Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin was born Macaulay Carson Culkin on August 26, 1980 and he is an American actor.
Macaulay Culkin Biography
Macaulay Culkin was born on August 26, 1980 in New York City. His father, Christopher Cornelius “Kit” Culkin , is a former actor known for his Broadway productions and is the brother of actress Bonnie Bedelia .
His mother is Patricia Brentrup, who was never married Culkin. He was named Macaulay after British historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay and Carson after American frontiersman Kit Carson .
In Culkin’s early childhood, the family was living in a small apartment. His mother was a telephone operator and his father was working as a sacristan at a local Catholic church.
He was raised Roman Catholic and attended a Catholic school called St. Joseph’s School of Yorkville for five years before going to the Professional Children’s School.
Macaulay Culkin In 2021
For years, the news around Macaulay Culkin seemed pretty negative. However, in recent months there have been nothing but positive things for him. The actor joined American Horror Story to star in the new season in a crazy and already favorite character.
Mickey is the name of the role that Culkin plays in American Horror Story. In the series , she plays an up-and-coming writer who is seduced by fame and money. Ryan Murphy claimed that she chose him because of her ability to play crazy characters.
Also, this year Macaulay Culkin became a father. The actor had a son with actress Brenda Song ( Zack & Cody), with whom he has been in a relationship for about four years. His little boy is named after Dakota, in honor of Caulkin’s sister who passed away.
Due to the controversies he had in the media, many fans worried about the health of the actor. However, today Macaulay Culkin looks much better than in those years and he admits to being in a better moment than in the past decade.
Macaulay Culkin Siblings
He is the fourth of eight children. There are five boys and three girls: Jennifer (1970-2000), Shane (born 1976), Dakota (1979-2008), Kieran(born 1982), Quinn (born 1984), Christian (born 1987), and Rory (born 1989).
Macaulay Culkin Career
Culkin began acting at the age of four. His first roles included a stage production of Bach Babies at the New York Philharmonic. He continued to appear in roles on stage, television, and film throughout the 1980s. He appeared in the television movie The Midnight Hour (1985).
In 1988, he was appearing in an episode of the popular action television series The Equalizer , in which he played kidnapping victim Paul Gephardt.
He made his film debut as Cy Blue Black in the drama Rocket Gibraltar (1988). He played the role of Billy Livingstone in the romantic comedy film See You in the Morning (1989), starring Jeff Bridges, Alice Krige, Farrah Fawcett, and Drew Barrymore. He played Miles Russell opposite actor John Candy in the comedy film Uncle Buck (1989).
Culkin rose to fame with his lead role as Kevin McCallister in the hit comedy film Home Alone (1990).
The film reunited him with Uncle Buck writer-director John Hughes and Uncle Buck co-star John Candy, who played the role of Polka gang member Gus Polinski. For his performance, Culkin was nominated for a Golden Globe and won an American Comedy Award and a Young Artist Award.
In 1991, Culkin starred in an animated Saturday morning cartoon television series titled Wish Kid , hosted Saturday Night Live , and starred in Michael Jackson‘s “Black or White” music video. He played Thomas J. Sennett in the film My Girl (1991), for which he was nominated for Best On-Screen Duo, and won Best Kiss at the MTV Movie Awards, with Anna Chlumsky.
He was paid $4.5 million for Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). He was playing the role of Henry in the drama-thriller film The Good Son (1993), which did only reasonably well, although he was nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for his performance.
He was also a student at the School of American Ballet and he was appearing in a filmed version of The Nutcracker as the title role in 1993, which was staged by Peter Martins from George Balanchine’s 1954 New York City Ballet version of the play. He was also participating in the films Getting Even with Dad (1994), The Pagemaster(1994) and Richie Rich (1994), which performed poorly at the box office.
In 2000, he was returning to acting with a role in the play Madame Melville , which was staged in London’s West End. In the spring of 2003, he was making a guest appearance on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace . His role as Karen Walker’s deceptively immature divorce attorney earned him rave reviews.
He was returning to the movies in 2003 with Party Monster , in which he was playing a role very different from those for which he was known, that of party promoter Michael Alig, a drug user and murderer.
He was quickly followed that up with a supporting role in Saved!, as a cynical non-Christian student who uses a wheelchair at a conservative Christian high school. Although saved! Only modestly successful at the box office, Culkin was receiving positive reviews for his role in the film and its implications for an adult acting career.
He start doing voice-over work, with appearances on Seth Green’s Robot Chicken . In 2006, he was publishing an experimental, semi-autobiographical novel titled Junior , which discussed Culkin’s stardom and his rocky relationship with his father.
He was starring in Sex and Breakfast , a black comedy written and directed by Miles Brandman.
Alexis Dziena, Kuno Becker, and Eliza Dushku also star in this story of a couple whose therapist recommends that they engage in group sex.
The film shoot, Culkin’s first since Saved! , took place in September 2006. The film premiered in Los Angeles on November 30, 2007 and was released on DVD on January 22, 2008 by First Look Pictures. Culkin’s next project was a role on NBC’s 13-episode television series Kings as Andrew Cross.
In 2009, Culkin appeared in a UK-based commercial for Aviva Insurance (formerly Norwich Union) to help promote his company’s rebranding. Culkin looked into the camera and said, “Remember me.”
On August 17, 2009, he was making a brief cameo appearance on WWE Raw at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri, following a “fall count anywhere” match between Hornswoggle and Chavo Guerrero Jr., in which Guerrero was defeated by the classic.
Home Alone prank of manipulating a swinging paint can to hit him when opening a door. He appeared in the doorway and said, “That’s not funny.”
In February 2010,ThePark . On March 7 of the same year, she appeared alongside actors Matthew Broderick, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, and Jon Cryer in a tribute to the late John Hughes at the Oscars.
Filmography:
- Saved! (2005)
- PartyMonster (2003)
- The Keeper of Words (1995)
- Hand in Hand with Dad (1994)
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
- The Good Son (1992)
- My Girl (1991)
- Me, you and mom (1991)
- Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
- Home Alone (1990)
- Shared Loves (1989)
- Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
Macaulay Culkin Net Worth
Culkin’s parents divorced in the ’90s and he took a break from the spotlight for some time. In 2003, he returned to the business by starring in the film. He party freak and then made a guest appearance on Will and Grace.
In the years since he was involved in various other television projects and formed the band The Pizza Underground. The group released their latest album in 2016. Following the band’s split, Culkin launched the website BunnyEars.com and hosts a podcast.
He’s worth an estimated $15 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth .
Macaulay Culkin Wife
Culkin stated in a May 27, 2004 interview on Larry King Live that he tends to refrain from revealing aspects of his personal life, although he did discuss his life as a child actor, the conflict in his family life, including his estrangement from his father and how he retired from acting at age 14.
He married actress Rachel Miner in 1998 when they were both 18, but they separated in 2000 and divorced in 2002.
Culkin began dating actress Mila Kunis in May 2002. As of 2006, he was living in New York, while Kunis lived in Los Angeles.
On January 3, 2011, Kunis’s publicist confirmed reports that Culkin and Kunis had broken up several months earlier, saying, “The split was amicable and they remain close friends.” Since 2013, Culkin has lived in Paris.
Shortly after the birth of her child, Culkin’s comments resurfaced on an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience in 2018 about her relationship with Song, who were criticized for stereotyping Asians. In the interview, Culkin joked about the shape of Song’s eyes, her interracial relationship, and the appearance of her potential future children.
He argued that he had the right to make Asian jokes because of her relationship with Song, and because of her future parenting of multiracial children, stating that he would “understand the struggle”.
Macaulay Culkin Personal Life
On May 10, 2000, Culkin’s half-sister Jennifer Adamson died of a drug overdose. On December 10, 2008, her older sister, Dakota, died after being hit by a car.
On September 17, 2004, Culkin was arrested in Oklahoma City for possession of 17.3 grams (0.61 oz) of marijuana and two controlled substances, 16.5 milligrams (0.25 grains) of Alprazolam (Xanax) and 32 milligrams (0.5 grams) of Clonazepam (Klonopin), for which he was jailed briefly and then released on $4,000 bail.
After being tried in court for misdemeanor drug-related offenses, he pleaded not guilty at trial (October 15, 2004 to June 9, 2005), but later reversed the guilty plea. He received three one-year suspended prison sentences and was ordered to pay $540 in fees.
In December 2018, Culkin announced that he would be legally changing his name to “Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin” after holding a vote through his website to choose a new middle name, with “Macaulay Culkin” winning the vote over four other candidates.
On his 40th birthday, he tweeted “Hey guys, want to feel old? I’m 40. You’re welcome.” The tweet became the ninth most liked tweet of all time.