Background
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.
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.
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, Hick 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.
In May 2010, Culkin was cast for the slasher film Scream 4, which was released on April 15, 2011.
Culkin"s breakthrough role was in You Can Count On Maine, opposite Laura Linney, a role for which he received much praise and a Young Artist Award. The entire youth cast won an Independent Spirit Award for this film. Since his Young Artist Award win for You Can Count on Maine, Culkin has received three more nominations.
