Rory Culkin Biography

Date of Birth

21 December 1989, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name

Rory Hugh Culkin

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Biography

Rory Culkin was born in New York City, New York. He is the youngest son of Kit Culkin, a former stage and child actor, and Patricia Brentrup. He is the brother of Shane Culkin, Dakota Culkin, Macaulay Culkin, Kieran Culkin, Quinn Culkin, and Christian Culkin. His mother, who is from North Dakota, is of German and Norwegian descent. His father, from Manhattan, has Irish, German, English, Swiss-German, and French ancestry.

He grew up in New York along with his mother (his parents split up in 1995) and the rest of his siblings. He started his career by playing younger versions of his brothers in their films, such as Richie Rich and Igby Goes Down. He landed his first real role in 2000 in the Kenneth Lonergan film You Can Count on Me. Rory Culkin is best known for his work in the 2002 M. Knight Shyamalan film Signs but has also appeared in a number of independent films like Mean Creek, The Chumscrubber, Down in the Valley, The Night Listener, and Lymelife. He has also appeared in some television shows such as The Twilight Zone and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Trivia

Brother of Shane Culkin (b. 1976), Dakota Culkin (1979-2008), Macaulay Culkin (b. 1980), Kieran Culkin (b. 1982), Quinn Culkin (b. 1984) and Christian Culkin (b. 1987).

Parents are Kit Culkin "Kit" and Patricia Brentrup.

Kit was looking for Irish names, and picked Rory as a first name, and Hugh is for his maternal grandfather Hubert.

Is the youngest of 7 children

Played drums with the band on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) on ABC.

Nephew of Bonnie Bedelia.

He likes to draw and play drums.

Ex-brother-in-law of Rachel Miner.

Lives in New York City, New York, USA. [2005]

Got his start playing the younger versions of his brothers' characters. He appeared in a photo as a brother to his real-life brother Macaulay Culkin in The Good Son (1993), again played younger Macaulay in Richie Rich (1994) and played the younger version of Kieran Culkin's character in Igby Goes Down (2002).

His father is of one quarter Irish, as well as of German, English, Swiss-German, and French, descent. His mother is of half German and half Norwegian ancestry.

He and Emma Roberts have starred in three films together: Lymelife, Twelve and Scream 4.