Rory Hugh Culkin (born July 21, 1989) is an American actor who is known for his roles in ''
Scream 4'', ''
Lords of Chaos'', ''
You Can Count on Me'', ''
Columbus
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'', and
M. Night Shyamalan
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's ''
Signs''. He is the younger brother of actors
Macaulay Culkin
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and
Kieran Culkin.
Early life
Rory Hugh Culkin was born July 21, 1989 in New York City, the youngest of seven children born to
Christopher Cornelius "Kit" Culkin, a former
Broadway
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** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
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stage actor, and Patricia Brentrup, a native of
North Dakota
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who met Kit in 1974 while working as a
road traffic control
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ler in
Sundance, Wyoming
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.
Culkin's siblings include Shane ( 1976), Dakota (1979–2008),
Macaulay ( 1980),
Kieran ( 1982), Quinn ( 1984), and Christian ( 1987).
[ He also had a paternal half-sister, Jennifer (born 1970), who died in 2000. Culkin's paternal aunt is actress Bonnie Bedelia.
]
Career
Culkin began acting by playing alongside his elder brothers, among them Macaulay and Kieran, often as the younger versions of their characters. He first appeared in a photograph as a baby in '' The Good Son'', then as Young Richie in '' Ri¢hie Ri¢h'' (Richie being played by his brother Macaulay) and in 2002, played 10-year-old Igby in ''Igby Goes Down
''Igby Goes Down'' is a 2002 American comedy-drama film that follows the life of Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sardonic teenager who attempts to break free of his familial ties and wealthy, overbearing mother. The film was written and directed ...
'' (17-year-old Igby was played by his older brother Kieran).
Culkin's breakthrough role was in '' You Can Count on Me'', opposite Laura Linney
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, a role for which he received much praise and a Young Artist Award
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. Since then, Culkin has appeared in numerous films, '' Signs'' being the most famous, in which he starred alongside Mel Gibson
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and Joaquin Phoenix
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.
As a teenager, Rory started moving into more independent films, such as '' The Chumscrubber'', ''Hick
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'' and '' Down in the Valley''. He took a leading role in '' Mean Creek'', a 2004 independent film about a group of teenagers that plan revenge on a bully. The entire youth cast won an Independent Spirit Award
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for this film.
Since his Young Artist Award win for ''You Can Count on Me'', Culkin has received three more nominations. He had a guest role in the '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' episode "Manic", and in the episode "Azoth the Avenger Is a Friend of Mine" of ''The Twilight Zone
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'' alongside Patrick Warburton
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On television, he has played David Puddy on '' Seinfeld'', the title character on ''The Tick'', Jeb Denton on ''Less Than Perfect'', Jeff Bingham on '' Rules of Engagement'' and L ...
. In May 2010, Culkin was cast for the slasher film '' Scream 4'', which was released on April 15, 2011. Culkin was cast as Euronymous
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in the biographical film '' Lords of Chaos'' which tells the story about the events of the Norwegian black metal scene and the band Mayhem
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* Monica Mayhem (born 1978), Australian pornographic actress
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.
Personal life
In 2018, Culkin married cinematographer Sarah Scrivener in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
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1989 births
Living people
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American male child actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
American people of Irish descent