Rory Culkin
Culkin at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Rory Hugh Culkin July 21, 1989 (1989-07-21) (age 20) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present

Rory Hugh Culkin (born July 21, 1989) is an American actor and is the younger brother of Macaulay Culkin and Kieran Culkin.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Personal life

Culkin was born in New York City, the son of Patricia Brentrup and Christopher 'Kit' Culkin, a former stage actor with a long career on Broadway.^[1] Culkin is the youngest of seven children; he has four brothers: Shane Arliss Culkin (born 1976), Macaulay Culkin (born 1980), Kieran Kyle (born 1982), and Christian Patrick Culkin (born 1987), and two sisters: Dakota Ulissa Culkin (born 1979, d. 2008) and Quinn Kay Culkin (born 1984). Culkin is the nephew of actress Bonnie Bedelia, who is his father's sister.

[edit] Career

Culkin began acting by playing alongside his elder brothers, amongst 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) and in 2002 played 10-Year-Old Igby in Igby Goes Down (Igby was played by Kieran).

Culkin's breakthrough role was in You Can Count On Me, opposite Laura Linney, a role for which he received much praise and a Young Artist Award. Since then, Culkin has appeared in numerous films, Signs being the most famous, in which he starred alongside Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix. As a teenager, Rory started moving into more independent films, such as The Chumscrubber and Down in the Valley. He took a leading role in Mean Creek, a 2004 independent film about a group of teenagers that plan to get revenge on a bully. The entire youth cast won an Independent Spirit Award for this film. Since his Young Artist Award win for You Can Count on Me, Culkin has received three more nominations. He also had a guest role in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Manic", and in an episode of the Twilight Zone called "Azoth the Avenger Is a Friend of Mine" alongside Patrick Warburton.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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	limited release
2005	The Zodiac	Johnny Parish
	The Chumscrubber	Charlie Stifle	limited release
	Down in the Valley	Lonnie	limited release
2006	The Night Listener	Pete D. Logand
2008	Chasing 3000	Roger
2009	Lymelife	Scott	Completed

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Rory Culkin at the Internet Movie Database