Macaulay Culkin

Known for: Acting
Born: August 26, 1980 (age 46)
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

Home Alone

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

American Horror Story

Zootopia 2

Fallout

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

Zoolander 2

My Girl

Jacob's Ladder

Uncle Buck

The Good Son

Frasier

Photos

Filmography

2025

Zootopia 2

Movie · as Cattrick Lynxley (voice)

2025

John Candy: I Like Me

Movie · as Self - Actor, Uncle Buck

2025

Running Point

TV · as Angry Fan · 1 ep

2024

An SNL Thanksgiving

Movie · as (archive footage)

2024

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

2024

Fallout

TV · as Lacerta Legate · 2 eps

2023

Michael Jackson: Faking It

Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)

2022

The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!

Movie · as Mogg (voice)

2022

Entergalactic

Movie · as Downtown Pat (voice)

2022

Celebrity Jeopardy!

TV · as Self - Contestant · 2 eps

2021

LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special

Movie · as Pat Mahoney

2021

Last Meals

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020

Our Popcorn Movie Dystopia - Some More News: The Movie

Movie · as Macaulay Culkin/Alternate Cody

2019

Leaving Neverland: ProSieben Spezial

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019

Changeland

Movie · as Ian

2019

The Righteous Gemstones

TV · as Harmon Freeman · 2 eps

2019

Dollface

TV · as Dan Hackett · 1 ep

2019

The Movies That Made Us

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2019

Leaving Neverland

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2016

Zoolander 2

Movie · as Macaulay Culkin

2016

Adam Green's Aladdin

Movie · as Ralph

2015

Wrestling Isn't Wrestling

Movie · as Little 90s Kid 2

2015

:DRYVRS

TV · as Kevin McCallister, Hero · 1 ep

2015

Hot Ones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014

Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials

Movie · as Various (voice) (archive sound)

2014

An Open Secret

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2012

The Eric Andre Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011

The Wrong Ferarri

Movie

2011

American Horror Story

TV · as Mickey · 5 eps

2010

Michael Jackson: VIDEOGRAPHY

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2009

Kings

TV · as Andrew Cross · 5 eps

2007

Sex and Breakfast

Movie · as James

2006

Child Star Confidential

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2005

Michael Jackson's Boys

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2005

Robot Chicken

TV · as Wiseass / Luke Duke / Pikachu (voice), Prince Adam / Farmer, Little Boy / Bullied Kid / Macaulay Culkin (voice), Dean Devlin / Sponge, Vampire #2 / Bastian / Co-anchor, Kevin McCallister / Billy / Kid (voice) · 1 ep

2004