Macaulay Culkin

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1980-08-26 (44 years old)

Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As Macaulay Carson Culkin, Μακόλεϊ Κάλκιν, 맥컬리 컬킨, マコーレー・カルキン

Macaulay Culkin

Biography

Macaulay Culkin, byname Mack, (born August 26, 1980, New York City, New York, U.S.), 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. bio by @yusufpiskin

Known For

Actor

2024
Music by John Williams

as Kevin McCallister (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022
Entergalactic

as Downtown Pat (voice)

2020
2019
Changeland

as Ian

2019
Leaving Neverland: ProSieben Spezial

as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Movies That Made Us

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Dollface

as Dan Hackett

2019
The Righteous Gemstones

as Harmon Freeman

2017
Cabiria, Charity, Chastity

as Spectre / Tough One

2016
Zoolander 2

as Macaulay Culkin

2015
:DRYVRS

as Kevin McCallister

2015
:DRYVRS

as Hero

2014
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials

as Various (voice) (archive sound)

2014
An Open Secret

as Self (archive footage)

2011
2010
Michael Jackson: VIDEOGRAPHY

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2009
Kings

as Andrew Cross

2007
2005
Robot Chicken

as So Hungry / Luke Duke

2005
Robot Chicken

as Prince Adam / Farmer

2005
Robot Chicken

as Little Boy / Bullied Kid / Himself

2005
Robot Chicken

as Dean Devlin / Sponge

2005
Robot Chicken

as Vampire #2 / Bastian / Co-anchor

2004
Saved!

as Roland

2003
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003
Party Monster

as Michael Alig

1998
Will & Grace

as Jason 'J.T.' Towne

1997
The View

as Self

1994
Ri¢hie Ri¢h

as Richie Rich

1994
The Pagemaster

as Richard Tyler

1994
Getting Even with Dad

as Timmy Gleason

1993
The Nutcracker

as The Nutcracker Prince

1993
The Good Son

as Henry Evans

1993
Frasier

as Elliott (voice)

1993
1991
My Girl

as Thomas J. Sennett

1991
Only the Lonely

as Billy Maldoon

1991
Wish Kid

as Nick McClary

1990
Home Alone

as Kevin

1990
Jacob's Ladder

as Gabe (uncredited)

1989
Uncle Buck

as Miles Russell

1989
See You in the Morning

as Billy Livingstone

1988
Rocket Gibraltar

as Cy Blue Black

1985
The Midnight Hour

as Halloween Kid (uncredited)

1985
The Equalizer

as Paul Gephardt

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Art

2011
The Wrong Ferarri

as Set Designer

Producer

2016
Adam Green's Aladdin

as Associate Producer