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'', '' Lords of Chaos'', '' You Can Count on Me'', ''

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'', and

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's ''

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''. He is the younger brother of actors

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and

Kieran Culkin Kieran Kyle Culkin (born September 30, 1982) is an American actor. The brother of actors Macaulay and Rory, he began his career as a child actor in the films '' Home Alone'' (1990), ''Father of the Bride'' (1991)'', The Mighty'' (1998), and ...

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

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stage actor, and Patricia Brentrup, a native of

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who met Kit in 1974 while working as a

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ler in

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. Culkin's siblings include Shane ( 1976), Dakota (1979–2008),

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( 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

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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 ''

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'' (17-year-old Igby was played by his older brother Kieran). Culkin's breakthrough role was in '' You Can Count on Me'', opposite

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, a role for which he received much praise and a

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. Since then, Culkin has appeared in numerous films, ''

'' being the most famous, in which he starred alongside

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and

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. As a teenager, Rory started moving into more independent films, such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Down in the Valley''. He took a leading role in ''

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'', a 2004 independent film about a group of teenagers that plan revenge on a bully. The entire youth cast won an

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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 ''

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'' alongside

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. In May 2010, Culkin was cast for the slasher film ''

'', which was released on April 15, 2011. Culkin was cast as

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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

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Personal life

In 2018, Culkin married cinematographer Sarah Scrivener in New Orleans, Louisiana. The wedding was officiated by

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on the eve of

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Culkin, Rory 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