![]() Culkin at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wins | 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominations | 73 |
Kieran Culkin is an American actor known for his roles on stage and screen. Throughout his career, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, four Critics' Choice Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
He first achieved a career breakthrough after starring as a rebellious teenager in the independent comedy-drama film Igby Goes Down (2002), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer. He gained recognition for his performance as Roman Roy in the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, the corresponding Golden Globe Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and two ensemble prizes at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
For his performance in A Real Pain (2024), he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2025 | Best Supporting Actor | A Real Pain | Won | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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British Academy Film Awards | ||||
2025 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | A Real Pain | Won | [2] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Film | ||||
2003 | Best Young Performer | Igby Goes Down | Won | [3] |
2025 | Best Supporting Actor | A Real Pain | Won | [4] |
Television | ||||
2022 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Succession | Won | [5] |
2024 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Won | [6] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
2020 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Succession (episode: "Tern Haven") | Nominated | [7] |
2022 | Succession (episode: "Too Much Birthday") | Nominated | [7] | |
2023 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Succession (episode: "Church and State") | Won | [7] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2003 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Igby Goes Down | Nominated | [8] |
2019 | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Succession (season one) | Nominated | [8] |
2020 | Succession (season two) | Nominated | [8] | |
2022 | Succession (season three) | Nominated | [8] | |
2024 | Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama | Succession (season four) | Won | [8] |
2025 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | A Real Pain | Won | [8] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Succession (season three) | Nominated | [9] |
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | Won | |||
2024 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Succession (season four) | Nominated | [10] |
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | Won | |||
2025 | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | A Real Pain | Won | [11] |
Year | Festival | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2024 | Newport Beach Film Festival | Outstanding Male Performance | A Real Pain | Won | [59] |
SCAD Savannah Film Festival | Virtuoso Award | Won | [60] | ||
2025 | Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Won | [61] | |
Palm Springs International Film Festival | Breakthrough Performance | Won | [62] | ||
Santa Barbara International Film Festival | Virtuoso Award | Won | [63] |
Publisher | Listicle | Year(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Entertainment Weekly | Entertainers of the Year | 2019 | Placed [b] | [64] |