Macaulay Carson Culkin is an American-French actor, musician, and web host. He rose to prominence as a child actor starring as Kevin McCallister in the Christmas films Home Alone and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Culkin also starred in the films My Girl, The Good Son, The Nutcracker, Getting Even with Dad, The Pagemaster and Richie Rich. He took a break from acting in 1994, and he made his return in 2003 with a guest appearance on the television show Will and Grace and a role in the film Party Monster. In 2013, Culkin co-founded the New York-based, pizza-themed comedy rock band the Pizza Underground, of which he
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Macaulay Carson Culkin is an American-French actor, musician, and web host. He rose to prominence as a child actor starring as Kevin McCallister in the Christmas films Home Alone and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Culkin also starred in the films My Girl, The Good Son, The Nutcracker, Getting Even with Dad, The Pagemaster and Richie Rich. At the height of his fame, he was regarded as the most successful child actor since Shirley Temple. He took a break from acting in 1994, and he made his return in 2003 with a guest appearance on the television show Will and Grace and a role in the film Party Monster. He wrote an autobiographical book titled Junior, which was published in 2006. In 2013, Culkin co-founded the New York-based, pizza-themed comedy rock band the Pizza Underground, of which he was the vocalist. He is currently the publisher and CEO of a satirical pop culture website and podcast called Bunny Ears. His father, Christopher Cornelius \”Kit\” Culkin, is a former actor known for his productions on Broadway and is the brother of actress Bonnie Bedelia. His mother is Patricia Brentrup, who never married Culkin. He was named Macaulay after Thomas Babington Macauley and Carson after Kit Carson of the Old West. He has been nominated for the MTV Movie Awards and Young Artist Awards.
In 2011, he 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 also starred as Miles Russell alongside actor John Candy in the comedy film Uncle Buck. He made his big screen debut portraying the character of Cy Blue Black in the drama film Rocket Gibraltar. He played the role of Billy Livingstone in the romantic comedy film See You in the Morning, starring Jeff Bridges, Alice Krige, Farrah Fawcett and Drew Barrymore. He appeared in a small appearance in the TV movie The Midnight Hour in 1988, in which he played a kidnapping victim, Paul Gephardt. In 2010, he appeared in an episode of the popular action television series The Equalizer. He starred in a film version of The Nut Cracker which was staged by George Balanchine from the 1954 New York City Ballet. In 2012, he played the title role in a stage version of the work by Peter Martins from the Ballet of New York, starring in the roles of George Ballet, Peter Martin, and Peter Martine. In 2014, he toured in Brooklyn on January 24, 2014. On July 10, 2016, he stated that the Pizza underground was splitting up and their next album would be the last.
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