Macaulay Culkin

Also known as Macaulay Carson Culkin, Macaulay C. Culkin

Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin is an American actor and musician. Considered one of the most successful child actors of the 1990s, Culkin has received several accolades including a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2005, he was ranked second on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid-Stars". In 2023, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Macaulay Carson Culkin is an American film and voice actor, musician, and child actor. Born in New York City in 1980, he began his work period in 1985. He is educated at the School of American Ballet and speaks English and French. He resides in Toluca Lake.

Culkin has received the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, Young Artist Awards, Theatre World Award, and MTV Movie & TV Awards. He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, as well as several MTV Movie Awards. His spouse has been Rachel Miner and Brenda Song, and his unmarried partners include Mila Kunis and Brenda Song. He has two children.

His siblings are Kieran Culkin and Rory Culkin, and his father is Kit Culkin. He is also related to Paris Jackson.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1980 births, 20th-century American male actors and 21st-century American male actors.

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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…

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Zootopia 2 — Cattrick Lynxley (voice)2025
John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Actor, Uncle Buck2025
Running Point — Angry Fan2025
An SNL Thanksgiving — (archive footage)2024
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy — (voice)2024
Fallout — Lacerta Legate2024
Michael Jackson: Faking It — Self (Archive Footage)2023
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! — Mogg (voice)2022
Entergalactic — Downtown Pat (voice)2022
Celebrity Jeopardy! — Self - Contestant2022

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1980

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: New York City
Spouse: Brenda Song
Father: Kit Culkin
Occupation: actor
Languages spoken: French
Award: Theatre World Award
Genre: alternative rock
Image: Macaulay Culkin - Home Alone 35th.jpg
Height: 170
Number of children: 2
Residence: Toluca Lake

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birth name: Macaulay Carson Culkin
Commons category: Macaulay Culkin
nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
start of work period: 1985-00-00
date of birth: 1980-08-26
unmarried partner: Brenda Song
time period: 20th century
social media followers: 833986
writing language: English language
name in native language: Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin

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Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin (born Macaulay Carson Culkin; August 26, 1980 (1980-08-26)) is an American actor and musician. Considered one of the most successful child actors of the 1990s, Culkin has received several accolades including a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2005, he was ranked second on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid-Stars". In 2023, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Culkin earned recognition for playing Kevin McCallister in the Christmas comedy Home Alone (1990), and reprised the role in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). He furthered his success with the coming-of-age film My Girl (1991), the psychological thriller film The Good Son (1993), and the comedy films Getting Even with Dad and Richie Rich (both 1994). He took a hiatus starting in 1995, and returned to acting with the biographical drama film Party Monster (2003). Culkin appeared in the independent films Saved! (2004) and Sex and Breakfast (2007), and two projects by Adam Green: The Wrong Ferarri (2011) and Adam Green's Aladdin (2016). He starred in the comedy film Changeland (2019) and the tenth season of the anthology series American Horror Story (2021), followed by voice roles in Kid Cudi's television special Entergalactic (2022) and in Zootopia 2 (2025)—the second-highest-grossing animated film. Since 2025, he has had a recurring role in the television series Fallout.

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