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Kieran Culkin

Kieran Culkin

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.

Known for

Untitled Nancy Meyers Film
2027
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026 • Caesar Flickerman
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
2026 • Squealer (voice)
A Real Pain
A Real Pain
2024 • Benji Kaplan
No Sudden Move
No Sudden Move
2021 • Charley Barnes
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
2020 • Matty Banks
Infinity Baby
Infinity Baby
2017 • Ben
Approaching a Breakthrough
Approaching a Breakthrough
2017 • Norman

Full filmography

Animal Farm
Animal Farm
2026 • Squealer (voice)
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A Real Pain
A Real Pain
2024 • Benji Kaplan
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No Sudden Move
No Sudden Move
2021 • Charley Barnes
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Wiener-Dog
Wiener-Dog
2016 • Brandon McCarthy
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Quitters
Quitters
2015 • Mr. Becker
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Movie 43
Movie 43
2013 • Neil (segment "Veronica")
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Margaret
Margaret
2011 • Paul
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Paper Man
Paper Man
2009 • Christopher
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Lymelife
Lymelife
2008 • Jimmy Bartlett
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Music of the Heart
Music of the Heart
1999 • Lexi at 15
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She's All That
She's All That
1999 • Simon Boggs
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The Mighty
The Mighty
1998 • Kevin "Freak" Dillon
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Amanda
Amanda
1996 • Biddle Farnsworth
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It Runs in the Family
It Runs in the Family
1994 • Ralph "Ralphie" Parker
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Nowhere to Run
Nowhere to Run
1993 • Mike 'Mookie' Anderson
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Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride
1991 • Matty Banks
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Only the Lonely
Only the Lonely
1991 • Patrick Muldoon Jr.
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Home Alone
Home Alone
1990 • Fuller
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Kieran Culkin – Biography, Known For & Filmography