Kieran Culkin Biography

Kieran Kyle Culkin (born September 30, 1982) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, acting alongside his older brother Macaulay in the Home Alone franchise (19901992) before going on to feature in films including 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, The Cider House Rules (1999), The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), and Movie 43. His breakout role in Igby Goes Down (2002) received critical acclaim and he was nominated for a Best Actor Golden Globe Award, as well as winning a Critics' Choice Movie Award and Satellite Award. He has also acted on-stage, most notably in several productions of the Kenneth Lonergan play This Is Our Youth. In 2015, he portrayed Rye Gerhardt in the second season of the critically acclaimed FX series Fargo.

Early life

Culkin was born in New York City, the son of Patricia Brentrup and Kit Culkin, a former stage actor with a long career on Broadway. He is the fourth of seven children. He has four brothers: Shane (born 1976), Macaulay (born 1980), Christian (born 1987), and Rory (born 1989), and sister Quinn (born 1984). His second sister, Dakota (born 1979), died in a car accident in 2008.

Career

Culkin's first film role was a small part alongside his brother, Macaulay, in Home Alone as cousin Fuller McCallister. He continued acting as a child and teenager, mainly working in comedies, including Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and Father of the Bride and its sequel. He also played a role in She's All That as Laney's younger brother, Simon.

As a teenager, he alternated between lead roles in independent films and small parts in mainstream films. He played the title role in the film Igby Goes Down, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award; and previously appeared in the Academy Award-nominated movie Music of the Heart. He also had the lead role in The Mighty as Kevin Dillon.

He played Buff in Eric Bogosian's updated version of SubUrbia at the Second Stage Theatre in New York; in 2010, Culkin played Scott Pilgrim's 'cool gay roommate' Wallace Wells in the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

In 2015, he portrayed Rye Gerhardt in the second season of the critically acclaimed FX series Fargo.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Home Alone	Fuller McCallister
1991	Only the Lonely	Patrick Muldoon Jr.
1991	Father of the Bride	Matty Banks	Nominated "? Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Motion Picture
1992	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	Fuller McCallister
1993	Nowhere to Run	Mike "Mookie" Anderson
1994	My Summer Story	Ralph "Ralphie" Parker
1995	Father of the Bride Part II	Matty Banks
1996	Amanda	Biddle Farnsworth
1998	The Mighty	Kevin Dillon	Nominated "? Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor
1999	She's All That	Simon Boggs
1999	Music of the Heart	Lexi at 15
1999	The Cider House Rules	Buster	Nominated "? Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2002	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	Tim Sullivan
2002	Igby Goes Down	Jason "Igby" Slocumb, Jr.	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Youth in Film Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated "? Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated "? MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
2008	Lymelife	Jimmy Bartlett
2009	Paper Man	Christopher
2009	Three Stories About Joan
2010	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	Wallace Wells	Nominated"?Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble
2011	Margaret	Paul
2013	Movie 43	Neil	Segment: "Veronica" Nominated "? Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo (along with the entire cast)
2015	Quitters	Mr. Becker
2016	Wiener-Dog	Brandon
2017	Infinity Baby	Ben

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Saturday Night Live	Froggy	Episode: "Macaulay Culkin/Tin Machine"
1996	Frasier	Jimmy (voice)	Episode: "The Impossible Dream"
1999	The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns	Barney O'Grady	2 episodes
2001	Go Fish	Andy "Fish" Troutner	5 episodes
2015	Fargo	Rye Gerhardt	2 episodes
TBA	Succession	Roman Roy

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	The Moment When	Wilson	Playwrights Horizons, New York
2003	This Is Our Youth	Warren	Garrick Theatre, London
2004	After Ashley	Justin Hammond	Vineyard Theatre, New York Obie Award for Performance
2007	subUrbia	Buff	Second Stage Theatre, New York
2012	This Is Our Youth	Dennis	Sydney Opera House, Sydney
2014	This Is Our Youth	Dennis	Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
2014	This Is Our Youth	Dennis	Cort Theatre, New York