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.