Kieran Culkin
Biography
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
The Simpsons
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Fargo
The Graham Norton Show
Saturday Night Live
All Movies (32)
- Untitled Nancy Meyers Film2027
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping2026 · as Caesar Flickerman
- Animal Farm2026 · as Squealer (voice)
- A Real Pain2024 · as Benji Kaplan
- No Sudden Move2021 · as Charley Barnes
- Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)2020 · as Matty
- Infinity Baby2017 · as Ben
- Approaching a Breakthrough2017 · as Norman
- Wiener-Dog2016 · as Brandon McCarthy
- Quitters2015 · as Mr. Becker
- Movie 432013 · as Neil (segment "Veronica")
- Margaret2011 · as Paul
- The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'2010 · as Self
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World2010 · as Wallace Wells
- Paper Man2009 · as Christopher
- Lymelife2008 · as Jimmy Bartlett
- Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies2003 · as Self (archive footage)
- Igby Goes Down2002 · as Igby
- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys2002 · as Tim Sullivan
- The Cider House Rules1999 · as Buster
- Music of the Heart1999 · as Lexi at 15
- Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes1999 · as Fuller
- She's All That1999 · as Simon Boggs
- The Mighty1998 · as Kevin "Freak" Dillon
- Amanda1996 · as Biddle Farnsworth
- Father of the Bride Part II1995 · as Matty Banks
- It Runs in the Family1994 · as Ralph "Ralphie" Parker
- Nowhere to Run1993 · as Mike 'Mookie' Anderson
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York1992 · as Fuller
- Father of the Bride1991 · as Matty Banks
- Only the Lonely1991 · as Patrick Muldoon Jr.
- Home Alone1990 · as Fuller
All TV Shows (38)
- Actors on Actors: Broadway2025 · as Self
- #1 Happy Family USA2025 · as Dr. Riley (voice)
- The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy2024 · as Dr. Plowp (voice)
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off2023 · as Wallace Wells (voice)
- Krapopolis2023 · as Wormius (voice)
- Agent Elvis2023 · as Gabriel Wolf (voice)
- Gaming Wall St2022 · as Narrator (voice)
- The Boys Presents: Diabolical2022 · as O.D. (voice)
- Solar Opposites2020 · as Glen (voice)
- Solar Opposites2020 · as Glen / Astronaut (voice)
- Solar Opposites2020 · as Dodge Charger (voice)
- Solar Opposites2020 · as (voice)
- Succession2018 · as Roman Roy
- Long Live the Royals2015 · as Peter (voice)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
- Hot Ones2015 · as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
- Fargo2014 · as Rye Gerhardt
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
- Gogglebox2013 · as Self
- The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
- Robot Chicken2005 · as Joe Jonas / Nostradamus' Intern (voice)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
- Go Fish2001 · as Andy 'Fish' Troutner
- The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns1999 · as Barney O'Grady
- The Wonderful World of Disney1997
- Frasier1993 · as Jimmy (voice)
- MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self / Presenter
- The Simpsons1989 · as Hub (voice)
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Froggy (uncredited)
- The Oscars1953 · as Self
- The Oscars1953 · as Self - Presenter
- Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee