Kieran Culkin Biography
Kieran Culkin (Kieran Kyle Culkin) is an American actor who began his career as a child actor. Kieran’s breakout role in Igby Goes Down (2002) received critical acclaim and he was also nominated for a Best Actor Golden Globe Award this is as well as winning a Critics’ Choice Movie Award and Satellite Award.
Culkin is also well known for his role as Wallace Wells in the hit cult film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Kieran has acted on the stage, most notably in several productions of the Kenneth Lonergan play This Is Our Youth.
He also portrayed Rye Gerhardt in the second season of the FX series Fargo in 2015. He portrays Roman Roy in the HBO series Succession.
How Old is Kieran Culkin?
Kieran Kyle Culkin was born on September 30, 1982, in New York City, U.S. He is 36 years old as of 2018.
Kieran Culkin Family
Culkin was born to Patricia Brentrup and Kit Culkin, a former stage actor with a long career on Broadway. He has seven siblings; Christian, Dakota, Macaulay Culkin, Jennifer, Rory Culkin, Shane, and Quinn. They were all raised as performers. His elder sister Dakota born in 1979 died in a car accident in 2008.
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Kyle starred alongside his brother Macaulay in the Home Alone franchise (1990–1992).
Kieran Culkin Jazz Charton
He has been married to Jazz Charton since 2013. Culkin previously dated actress Emma Stone.
Is Kieran Culkin Gay?
There is no available information regarding Kieran as gay.
Kieran Culkin Home Alone
Kyle’s first film role was a small part alongside his brother, Macaulay, in Home Alone as cousin Fuller McCallister. He then continued acting as a child and teenager, mainly working in comedies, including Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and also Father of the Bride and its sequel. Kyle also played a role in She’s All That as Laney’s younger brother, Simon.
He then appeared in feature films such as the 1991 film Father of the Bride and its 1995 sequel, My Summer Story (1994), the sequel to A Christmas Story, The Mighty (1998), She’s All That (1999), The Cider House Rules (1999), The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), and also Movie 43 (2013).
In his teenage years, Kyle alternated between lead roles in independent films and also small parts in mainstream films. He also played the title role in the film Igby Goes Down, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Culkin previously appeared in the Academy Award-nominated movie Music of the Heart. He then had the lead role in The Mighty as Kevin Dillon.
Culkin played Buff in Eric Bogosian’s updated version of SubUrbia at the Second Stage Theatre in New York; in 2010.
Kieran Culkin Fargo
He then portrayed Rye Gerhardt in the second season of the FX series Fargo in 2015.
Kieran is currently an ensemble cast member in the HBO series Succession. The series was recently renewed for a second season.
Kieran Culkin Movies
Year |
Title |
Role |
2017 |
Infinity Baby |
Ben |
2016 |
Wiener-Dog |
Brandon |
2015 |
Quitters |
Mr. Becker |
2013 |
Movie 43 |
Neil |
2011 |
Margaret |
Paul |
Hero Squad |
Clarken |
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2010 |
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World |
Wallace Wells |
2009 |
Paper Man |
Christopher |
Three Stories About Joan |
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2008 |
Lymelife |
Jimmy Bartlett |
2002 |
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys |
Tim Sullivan |
Igby Goes Down |
Jason “Igby” Slocumb, Jr. |
|
1999 |
She’s All That |
Simon Boggs |
Music of the Heart |
Lexi at 15 |
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The Cider House Rules |
Buster |
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1998 |
The Mighty |
Kevin Dillon |
1996 |
Amanda |
Biddle Farnsworth |
1995 |
Father of the Bride Part II |
Matty Banks |
1994 |
My Summer Story |
Ralph “Ralphie” Parker |
1993 |
Nowhere to Run |
Mike “Mookie” Anderson |
1992 |
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York |
Fuller McCallister |
1991 |
Only the Lonely |
Patrick Muldoon Jr. |
Father of the Bride |
Matty Banks |
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1990 |
Home Alone |
Fuller McCallister |
Kieran Culkin TV Shows
Year |
Title |
Role |
2018–present |
Succession |
Roman Roy |
2015 |
Fargo |
Rye Gerhardt |
Long Live the Royals |
Peter (voice) |
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2001 |
Go Fish |
Andy “Fish” Troutner |
1999 |
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns |
Barney O’Grady |
1996 |
Frasier |
Jimmy (voice) |
1991 |
Saturday Night Live |
Froggy |