Macaulay Culkin
Macaulay Carson Culkin ( born August 26, 1980 in New York City ) is an American actor. In the early 1990s he was one of the most famous child actor in the film industry.
Biography
Culkin was born as the son of film actor Christopher " Kit" Culkin and Patricia Brentrup. Five of his six siblings are also actors, including Kieran Culkin and Rory Culkin. He is the nephew of actress Bonnie Bedelia.
At the age of four years Culkin was in the play Bach Babies in New York City for the first time on stage. After a few more stage appearances in 1988, he experienced his film debut in the film Rocket Gibraltar - One last crazy weekend, shot and directed by Daniel Petrie with lead actor Burt Lancaster. The breakthrough as an actor succeeded Culkin with his role in the movie Uncle Buck (1989).
Thanks to the successful family comedies Kevin - Home Alone (1990) and Kevin - Alone in New York ( 1992) - both films directed by Chris Columbus - increased its popularity continues in the American public. In 1993, Culkin alongside Elijah Wood in Joseph Rubens thriller The Good Son ( The Good Son) is a boy, the other man seeks after life, and so came from his sympathetic image. But no more He managed to build on previous successes.
At the age of 14, he experienced a bitter divorce battle his parents, who also applied for custody of him. His father, who always acted as his manager, was always known as the stereotypical, aggressive parent who educates his child to media appearances ( " showbiz parent" ). The difficult relationship with his father described Culkin later in his 2006 autobiography Junior.
The lack of representational success attracted also by later films such as Getting Even with Dad Co. ( 1994) and Richie Rich (1994 ), for which Culkin in 1995 was nominated for the Golden Raspberry for worst acting performance.
Culkin married on June 21, 1998 fellow actress Rachel Miner, but the marriage was divorced on 5 August 2000 with her he can also be seen together appeared in the 1998 music video for the Sunday No-Wave-/Noise-Rock-Band Sonic Youth.
Culkin was between 2002 and January 2011 romantically involved with fellow actress Mila Kunis.
It was not until 2002/2003 sat Culkin Party Monster with his work as an actor continued. In 2004, he appeared in the movie Saved! - The High School Missionaries with.
2008, his sister Dakota Culkin died