Rory Culkin

Rory Hugh Culkin (born July 21, 1989) is an American actor known for his roles in You Can Count on Me (2000), Signs (2002), Scream 4 (2011), Columbus (2017), and Lords of Chaos (2018). He has also appeared on television series such as Waco (2018), Under the Banner of Heaven (2022), and the Black Mirror (2023) episode "Beyond the Sea", In 2025, his short film Dear Shop Girl, premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival.

He is the youngest brother of actors Macaulay and Kieran Culkin.

Early life

Rory Hugh Culkin was born July 21, 1989, in New York City, the youngest of seven children born to Christopher "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.<ref name=hell>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Culkin's siblings include Shane (Template:Abbr 1976), Dakota (1979–2008),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Macaulay (Template:Abbr 1980), Kieran (Template:Abbr 1982), Quinn (Template:Abbr 1984), and Christian (Template:Abbr 1987).<ref name=hell/> He also had a paternal half-sister, Jennifer (1970–2000).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Culkin's paternal aunt is actress Bonnie Bedelia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He has German, Irish, and Norwegian ancestry.<ref name="culkin">Kepnes, Caroline (October 2005). "Schmoozin' with Mila Kunis". JVibe. Archived from the original on June 3, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2016. Mila Kunis on Culkin: "No my boyfriend was raised Irish Catholic..."</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and was subsequently nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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

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Lorraine Farris, Director Nira Burstein and Culkin for "Dear Shop Girl" during a Q & A at the 2025 Woodstock Film Festival

In 2023, Culkin guest-appeared in Amazon Prime Video series Swarm.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

In April 2018, Culkin married cinematographer Sarah Scrivener in New Orleans, Louisiana.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Their wedding was officiated by Paul Heyman on the eve of WrestleMania 34.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Scrivener and Culkin had met 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; and in 2022, they worked together on a music video that Scrivener directed, produced and filmed for musician Quinn Murphy.<ref name="Wife">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
2024	5lbs of Pressure	Mike
	Dead Money	Uncle Ronnie / Revolver
2025	Dear Shop Girl	Customer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Off Season	Jackson Mayhew	Television film
2001–2002	The Job	Davey McNeil	2 episodes
2002	The Twilight Zone	Craig Hansen	Episode: "Azoth the Avenger Is a Friend of Mine"
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Joe Blaine	Episode: "Manic"
2017–2018	Sneaky Pete	Gavin	2 episodes
2018	Waco	David Thibodeau	6 episodes
	Castle Rock	Willie	4 episodes
2019	City on a Hill	Clay Roach	5 episodes
2020	The Expecting	Tyler	9 episodes
	50 States of Fright	Older Aiden	2 episodes
2021	Halston	Joel Schumacher	Episode: "Becoming Halston"
2022	Under the Banner of Heaven	Samuel Lafferty	7 episodes
2023	Swarm	Marcus	Episode: "Stung"
	Black Mirror	Kappa	Episode: "Beyond the Sea"

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