrbia Buff Second Stage Theater [48]
First Tree in Antarctica Shawn American Arlines Theatre Broadway [49]
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2009 The Starry Messenger Student Acorn Theatre Off-Broadway [51]
2012 This Is Our Youth Dennis Ziegler Sydney Opera House Sydney [52]
2014–2015 Steppenwolf Theatre Company Chicago [53]
Cort Theatre Broadway [54]
2025 Glengarry Glen Ross Richard Roma Palace Theatre [55]

Commercials

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Year(s) Company Promoting Title Region Ref.
2020 Volkswagen Vehicle: Atlas Cross Sport "The Accountant" United States [56]
2025 NerdWallet Application "Genius Beluga" United States (Super Bowl LIX) [57]

Audiobooks

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds Narrator [58]
The Hammer of Thor [59]
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See also

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References

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  26. ^ Fear, David (October 29, 2024). "A Real Pain Is a Road Movie, a Buddy Comedy -- and a Really Great Film, Period". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  27. ^ Gariano, Francesca (November 7, 2021). "Kieran Culkin re-creates cute moment from 1991 SNL appearance". Today. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  28. ^ Deadrick, Acacia (February 4, 2024). "20 celebs who were surprise guest stars on Frasier". Yardbarker. Archived from the original on March 27, 2024. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  29. ^ Oxman, Steven (November 3, 1999). "The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns". Variety. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  30. ^ Goodman, Tim (June 19, 2001). "Go Fish is like summer love / New NBC sitcom is too good to last". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  31. ^ Porter, Rick (October 12, 2015). "Fargo Boss Noah Hawley Explains Where Season 2 Goes From Here". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  32. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (November 19, 2015). "CN Miniseries Long Live the Royals Bows Nov. 30". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  33. ^ Gross, Terry (December 6, 2021). "Kieran Culkin is having fun with Succession — and he hopes you are too". NPR. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  34. ^ Trumbore, Dave (June 27, 2020). "Robot Chicken Season 10 Episode 13 Features a Killer Stephen King Bit". Collider. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
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  36. ^ Bramesco, Charles (March 3, 2022). "'Money's all belief': the docuseries unravelling the GameStop chaos". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on March 11, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  37. ^ Horne, Karama (March 4, 2022). "Diabolical Review: Prime's Animated The Boys Spinoff Is Heavy on Gore, Light on Story". TheWrap. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
  38. ^ Angermiller, Michele Amabile (December 10, 2022). "SNL: Steve Martin and Martin Short Reboot Father of the Bride with Kieran Culkin". Variety. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  39. ^ O'Rourke, Ryan (August 9, 2024). "Kieran Culkin Makes a Turkey Friend in New Solar Opposites Season 5 Sneak Peek [Exclusive]". Collider. Archived from the original on August 13, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  40. ^ Craig, David (March 21, 2023). "Agent Elvis cast | Full list of actors in Netflix animated series". Radio Times. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  41. ^ Rice, Lynette (August 16, 2023). "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Teaser & Premiere Date: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead & More Original Movie Cast Reunite For Netflix Anime Series – Update". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 16, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  42. ^ Sarto, Debbie Diamond (September 20, 2023). "Exclusive Clip: Adult Swim Teenage Euthanasia". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on September 27, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  43. ^ Petski, Denise (May 23, 2022). "Amazon Orders Animated Comedy The Hospital EP'ed & Starring Maya Rudolph & Natasha Lyonne With Kieran Culkin, Keke Palmer, Greta Lee, Sam Smith". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  44. ^ Isherwood, Charles (March 27, 2000). "The Moment When". Variety. Archived from the original on December 23, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
  45. ^ Billington, Michael (March 18, 2002). "This is Our Youth". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  46. ^ Hernandez, Ernio (February 20, 2004). "Culkin Joins Starry Cast of LaBute's MCC Autobahn Benefit, March 8". Playbill. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  47. ^ Hernandez, Ernio (March 1, 2005). "After Ashley with Culkin and Paquin Extends Off-Broadway Through April 3". Playbill. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
  48. ^ Brantley, Ben (September 29, 2009). "Bogosian's Youthful Rage and Alienation, Retrofitted for BlackBerries". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
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  58. ^ For Magnus Chase: The Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds. Amazon. August 16, 2016. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2018 – via Audible.
  59. ^ The Hammer of Thor. Amazon. Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2017 – via Audible.
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