Date of Birth : 26 August 1980
Birth Place : New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name : Macaulay Carson Culkin
Nick name : Mac
Height : 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Occupation : Actor
Nationality : American
Years active : 1985–1994, 2003–present
Spouse : Rachel Miner (1998–2000;divorced in 2002)Partner
MilaKuniS(2002–present)
Family
Aunt : Bonnie Bedelia.
Brother : Christian Culkin. born in 1987; has appeared in commercials
Brother : Kieran Culkin. born on September 30, 1982; appeared in Home Alone and
a major role in Nowhere to Run (1992) and The Mighty (1998)
Brother : Rory Culkin. born in 1989; appeared in a photograph in The Good Son and has appeared in commercials
Brother : Shane Culkin. older; born c. 1976
Father : Chris Culkin. born c. 1944; separated from Patricia Brentrup 1995; lost control of Macaulay s career in 1995; also lost custody of Culkin brood 1995; regained joint custody June 1995; dropped custody suit in 1997; never married to Brentrup
Mother : Patricia Brentrup. born c. 1954; gained custody and wrested control of Macaulay s career from Kit; separated from Kit Culkin 1995; never married to Culkin
Sister : Dakota Culkin. born c. 1979; died Dec. 10, 2008 after being struck by a car while crossing a Los Angeles street; cause of death was massive head trauma
Sister : Quinn Culkin. born on November 8, 1984; acting debut at one in NYC stage production of Bach Babies ; provided a voice for Culkin s Wishkid cartoon series (1991-92) and made her feature debut in The Good Son (1993)
BIOGRAPHY
Born Macaulay Carson Culkin on August 26, 1980 in New York City. The third of seven children, Macauley Culkin was drawn to the limelight from a young age. He performed in his first play Off-Broadway at age four. Culkin studied the performing arts extensively as a child, including training at Blanchine's School of the American Ballet, and appeared in numerous television commercials.
Although Macauley Culkin made his feature screen debut in 1988's Rocket Gibraltar, it was his charming turn as John Candy's precocious nephew in 1989's comedic hit Uncle Buck that made him Hollywood's favorite child actor. His stardom hit meteoric proportions the following year when he starred in the wildly successful slapstick comedy Home Alone. The film was the highest-grossing film of the year and spawned a slightly less successful sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York in 1992.
In 1991, Macaulay Culkin impressed audiences and critics with his heartfelt and endearing performance as the best friend of a troubled young girl in the tear-jerker My Girl. Subsequent films, including 1993's The Good Son and 1994's Richie Rich were forgettable, and emphasized Culkin's waning popularity.
Throughout his career, Macaulay Culkin's father, Kit Culkin, was his manager. During the early 1990s rumors began to surface that accused the elder Culkin of mismanagement. In 1995, Macaulay Culkin's parents began a greedy custody battle over their children and Macaulay's fortune. His mother eventually won custody.
In 2003, after a relatively long absence from the public eye, Macaulay Culkin starred in Party Monster, a true story about the rise and fall of a club promoter. Recent films include 2004's Saved! and 2007's Sex and Breakfast.
In September 2004, Culkin was arrested in Oklahoma for possession of 17.3 grams of marijuana and two other controlled substances for which he had no perscription. He was given a one-year deferred sentence on each charge and was assessed $540 in court costs.
In 2005, Culkin defended Michael Jackson at the pop star's molestation trial. He called the allegations against Jackson "absolutely ridiculous." Culkin met Jackson in the early 1990s, after he had reached stardom with Home Alone and spent time at the Neverland Ranch. He is godfather to Jackson's eldest two children Prince Michael Jr. and Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson.
Macaulay Culkin married actress Rachel Miner in 1998 when he was 18. The couple separated in 2000.
Although Macauley Culkin made his feature screen debut in 1988's Rocket Gibraltar, it was his charming turn as John Candy's precocious nephew in 1989's comedic hit Uncle Buck that made him Hollywood's favorite child actor. His stardom hit meteoric proportions the following year when he starred in the wildly successful slapstick comedy Home Alone. The film was the highest-grossing film of the year and spawned a slightly less successful sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York in 1992.
In 1991, Macaulay Culkin impressed audiences and critics with his heartfelt and endearing performance as the best friend of a troubled young girl in the tear-jerker My Girl. Subsequent films, including 1993's The Good Son and 1994's Richie Rich were forgettable, and emphasized Culkin's waning popularity.
