MACAULAY CULKIN

Year 9
Liceul Tehnologic Rușețu
INTRODUCTION
 Macaulay Carson Culkin (born August 26,
1980) is an American actor and musician. He is
best known for his role as Kevin McCallister in
the Christmas films Home Alone (1990), for
which he was nominated for a Golden Globe
Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or
Comedy, and Home Alone 2: Lost in New
York (1992).
EARLY LIFE
 Culkin was born Macaulay Carson Culkin on August
26, 1980 in New York City. 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 Macaulay and
Carson after Kit Carson of the Old West. Culkin is
the third of seven children, five boys and two girls:
Shane (born 1976), Dakota (1979–2008), Kieran (born
1982), Quinn (born 1984), Christian (born 1987),
and Rory (born 1989). During Culkin's early
childhood, the family lived in a small apartment. His
mother was a telephone operator and his father
worked as a sacristan at a local Catholic church. He
was raised Roman Catholic and attended a Catholic
school called St. Joseph's School of Yorkville for five
years before going to Professional Children's School.
CAREER
 1985–1989: Early work
 Culkin began acting at age four. His early roles
included a stage production of Bach Babies at
the New York Philharmonic. He continued appearing
in roles on stage, television and films throughout the
1980s. He made a small appearance in the TV
movie The Midnight Hour (1985). In 1988 he
appeared in an episode of the popular action
television series The Equalizer, in which he played a
kidnapping victim, Paul Gephardt. He made his big-
screen debut portraying the character of Cy Blue
Black in the drama film Rocket Gibraltar (1988). He
played the role of Billy Livingstone in the romantic-
comedy film See You in the Morning (1989),
starring Jeff Bridges, Alice Krige, Farrah
Fawcett and Drew Barrymore. He starred as Miles
Russell alongside actor John Candy in the comedy
film Uncle Buck (1989).
 1990–1994: Breakthrough
 Culkin rose to fame with his lead role of Kevin McCallister in the blockbuster Christmas
film Home Alone (1990), where he was reunited with Uncle Buck writer and director John
Hughes and Uncle Buck co-star John Candy, who played the role of Polka band
member Gus Polinski. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and won an American
Comedy Award and a Young Artist Award for his role as Kevin McCallister. In 1991,
Culkin 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 starred as Thomas J. Sennett in the film My Girl (1991), for which he was nominated
for Best On-Screen Duo and won Best Kiss at the MTV Movie Awards, with Anna
Chlumsky.
 He was paid $4.5 million (compared to $110,000 for the original) to reprise his role of Kevin
McCallister in the sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992),for which he won a Kids'
Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor. He played the role of Henry in the drama-thriller
film The Good Son (1993), which only did reasonably well, although he was nominated for
an MTV Movie Award in the category for Best Villain for his performance. He was also a
student at the School of American Ballet, and appeared in a filmed version of The
Nutcracker as the title role in 1993, which was staged by Peter Martins from the
1954 George Balanchine New York City Ballet version of the work. He was also in the
films Getting Even with Dad (1994), The Pagemaster (1994) and Richie Rich (1994), which
were all poor performers at the box office.
 1994–1998: Career break
 In 1994, Culkin took a break from acting after his 15th film in seven years. Wanting a
"normal life", he went to a private high school in Manhattan.
 2010–2016: Musical and other artistic endeavors
 Main article: The Pizza Underground
 Culkin with The Pizza Underground in Chicago, 2014
 In April 2011, Culkin was featured in musician Adam Green's experimental
film The Wrong Ferarri, which was entirely shot on an iPhone. In the same
month, he also appeared in the music video for "Stamp Your Name On It"
performed by Green's former bandmate Jack Dishel. In September 2012, he
appeared in a video on YouTube explaining how he turned his apartment in
New York into a painting workshop.
 In December 2013, a viral video that Culkin co-produced and directed of
himself eating a cheese pizza was uploaded to YouTube, co-starring Phoebe
Kreutz. He was parodying Andy Warhol consuming a Burger King Whopper
in Jorgen Leth's documentary 66 Scenes from America. Culkin was promoting
the debut of his New York-based, pizza-themed comedy rock band The Pizza
Underground. Their tour began in Brooklyn on January 24, 2014. In late May
2014, Culkin stormed off stage at Rock City during his kazoo solo after fans
began booing and throwing pints of beer at the band.They subsequently
cancelled the remaining U.K. shows, though they claimed the cancellation had
nothing to do with the Rock City performance. On July 10, 2016, Culkin
announced that The Pizza Underground was splitting up and their next album
will be the last.
 FILMOGRAPHY
Year Title Role Notes
See You in Billy
1989
the Morning Livingstone
Miles
1989 Uncle Buck
Russell
Jacob's
1990 Gabe Singer Uncredited
Ladder
Kevin
1990 Home Alone
McCallister
Only the Billy
1991
Lonely Muldoon
Thomas J.
1991 My Girl
Sennett
Home Alone
Kevin
1992 2: Lost in
McCallister
New York
BEFORE AFTER
MACALUAY CULKIN REDDIT AMA
 The former child star participated in a Reddit
AMA on Monday, responding to fan inquiries on
topics including his friendship with Michael
Jackson, substance abuse rumors and what it
was really like working with Donald
Trump on Home Alone 2. (Spoiler alert: Macaulay
isn't the biggest fan...)
HE FAVORS THE FIRST HOME ALONE
 Culkin described the 1990 Christmas comedy as
"more fun" than the sequel because in his words, "We
didn't know what we were walking into and it was a
lot less flying all over the place; it was all in Chicago."
He added, "Also it had 100% less Trump.“

 The president made an appearance in the

second Home Alone installment, but Culkin really
emphasized just how brief Trump's time on set was. "I
mean, the guy made like a half a second cameo," he
recalled. "I wouldn't be surprised if that's how long he
was literally on set for.“

Is Macaulay down for a Home Alone remake ?

 Yes, but one one condition. "Only if it was set in the
woods, à la Rambo," he quipped.
HE STILL HAS FOND MEMORIES OF M.J
 As a child, Culkin forged a close friendship with
the late King of Pop. He described his most
cherished time with Jackson, writing on Reddit,
"When I almost crashed my golf cart into his and
he called me 'Applehead.‘
THERE'S LITTLETRUTH TO
SPECULATION ABOUT HIS DRUG USE

 Addiction rumors shadowed Culkin for much of

his adult life, and in 2004 he was arrested for
marijuana possession. From his perspective,
"Yes, I consumed and imbibed in drugs in my life.
Never as bad as people said. It's not really a
thing in my life right now. I'm an adult. I like to
drink."
MACAULAY'S ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS
ARE A SORE SUBJECT

 The Saved!star said he doesn't have a "biggest

regret" per-say, later adding, "But most of my
regrets involve women." Culkin was last
romantically linked to Disney star Brenda
Song. He famously dated Mila Kunis for several
years in the early 2000s, and was previously
married to Supernatural actress Rachel Miner.
HE'S TAKING ANOTHER BREAK FROM
ACTING

 These days, Culkin is focused on professional

ventures outside of Hollywood. When asked
about any stage roles in the works he responded,
"I love doing theater—it's my favorite form,
however I'm not really perusing anything at the
moment. Not looking for any gigs.
BIOGRAPHY
 https://www.eonline.com/news/910230/7-things-we-
learned-from-macaulay-culkin-s-reddit-ama

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaulay_Culkin

This project was made possible with the help of the

next people :
 Lăzărică Doru Iulian
 Buzatu Rareș
 Stanciu Marius Ionuț
 Marin Denisa Livia
 Vasile Nicoleta Cristina