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Kieran Culkin

Kieran Culkin

Birthday: 1982-09-30 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
Animal Farm

as    Squealer (voice)

2024
A Real Pain

as    Benji Kaplan

2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

as    Wallace Wells (voice)

2022
Gaming Wall St

as    Narrator (voice)

2021
No Sudden Move

as    Charley Barnes

2020
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)

as    Matty Banks

2018
Succession

as    Roman Roy

2017
Infinity Baby

as    Ben

2017
Approaching a Breakthrough

as    Norman

2016
Wiener-Dog

as    Brandon McCarthy

2015
Quitters

as    Mr. Becker

2015
Long Live the Royals

as    Peter (voice)

2013
Movie 43

as    Neil (segment "Veronica")

2011
Margaret

as    Paul

2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

as    Wallace Wells

2009
Paper Man

as    Christopher

2008
Lymelife

as    Jimmy Bartlett

2003
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies

as    Self (archive footage)

2002
Igby Goes Down

as    Igby

2002
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

as    Tim Sullivan

2001
Go Fish

as    Andy 'Fish' Troutner

1999
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

as    Barney O'Grady

1999
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

as    Barney O'Grady

1999
Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

as    Barney O'Grady

1999
The Cider House Rules

as    Buster

1999
She's All That

as    Simon Boggs

1998
The Mighty

as    Kevin "Freak" Dillon