Michael Culkin

Known for ActingBorn 1954-07-02 (age 71)Ireland

Michael Culkin is an Irish actor who grew up in Newfoundland. Here he appeared in myriad stage productions for the Arts Centre St Johns, including: The Lion in Winter, A Scent of Flowers, The Hostage, Carousel, among others. Having studied in Paris he moved to Bristol to attend The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and after graduating went into bi-weekly rep with the Yorkshire Theatre Company. While living in Los Angeles he worked with Bernard Rose on the seminal "Candyman' and subsequently worked on 'Candyman 2' directed by the Oscar Winner, Bill Condon. He returned to London where he worked in the West End, 'Lady In The Van'. At the National Theatre, and the Donmar, as well as appearing in many British Television classics: Our Mutual Friend, Perfect Strangers, Poldark 1,2,3, Holby City, Garrow's Law 1,2,3,, Father Brown, Poirot, Morse, Kavanagh QC, alongside feature film work with Meryl Streep, "Iron Lady", Hugh Grant, Johnny Depp "Mortdecai", Judi Dench, Rufus Sewell among others. He is a longstanding member of BAFTA, the Society of Artists Potters & Poets, and Chair of a Community Land Trust in Essex. He has a remaining fondness for France having made several films in French, including Place Vendome, and Monsieur N, and also for Llamas having been left two by an uncle. The Llamas and Culkin enjoy a quiet rural life when he's not busy away working...Read more

Movies & web series

The Crown

Bridgerton

Downton Abbey

Agatha Christie's Poirot

A Discovery of Witches

Poldark

Our Mutual Friend

Queer as Folk

Father Brown

Genius

The Fifth Element

Garrow's Law

The Hours

Highlander: The Series

A Very English Scandal

Shackleton

Immortal Beloved

Pretty Lethal

Dangerous Beauty

Dalgliesh

Peterloo

L.A. Rules The Pros & Cons of Breathing

Savage House

The Good Liar

55 Steps

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

Strings

Relic Hunter

The Witchfinder

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Solomon

Mr. Turner

Perfect Strangers

Mr. Holmes

Reunion

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

Candyman

The Iron Lady

Into the Blue

An Ideal Husband

The Coroner

Towards Zero

Being Julia

Surprised by Oxford

Dark Angel

Monsieur N.

The Nest

Don Quixote