Throughout his career, Macaulay Culkin's father, Kit Culkin, was his manager. During the early 1990s rumors began to surface that accused the elder Culkin of mismanagement. In 1995, Macaulay Culkin's parents began a greedy custody battle over their children and Macaulay's fortune. His mother eventually won custody.
In 2003, after a relatively long absence from the public eye, Macaulay Culkin starred in Party Monster, a true story about the rise and fall of a club promoter. Recent films include 2004's Saved! and 2007's Sex and Breakfast.
In September 2004, Culkin was arrested in Oklahoma for possession of 17.3 grams of marijuana and two other controlled substances for which he had no perscription. He was given a one-year deferred sentence on each charge and was assessed $540 in court costs.
In 2005, Culkin defended Michael Jackson at the pop star's molestation trial. He called the allegations against Jackson "absolutely ridiculous." Culkin met Jackson in the early 1990s, after he had reached stardom with Home Alone and spent time at the Neverland Ranch. He is godfather to Jackson's eldest two children Prince Michael Jr. and Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson.
Macaulay Culkin married actress Rachel Miner in 1998 when he was 18. The couple separated in 2000.
CAREER
Culkin began acting at the age of four. Early roles saw him appearing in a stage production of Bach Babies at the New York Philharmonic. He continued appearing in roles on stage, television, and in films throughout the 1980s. Notable parts in this period included an episode of the popular action series The Equalizer in which he played the victim of a kidnapping, and also in the TV movie The Midnight Hour. He also appeared in the movie Uncle Buck in which his character probed John Candy's title character over his background on the basis that "I'm a kid - that's my job".
Culkin rose to international fame with his lead role as Kevin McCallister in the blockbuster film Home Alone (1990), where he was reunited with Uncle Buck's writer and director John Hughes.He reprised the role of Kevin in the 1992 sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. He is the highest ever paid child star, He was paid $30 million dollars.
Culkin also starred in a Saturday morning cartoon entitled Wish Kid, and hosted Saturday Night Live in late 1991.
Despite the huge success of Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and My Girl, other films Culkin acted in, such as The Good Son, which co-starred Elijah Wood and Culkin's sister, Quinn Culkin (and featured a photo cameo of Culkin's youngest sibling, Rory, as Culkin's character's deceased infant brother), only did reasonably well, and he was nominated for MTV Movie Award in the category for Best Villain for his performance in the film. Getting Even with Dad, Richie Rich and The Pagemaster, all released in 1994, were all only mildly successful at the box office. He also appeared in a filmed version of The Nutcracker as the title role in 1993, which was staged from the 1954 George Balanchine New York City Ballet version of the ballet. He appeared in the 1998 music video for the song "Sunday" by the rock band Sonic Youth.
After several years of inactivity, Culkin returned to acting in 2000 with a role in the play Madame Melville, which was staged in London's West End. In the spring of 2003, he made a guest appearance on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace. His role as Karen Walker's deceptively immature divorce lawyer won him favorable reviews. Culkin headed back into motion pictures in 2003 with Party Monster, in which he played a role very different from those he was known for, that of party promoter Michael Alig, a drug user and murderer. He quickly followed that with a supporting part in Saved!, as a cynical wheelchair-bound, non-Christian student in a conservative Christian high school. Though Saved! only had modest success at the box office, Culkin received positive reviews for his role in the film and its implications for a career as an adult actor.
Culkin began doing voice-over work, with his appearances on Seth Green's Robot Chicken. In 2006, he published an experimental, semi-autobiographical novel, Junior, which featured details into Culkin's stardom and his shaky relationship with his father. Culkin starred in Sex and Breakfast, a dark comedy written and directed by Miles Brandman. Alexis Dziena, Kuno Becker and Eliza Dushku also star in this story of a couple whose therapist recommends group sex to them. Shooting for the film, Culkin's first since Saved!, took place in September 2006. The film opened in Los Angeles on November 30, 2007, and was released on DVD on January 22, 2008 by First Look Pictures. Culkin's next project was a role in the thirteen-episode NBC television series Kings as Andrew Cross.
