Macaulay Culkin

Known for ActingBorn 1980-08-26 (age 45)New York City, New York, USA

Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin (born Macaulay Carson Culkin; August 26, 1980) is an American actor who rose to fame in John Hughes’s 1990 box office hit Home Alone and quickly became one of the most famous child actors of the 1990s. He next appeared in Only the Lonely and costarred in the highly acclaimed My Girl, both released in 1991. Culkin returned to his star-making role as Kevin in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), which also performed well at the box office. Culkin’s next role, a dramatic turn from his previous work, was in the dark and disturbing The Good Son (1993), in which he played a deeply troubled child. Culkin continued to work steadily, appearing in one more film that year and in three films the next year—The Nutcracker (1993), Getting Even with Dad (1994), The Pagemaster (1994), and, in the title role, Richie Rich (1994)—before taking a step back from acting in his early 20s to act occasionally and to pursue other creative opportunities. Meanwhile, Culkin had returned to acting in the early 2000s. He starred in the play Madame Melville, which opened in London in 2000 and moved to New York City (Off-Broadway) the next year. His first movie as an adult was Party Monster (2003), in which he played the murderous party promoter Michael Alig. It was closely followed by his role in Saved! (2004), a comedy in which he played a high-school student whose sister is a Christian zealot. Later films included Sex and Breakfast (2007), The Wrong Ferrari (2011), Adam Green’s Aladdin (2016), and Changeland (2019). During this time he also worked in television, notably making appearances on Will & Grace, in 2003; Foster Hall, in 2004; Kings, in 2009; Dollface, in 2019; American Horror Story, in 2021; and The Righteous Gemstones, in 2022. Culkin lent his voice to Robot Chicken (2001– ) and appeared as himself in The Jim Gaffigan Show (2015–16). Culkin pursued other creative interests as well. He wrote a novel, Junior (2005), which is the story of a young star who has a troubled relationship with his father; while ostensibly fiction, it appeared to have many similarities to Culkin’s own experiences with his father. Culkin also dabbled in music. He formed a band called the Pizza Underground that performed the songs of the Velvet Underground but with the lyrics humorously revised to incorporate a pizza theme. Pizza Underground went on a brief tour in 2014. In 2017 Culkin created the comedy website and accompanying podcast Bunny Ears, which was a satiric riff on wellness and lifestyle brands.Read more

Movies & web series

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies

Michael Jackson: Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour

Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials

Michael Jackson: VIDEOGRAPHY

Fallout

American Horror Story

Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films

E! True Hollywood Story

John Candy: I Like Me

The Eric Andre Show

Zootopia 2

Entergalactic

Our Popcorn Movie Dystopia - Some More News: The Movie

Kings

Robot Chicken

The Righteous Gemstones

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

Frasier

Running Point

The Angry Video Game Nerd

The Movies That Made Us

Home Alone

My Girl

WWE WrestleMania VII

Jacob's Ladder

Hot Ones

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Dollface

An Open Secret

Michael Jackson's Boys

The Equalizer

Adam Green's Aladdin

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy

Will & Grace

The Good Son

Wish Kid

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Uncle Buck

The Last Showgirl

Saturday Night Live

Golden Globe Awards

The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!

Leaving Neverland

The Oscars

Celebrity Jeopardy!

Saved!

The Pagemaster