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Macaulay Carson Culkin (informally Mack) (born August 26, 1980) was from 1990–1994 the highest-paid child actor ever.
He achieved massive success staring as "Kevin" in the two Home Alone (1990, 1992) movies, capturing the minds of many young movie-goers as he outsmarted two bungling burglars with clever homemade traps. He had less success with the more serious The Good Son (1993) but other children's films such as The Pagemaster and Richie Rich kept him popular mainstream child actor.
His father was his manager in the early years. Macaulay stopped making movies at 14, when his parents separated and went to court over the control of their business and the custody of the kids. A court case that went on for several years and ended in April 1997, when his father decided to withraw from the case. He has claimed numerous times that his father, Christopher "Kit" Culkin was abusive and a horrible person. As of 2004 he has had no contact with his father in eight years, except for a telegram in which his father congratulates him with the resumption of his acting. Culkin enjoys theatre and made a well-heralded return to theatre in the 2000/2001 season, when he starred opposite Irene Jacob in Madame Melville.
He is a close friend of Michael Jackson and godfather of his first son and his daughter. They can be seen in a home video compilation Jackson released: they are shown playing, and going on holidays together, Culkin being 10 and 11 years of age. Jackson also claimed that Culkin and his siblings slept in the same bed with Jackson. Quote from Culkin, aged 20: "We talk all the time. I think we understand each other in a way that most people can't understand either of us."
Macaulay Culkin is the most famous and successful of his six siblings, Quinn, Kieran, Christian, Shane, Rory and Dakota. Other than Dakota, all of Macaulay's siblings have acting credits; Kieran is most famous for starring in The Cider House Rules, while Rory is famous for starring in M. Night Shyamalan's Signs.
He married Broadway actress Rachel Miner in 1998, when both were 17; they split up in 2000.
He is writing the semiautobiographical book "Junior", to be released early 2005.
He is currently dating That '70s Show star Mila Kunis.
On September 17, 2004, Culkin was taken into custody in Oklahoma on complaints of possession of a controlled dangerous substance without a valid prescription and possession of marijuana. He was released on a $4,000 bond. A court hearing is scheduled for April 6, 2005.
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