In 2009, Culkin appeared in a UK-based commercial for Aviva Insurance (formerly Norwich Union) to help promote their company's rebranding. Culkin stared into the camera citing the phrase "Remember me."
On August 17, 2009, Culkin made a brief cameo appearance on WWE Raw at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri, following a "falls count anywhere" match between Hornswoggle and Chavo Guerrero in which Guerrero was defeated by the classic Home Alone gag of rigging a swinging paint can to hit him upon opening a door. Culkin appeared in the doorway and said, "That's not funny.
Culkin rose to international fame with his lead role as Kevin McCallister in the blockbuster film Home Alone (1990), where he was reunited with Uncle Buck's writer and director John Hughes.He reprised the role of Kevin in the 1992 sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. He is the highest ever paid child star, He was paid $30 million dollars.
Culkin also starred in a Saturday morning cartoon entitled Wish Kid, and hosted Saturday Night Live in late 1991.
Despite the huge success of Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and My Girl, other films Culkin acted in, such as The Good Son, which co-starred Elijah Wood and Culkin's sister, Quinn Culkin (and featured a photo cameo of Culkin's youngest sibling, Rory, as Culkin's character's deceased infant brother), only did reasonably well, and he was nominated for MTV Movie Award in the category for Best Villain for his performance in the film. Getting Even with Dad, Richie Rich and The Pagemaster, all released in 1994, were all only mildly successful at the box office. He also appeared in a filmed version of The Nutcracker as the title role in 1993, which was staged from the 1954 George Balanchine New York City Ballet version of the ballet. He appeared in the 1998 music video for the song "Sunday" by the rock band Sonic Youth.
After several years of inactivity, Culkin returned to acting in 2000 with a role in the play Madame Melville, which was staged in London's West End. In the spring of 2003, he made a guest appearance on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace. His role as Karen Walker's deceptively immature divorce lawyer won him favorable reviews. Culkin headed back into motion pictures in 2003 with Party Monster, in which he played a role very different from those he was known for, that of party promoter Michael Alig, a drug user and murderer. He quickly followed that with a supporting part in Saved!, as a cynical wheelchair-bound, non-Christian student in a conservative Christian high school. Though Saved! only had modest success at the box office, Culkin received positive reviews for his role in the film and its implications for a career as an adult actor.
Culkin began doing voice-over work, with his appearances on Seth Green's Robot Chicken. In 2006, he published an experimental, semi-autobiographical novel, Junior, which featured details into Culkin's stardom and his shaky relationship with his father. Culkin starred in Sex and Breakfast, a dark comedy written and directed by Miles Brandman. Alexis Dziena, Kuno Becker and Eliza Dushku also star in this story of a couple whose therapist recommends group sex to them. Shooting for the film, Culkin's first since Saved!, took place in September 2006. The film opened in Los Angeles on November 30, 2007, and was released on DVD on January 22, 2008 by First Look Pictures. Culkin's next project was a role in the thirteen-episode NBC television series Kings as Andrew Cross.
In 2009, Culkin appeared in a UK-based commercial for Aviva Insurance (formerly Norwich Union) to help promote their company's rebranding. Culkin stared into the camera citing the phrase "Remember me."
On August 17, 2009, Culkin made a brief cameo appearance on WWE Raw at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri, following a "falls count anywhere" match between Hornswoggle and Chavo Guerrero in which Guerrero was defeated by the classic Home Alone gag of rigging a swinging paint can to hit him upon opening a door. Culkin appeared in the doorway and said, "That's not funny.
MOVIES & AWARDS
The Midnight Hour (1985)
The Equalizer (1988)
Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
See You in the Morning (1989)
Uncle Buck (1989)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Home Alone (1990)
American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Emerging Actor
Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Wish Kid (1991)
Only the Lonely (1991)
My Girl (1991)
MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss shared with Anna Chlumsky
Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo shared with
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Dangerous - The Short Films (1993)
The Good Son(1993)
Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
The Nutcracker (1993)
Getting Even with Dad (1994)
The Pagemaster (1994)
Frasier (1994)
Richie Rich (1994)
Party Monster (2003)
Will & Grace (2003)
Foster Hall (2004)
Saved! (2004)
Jerusalemski Sindrom (2004)
Robot Chicken (2005 - 2006)
Sex and Breakfast (2007)
Kings (2009)
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