Kieran Culkin

Kieran Kyle Culkin (born September 30, 1982) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, acting alongside his older brother Macaulay in the Home Alone franchise (19901992) before going on to feature in films including the 1991 film Father of the Bride and its 1995 sequel, My Summer Story (1994), the sequel to A Christmas Story, The Mighty (1998), She's All That, The Cider House Rules (1999), The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), and Movie 43. His breakout role in Igby Goes Down (2002) received critical acclaim and he was nominated for a Best Actor Golden Globe Award, as well as winning a Critics' Choice Movie Award and Satellite Award. He has also acted on-stage, most notably in several productions of the Kenneth Lonergan play This Is Our Youth. In 2015, he portrayed Rye Gerhardt in the second season of the critically acclaimed FX series Fargo.
==Early life==
Culkin was born in New York City, the son of Patricia Brentrup and Kit Culkin, a former stage actor with a long career on Broadway.Kieran Culkin Biography (1982-) He is the fourth of seven children. He has four brothers: Shane (born 1976), Macaulay (born 1980), Christian (born 1987), and Rory (born 1989), and sister Quinn (born 1984). His second sister, Dakota (born 1979), died in a car accident in 2008.
==Career==
Culkin's first film role was a small part alongside his brother, Macaulay, in Home Alone as cousin Fuller McCallister. He continued acting as a child and teenager, mainly working in comedies, including Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and Father of the Bride and its sequel. He also played a role in She's All That as Laney's younger brother, Simon.
As a teenager, he alternated between lead roles in independent films and small parts in mainstream films. He played the title role in the film Igby Goes Down,"Movie Review: Igby Goes Down, On the Outs With Almost Everything," Stephen Holden, New York Times, September 13, 2002 for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award; and previously appeared in the Academy Award-nominated movie Music of the Heart. He also had the lead role in The Mighty as Kevin Dillon.
He played Buff in Eric Bogosian's updated version of SubUrbia at the Second Stage Theatre in New York; in 2010, Culkin played Scott Pilgrim's 'cool gay roommate' Wallace Wells in the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
In 2015, he portrayed Rye Gerhardt in the second season of the critically acclaimed FX series Fargo.
==Filmography==
===Film and television===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1990	Home Alone 	Fuller McCallister 	
1991	Only the Lonely 	Patrick Muldoon Jr. 	
1991	Father of the Bride 	Matty Banks 	Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Motion Picture
1992	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 	Fuller McCallister 	
1993	Nowhere to Run 	Mike "Mookie" Anderson 	
1994	My Summer Story 	Ralph "Ralphie" Parker 	
1995	Father of the Bride Part II 	Matty Banks 	
1996	Amanda 	Biddle Farnsworth 	
1996	Frasier 	Jimmy 	S4E3: "The Impossible Dream
1998	The Mighty 	Kevin Dillon 	Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor
1999	She's All That 	Simon Boggs 	
1999	Music of the Heart 	Lexi at 15 	
1999	The Cider House Rules 	Buster 	Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1999	The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns	Barney O'Grady 	
2001	Go Fish 	Andy "Fish" Troutner 	5 episodes
2002	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys 	Tim Sullivan 	
2002	Igby Goes Down 	Jason "Igby" Slocumb, Jr.	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young PerformerLas Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Youth in FilmSatellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
2008	Lymelife 	Jimmy Bartlett 	
2009	Paper Man 	Christopher 	
2009	Three Stories About Joan 	 	
2010	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 	Wallace Wells 	Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble
2011	Margaret 	Paul 	
2013	Movie 43 	Neil 	Segment "Veronica"Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo (along with the entire cast)
2015	Fargo 	Rye Gerhardt 	2 episodes
2015	Quitters 	Mr. Becker 	
2016	Wiener-Dog 	Brandon 	
===Stage===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2000	The Moment When 	Wilson 	Playwrights Horizons, New York
2003	This is Our Youth	Warren 	Garrick Theatre, London
2004	After Ashley 	Justin Hammond	Vineyard Theatre, New YorkObie Award for Performance
2007	subUrbia 	Buff 	Second Stage Theatre, New York
2012	This is Our Youth	Dennis 	Sydney Opera House, Sydney
2014	This Is Our Youth	Dennis 	Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
2014	This Is Our Youth	Dennis 	Cort Theatre, New York
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