Rory Culkin

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Rory Culkin
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Culkin at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Rory Hugh Culkin

(1989-07-21) July 21, 1989 (age 35)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Sarah Scrivener
​
(m. 2018)​
Father Kit Culkin
Relatives Macaulay Culkin (brother)
Kieran Culkin (brother)
Bonnie Bedelia (aunt)

Rory Hugh Culkin (born July 21, 1989) is an American actor known for his roles in Scream 4 , Lords of Chaos , You Can Count on Me , Columbus , and M. Night Shyamalan's Signs . He is the youngest brother of actors Macaulay and Kieran Culkin.

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Early life

Rory Hugh Culkin was born July 21, 1989, in New York City, the youngest of seven children born to Christopher Cornelius "Kit" Culkin, a former Broadway stage actor, and Patricia Brentrup, a native of North Dakota who met Kit in 1974 while working as a road traffic controller in Sundance, Wyoming. [1] [2] Culkin's siblings include Shane (b. 1976), Dakota (1979–2008), [3] Macaulay (b. 1980), Kieran (b. 1982), Quinn (b. 1984), and Christian (b. 1987). [1] He also had a paternal half-sister, Jennifer (b. 1970), who died in 2000. [4] Culkin's paternal aunt is actress Bonnie Bedelia. [5]

Career

Culkin began acting by playing alongside his elder brothers, among them Macaulay and Kieran, often as the younger versions of their characters. He first appeared in a photograph as a baby in The Good Son (1993), then as Young Richie in Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994) (Richie being played by his brother Macaulay) and in 2002, played 10-year-old Igby in Igby Goes Down (17-year-old Igby was played by his older brother Kieran).

Culkin's breakthrough role was in You Can Count on Me (2000), opposite Laura Linney, a role for which he received much praise and a Young Artist Award. Since then, Culkin has appeared in numerous films, including Signs (2002), in which he starred alongside Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix and Electrick Children, in which he starred alongside Julia Garner.

As a teenager, Rory started moving into more independent films. He took a leading role in Mean Creek (2004), a film about a group of teenagers that plan revenge on a bully. The entire youth cast won an Independent Spirit Award for this film. He appeared in other independent films, such as The Chumscrubber (2005), Down in the Valley (2005), and Hick (2011). [6]

Since his Young Artist Award win for You Can Count on Me, Culkin has received three more nominations. He had a guest role in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Manic", and in the episode "Azoth the Avenger Is a Friend of Mine" of The Twilight Zone alongside Patrick Warburton. In May 2010, Culkin was cast for the slasher film Scream 4 , [7] which was released on April 15, 2011. Culkin was cast as Euronymous in the biographical film Lords of Chaos (2018) which tells the story about the events of the Norwegian black metal scene and the band Mayhem.

In 2014, Culkin starred as the titular character in Gabriel . Culkin was commended by critics, [8] [9] [10] and was subsequently nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor. [11] [12]

In 2016, he appeared in the horror movies Welcome to Willits and Jack Goes Home .

In 2023, Culkin guest-appeared in Amazon Prime Video series Swarm . [13]

Personal life

In April 2018, Culkin married cinematographer Sarah Scrivener in New Orleans, Louisiana. [14] Their wedding was officiated by Paul Heyman on the eve of WrestleMania 34. [15] Scrivener and Culkin had met already in 2009 while working on Scre4m , the fourth film of the Scream franchise. In 2019, they collaborated on the Showtime series City on a Hill; further, in 2022, they worked together on a music video that Scrivener directed, produced and filmed for musician Quinn Murphy. [16] [17]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 The Good Son Richard Evans Cameo
1994 Richie Rich Young Richie Rich
2000 You Can Count on Me Rudy Prescott
2002 Signs Morgan Hess
Igby Goes Down 10-Year-Old Igby
2003 It Runs in the Family Eli Gromberg
2004 Mean Creek Sam Merric
2005 The Zodiac Johnny Parish
The Chumscrubber Charlie Stifle
Down in the Valley Lonnie
2006 The Night Listener Pete D. Logand
2008 Chasing 3000 Roger
Lymelife Scott
2010 Twelve Chris
2011 Hick Clement
Scream 4 Charlie Walker
2012 Electrick Children Clyde
2014 Gabriel Gabriel
2015 Intruders Dan Cooper
2016 Jack Goes Home Jack
Welcome to Willits Possum
2017 Columbus Gabriel
The Song of Sway Lake Ollie
Bullet Head Gage
2018 Lords of Chaos Euronymous
2020 Materna Gabe
2021 The Last Thing Mary Saw The Intruder
20245lbs of PressureMike

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Off Season Jackson MayhewTelevision film
2001–2002 The Job Davey McNeil2 episodes
2002 The Twilight Zone Craig HansenEpisode: "Azoth the Avenger Is a Friend of Mine"
2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Joe BlaineEpisode: "Manic"
2017–2018 Sneaky Pete Gavin2 episodes
2018 Waco David Thibodeau Main role
Castle Rock Willie4 episodes
2019 City on a Hill Clay Roach5 episodes
2020The ExpectingTyler9 episodes
50 States of Fright Older Aiden2 episodes
2021 Halston Joel Schumacher Episode: "Becoming Halston"
2022 Under the Banner of Heaven Samuel LaffertyMain role
2023 Swarm MarcusEpisode: "Stung"
Black Mirror KappaEpisode: "Beyond the Sea"

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