LYMELIFE
As Jimmy Bartlett
TIFF Sept. 8th, US Jan. 2009
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THE OTHER SIDE
As Rupert Pupkin
Pre-Production
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THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT
As N/A
Pre-Production
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Facts
• Is the middle child (4th born) of 7 children.

• Siblings are Shane (b. 6/15/1976), Dakota “Cody” (b. 6/15/1979), Macaulay “Mack” (b. 8/26/80), Quinn (b. 11/8/84), Christian (b. 1/30/87), and Rory (b. 7/21/89). Although Shane, Cody, Chris, and Quinn are all uninterested in acting, Cody is the only sibling who has never been on stage or in a film.

• Had a half sister, Jennifer Adamson (b. 1971) from his father’s first marriage who died of a drug overdose in 2000. None of the Culkin kids had ever met her.

• Parents never married but split up in 1995. In 1997 Kieran’s mother won complete custody over the kids and Kieran has barely spoken to or seen his father since.

• Attended the Professional Children’s School of New York.

• Some of his favorite TV shows are The Simpsons and WWE Wrestling.

• On December 23rd of 1998, a fire that began in the Culkin’s two adjacent apartments destroyed their building, trapping and killing 4 inside the building’s stairwells. Charges were filed against Patricia Brentrup for liability.

• Celebrated most of his childhood birthdays at Gallagher’s Steak House on 52nd street.

• Lived with his mother until he was 20 when he moved into his own apartment in the East Village.

• Paternal aunt is actress Bonnie Bedelia.

• Doesn’t drive a car and doesn’t want to.

• Currently dating actress Anna Paquin since Spring/Summer of 2005.

Quotes
• On acting: “It’s something that I just really love doing, but I’m not looking for the fame or whatever. I don’t want to be famous.”

• “It’s easy to cash out and make a lot of bad movies. I’d rather be dirt-poor on the streets and have done good films.”

• “Until my brother Mac started making major money, our house was really wild. The outside world didn’t know how chaotic our life was because, though we’d live at home like a bunch of little critters, we’d go off to school and act all sedate and normal. Trust me, there is no such thing as normal for a Culkin.”

• “I certainly had a better, less hectic life than Mac. He took all the pressure at home and on movie sets. My dad basically left me alone because I wasn’t making enough money to warrant his scrutiny.”

• On love scene with Amanda Peet in Igby Goes Down: “At one point, the director came out from behind his monitor and said, “Everything’s fine, but could you at least make it look as if you’re slightly enjoying it?” It definitely was exciting, but I didn’t want to move. I just didn’t want to look like a porn star”.