Macaulay Carson Culkin, one of the most famous American child stars, was born on August 26, 1980 in New York City, New York, USA, as the third of seven children of his father 'Kit Culkin' ; with an estimated fortune of $17 million he clearly never has to work again - if the roles don't appeal to him.
Brother of Shane Culkin (b. 1976), Dakota Culkin (1978-2008), Kieran Culkin (b. 1982), Quinn Culkin (b. 1984), Christian Culkin and Rory Culkin.
(April 1997) Father hands sole custody of Macaulay and his siblings over to their mother. Parents never married and mother filed for custody.
(February 1997) Reports claim the Culkin family could soon be homeless. Control of Macaulays finances have been removed from the family and placed in the hands of his accountant.
Godfather to Michael Jackson s first child.
Studied at the School of American Ballet. The school is the official training academy of the New York City Ballet. Its founders (in 1934) were Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine.
Stage debut at age of four in "Bach Babies".
Nephew of Bonnie Bedelia.
(November 1999) He and his wife buy $1.7 million 5200-foot loft on lower Broadway in Manhattan.
Burned out at age 14, he quit acting in 1995 and only recently made a comeback on stage in 2001, appearing in a London production of "Madame Melville," playing a 15-year-old who is seduced by his French teacher. It later moved Off-Broadway for a 4-month stint.
Macaulay was named after Thomas Babington Macaulay, and his middle name Carson for Kit Carson of the old west.
Was in a relationship with Mila Kunis from 2002 until late 2010.
Dropped out of his senior year at the Professional Childrens School (a high school), the school where he met his ex-wife, Rachel Miner.
[17 September 2004] Arrested for marijuana possession in Oklahoma.
Bought Marilyn Manson his first pack of cigarettes for Mansons role as Christina during the filming of Party Monster . He said he found it so ironic considering that Manson is considered "the Antichrist" by many, and its Macaulay Culkin whos corrupting him.
Ranked #2 in VH1s list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars".
Best known for his role as Kevin McCallister in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York .
Attended WWFs (now WWE) WrestleMania VII on March 24, 1991.
Became the first child actor to ever receive a million dollars for one film - and in a supporting role too! The film was My Girl .
The role of Kevin McCallister in Home Alone was written for Macaulay by John Hughes (who had written and directed another film which featured Macaulay, Uncle Buck ). Despite this, some other boys were auditioned by Chris Columbus just to make sure that Macaulay was right.
His brother Kieran Culkin played his cousin in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York .
Wrote a book titled "Junior".
His brother Rory Culkin , now an established actor in his own right, has played both Macaulays little brother (in The Good Son and the younger version of Macaulays character (in Rihie Rih ).
His performance as Kevin McCallister in Home Alone is ranked #99 on Premiere Magazines 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
Was ranked #2 in Es most cutest child stars all grown-up..
Besides being godfather to Michael Jackson s first child Prince Michael , Macaulay is also godfather to Jacksons daughter Paris Jackson.
Had a small part in the Oliver Stone movie Born on the Fourth of July , but his scenes were cut.
Is a fan of professional wrestling.
Was considered for the role of "Mark Sway" in The Client but lost out to Brad Renfro.
His 29-year-old sister, Dakota Culkin , passed away after accidentally being struck by a car on December 10th 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
Is a big fan of the popular RPG game, World of Warcraft.
He has a half-sister, Jennifer Adamson, from another relationship of his father. Jennifer died in 2000 at age 29 from a drug overdose.
Son of Kit Culkin and Patricia Brentrup. His parents were together for 21 years from 1974-1995, but never married.
Ranked number 2 on the VH1 list 100 Greatest Kid Stars.
His father is of one quarter Irish, as well as of German, English, Swiss-German, and French, descent. His mother is of half German and half Norwegian ancestry.
Filming a new movie with Jena Malone and Eva Amurri Martino.
When casting the role of Kevin McCallister for Home Alone , Chris Columbus had already seen him in Uncle Buck but he wanted to audition some other kids first while writer and producer John Hughes had his heart set on Culkin. So Columbus met Culkin in New York and was very charmed by him and thought he was fantastic. Columbus auditioned five other kids and none of them shaped up to Culkin. Columbus went with Culkin because he was not as picture perfect and he had an instant relatability to the kids in the audience. Columbus knew the cameras would love him and he was immensely funny.
After securing Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern for Home Alone , Chris Columbus felt confident enough to cast actors who were his heroes growing up like Catherine OHara after seeing her work on "Second City TV" as well as John Heard and then Tim Curry and Rob Schneider on Home Alone 2: Lost in New York because they were all open to the films.
On the set of Home Alone , Culkin would jokingly direct the film for Chris Columbus.
Born on the same date as Chris Pine.
[Just how rich is he?]: I could sit around with my thumb up my butt,watching TV and my kids would still go to college!,[on his new sitcom deal with NBC]: With "Friends" (1994) biting,the dust, the time could now be right for my show.
I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it.
