
Macaulay Culkin
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.
71 acting credits
Acting · 71

American Horror Story
2011

Zootopia 2
2025

Saturday Night Live
1975

Frasier
1993

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Will & Grace
1998

The View
1997

Robot Chicken
2005

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Hot Ones
2015

The Equalizer
1985

Fallout
2024

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

The Oscars
1953

The Righteous Gemstones
2019

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992

Running Point
2025

Michael Jackson: Faking It
2023

Dollface
2019

The Eric Andre Show
2012

The Movies That Made Us
2019

Kings
2009

Celebrity Jeopardy!
2022

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
2024

The Angry Video Game Nerd
2004

Leaving Neverland
2019

Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994

Uncle Buck
1989

Jacob's Ladder
1990

My Girl
1991

The Good Son
1993

Zoolander 2
2016

The Pagemaster
1994

Entergalactic
2022

John Candy: I Like Me
2025

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
2022

Saved!
2004

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
2003

Michael Jackson: Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour
1992

Only the Lonely
1991
Child Star Confidential
2006

Wish Kid
1991

Party Monster
2003

Getting Even with Dad
1994

:DRYVRS
2015

Changeland
2019

Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993

Cabiria, Charity, Chastity
2017

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002

Sex and Breakfast
2007

The Nutcracker
1993

Leaving Neverland: ProSieben Spezial
2019

WWE WrestleMania VII
1991

See You in the Morning
1989

Home Alone
1990

Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
2014

An Open Secret
2014

The Midnight Hour
1985

Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
2003

Rocket Gibraltar
1988
Michael Jackson's Boys
2005

LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special
2021

Adam Green's Aladdin
2016

Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes
1999

The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
1994

Our Popcorn Movie Dystopia - Some More News: The Movie
2020

Jerusalem Syndrome
2004

The Wrong Ferarri
2011
Foster Hall
2004
Michael Jackson: VIDEOGRAPHY
2010