Kieran Culkin

Overview

Kieran Kyle Culkin was born September 30, 1982 in New York City, New York. He is the son of Kit Culkin, a former stage and child actor, and Patricia Brentrup. He is the brother of Shane Culkin, Dakota Culkin, Macaulay Culkin, Quinn Culkin, Christian Culkin, and Rory Culkin. His mother, who is from North Dakota, is of German and Norwegian descent. His father, from Manhattan, has Irish, German, English, Swiss-German, and French ancestry.

Culkin started working in 1990. He worked with his brother, Mac several times. His debut was playing Mac's cousin, Fuller, in Home Alone (1990). He went on to do lots of films on his own. He starred in Father of the Bride (1991) playing Steve Martin's young son. Then a few years later they offered him a special role in The Mighty (1998). After his wonderful performance, he went on to bigger movies like The Cider House Rules (1999) and Music of the Heart (1999).
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Brother of Shane Culkin (b. 1976), Dakota Culkin (1978-2008), Macaulay Culkin (b. 1980), Quinn Culkin (b. 1984), Christian Culkin (b. 1987) and Rory Culkin (b. 1989).
Played the cousin of his brother Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).
Was in a relationship with Emma Stone (October 2010-June 2011).
His younger brother Rory Culkin played the younger version of his character Igby in Igby Goes Down (2002).
Nephew of Bonnie Bedelia.

Until my brother Mac started making major money, our house was really wild. The outside world didn't know how chaotic our life was because, though we'd live at home like a bunch of little critters, we'd go off to school and act all sedate and normal. Trust me, there is no such thing as normal for a Culkin.
I certainly had a better, less hectic life than Mac. He took all the pressure at home and on movie sets. My dad basically left me alone because I wasn't making enough money to warrant his scrutiny.
"At one point, the director came out from behind his monitor and said, "Everything's fine, but could you at least make it look as if you're slightly enjoying it?" It definitely was exciting, but I didn't want to move. I just didn't want to look like a porn star". - on his first movie love scene, with Amanda Peet in the movie Igby Goes Down (2002).
It's easy to cash out and make a lot of bad movies. I'd rather be dirt-poor on the streets and have done good films.
When people say: 'I learned to love myself,' I'm like: is that good, though? You should respect yourself, like yourself, understand yourself, but love yourself? No healthy dose of shame? A little bit of humility?