Kieran Culkin - Biography

Kieran Kyle Culkin was born September 30, 1982 in New York City, New York. He is the son of Christopher Culkin, a former stage and child actor, and Patricia Brentrup. He is the brother of Shane Culkin, Dakota Culkin, Macaulay Culkin, Quinn Culkin, Christian Culkin, and Rory Culkin. His mother, who is from North Dakota, is of German and Norwegian descent. His father, from Manhattan, has Irish, German, English, Swiss-German, and French ancestry.

Culkin started working in 1990. He worked with his brother, Mac several times. His debut was playing Mac's cousin, Fuller, in Maman, j'ai raté l'avion! (1990). He went on to do lots of films on his own. He starred in Le père de la mariée (1991) playing Steve Martin's young son. Then a few years later they offered him a special role in Les puissants (1998). After his wonderful performance, he went on to bigger movies like L'oeuvre de Dieu, la part du diable (1999) and La musique de mon coeur (1999).