Meet Macaulay and Kieran Culkin’s other 3 actor brothers Rory, Christian and Shane: the former Home Alone star and the Succession actor’s siblings have united for a new Prime Video animated series
It’s no secret that Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin hails from a large family, but who would have thought that all four of his brothers would get into acting too?
While his brother Kieran has undoubtedly made a name for himself in Hollywood thanks to HBO’s Succession, less is known about the other three male Culkins – Rory, Christian and Shane, who also started out as child actors.
And now we’re getting all five of them together in the same show! The Culkin brothers just made their collective debut in new Prime Video animated series titled The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy.
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“I’m the Culkin whisperer it turns out,” Lyonne joked.
Here’s everything we know about the “other” Culkin brothers:
1. Rory Culkin, 34
Rory, 34, is the youngest child of Christopher “Kit” Culkin and Patricia “Patty” Brentrup. As a child actor, he would often get roles as the younger version of his brothers’ characters in films such as Richie Rich and Igby Goes Down, per People.
2. Christian Culkin, 37
Kit and Patty’s second youngest child hasn’t done as much acting as his brothers. According to his IMDB page, his only other project was My Summer Story in 1994. Not much is known about his personal life.
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3. Shane Culkin, 48
Born in New York in 1976, Shane is the eldest child from Kit and Patty’s marriage. Like his brother Christian, he has stayed out of the public eye and only occasionally dabbled in acting. According to People magazine, his most prominent gig was playing the character of Wally Webb in Our Town on Broadway at the Lincoln Center.
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Macaulay Culkin, now 43, rose to fame as a child actor in the 1990s for his roles in cult classic films Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and the comedy Richie Rich. According to People, the Culkin children were mainly raised by Brentrup, with Macaulay alleging that his father was abusive.
“[He said] ‘Do good or I’ll hit you.’ He was a bad man. He was abusive, physically and mentally – I can show you all my scars if I wanted to,” he said on WTF With Marc Maron in 2018. Per People, Macaulay has maintained a relationship with his mother, but he and Kieran have been estranged from their father since their teens.
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Who are the Culkin sisters?
The Culkin clan also includes a sister Quinn Culkin, 39. Their sister Dakota Culkin tragically died in a car accident in 2008, while half-sister Jennifer Adamson reportedly died from an overdose in 2000.
- All 5 Culkin brothers – Macaulay, Kieran, Rory, Christian and Shane – just made their collective debut in Prime Video’s animated series The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
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