Michael Culkin
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...
78 acting credits
Acting · 78
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Bridgerton
2020
The Crown
2016
Highlander: The Series
1992
Downton Abbey
2010
Father Brown
2013
Pretty Lethal
2026
Relic Hunter
1999
Genius
2017
Poldark
2015
A Discovery of Witches
2018
The Fifth Element
1997
M.I. High
2007
Dalgliesh
2021
The Coroner
2015
Towards Zero
2025
Garrow's Law
2009
Culprits
2023
Mortdecai
2015
Queer as Folk
1999
Candyman
1992
A Very English Scandal
2018
The Iron Lady
2011
Shackleton
2002
Shanghai
2010
Our Mutual Friend
1998
Holmes & Watson
2018
The Hours
2002
The Witchfinder
2022
The Good Liar
2019
Dorian Gray
2009
Mr. Holmes
2015
Immortal Beloved
1994
Dangerous Beauty
1998
Killer Net
1998
Savage House
2026
Perfect Strangers
2001
Reunion
2025
The Fifth Estate
2013
Mr. Turner
2014
Spirit Warriors
2010
Dark Angel
2016
The Nest
2020
Solomon
1997
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
1995
Plunkett & Macleane
1999
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
Being Julia
2004
Nightwatching
2007
Peterloo
2018
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
Outlaw
2007
Boogie Woogie
2010
An Ideal Husband
1999
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
2005
Monsieur N.
2003
Strings
2004
55 Steps
2018
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
2010
Place Vendôme
1998
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005
Crusade in Jeans
2006
Don Quixote
2000
Treasure Island
2007
Surprised by Oxford
2023
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
2002
Photographing Fairies
1997
The Woodlanders
1998
Dot.Kill
2005
Into the Blue
1997
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005
The Door
2012
Star Runners
2009
Forgiven
2007
L.A. Rules The Pros & Cons of Breathing
1993
Chicken
2016
Cold & Dark
2005
Trent 2 Rent
2008