Kieran Kyle Culkin (b. 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 The Cider House Rules (1999). He achieved a career breakthrough after starring in the film Igby Goes Down (2002), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, as well as winning a Critics' Choice Movie Award. He later appeared in the films Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Margaret (2011), Wiener-Dog (2016), and No Sudden Move (2021).
Since 2018, Culkin has starred as Roman Roy in the HBO television series Succession, for which he won a Critics' Choice Television Award in 2022, was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2020 and 2022, and three Golden Globe Awards in 2019, 2020 and 2022.
He made his Broadway debut in the 24 Hours Play in 2006. He returned to Broadway in the 2014 revival of Kenneth Lonergan's play This is Our Youth.
He made his 2nd appearance and first-time hosting on Saturday Night Live on November 6, 2021, the fifth episode of Season 47, with musical guest Ed Sheeran.
He made three cameos on the November 23, 1991 episode, hosted by his older brother and Home Alone actor Macaulay Culkin (who, at the time, was 11 years old, making him the second youngest person to host SNL; the youngest was Drew Barrymore, who hosted the November 20, 1982 edition when she was 7). He returned to Saturday Night Live and made cameo in "Father of the Bride Part 8" sketch on the December 10, 2022, hosted by comedy legends Steve Martin & Martin Short, with musical guest Brandi Carlile. He was supposed to host the show on May 13, 2023, with musical guest Labirinth, but the episode ended up getting canceled due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America Strike.
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