Macaulay Carson Culkin (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. He
became widely known for his portrayal of Kevin McCallister in Home
Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
He is also known for his roles in Richie Rich, Uncle Buck, My Girl,
The Pagemaster, and Party Monster, as well as Michael Jackson's music
video Black or White. At the height of his fame, he was regarded as
the most successful child actor since Shirley Temple.
Culkin was ranked No. 2 in VH1 and E!'s respective lists, the "100
Greatest Kid-Stars" and "50 Greatest Child Stars".
Culkin - famous at ten, a millionaire at 12 and a has-been at 15 -
lives not far away in a magnificent £2million loft apartment and can
be found at Le Poisson Rouge once a month plying what passes for his
trade these days.
On this night, there are absences to visit a back room, and when
Culkin and his coterie of friends return, they smell of marijuana.
People who know him say he's worlds away from the character of Kevin
McCallister, the joyful young boy in Home Alone who charmed millions
of movie-goers.
Today, skinny to the point of skeletal, Culkin looks far older than
his 31 years. His alabasterskin appears papery and his green eyes
framed with blonde lashes add to the air of vulnerability which clings
to him.
A neighbour at the Shakespeare Book Shop near his home said that
Culkin now looks so bad she could easily confuse him with a tramp. He
wears 'vintage' clothing from secondhand stores, in particular a brown
leather women's jacket, and goes everywhere with his small group of
friends.
Indeed, it transpires that Culkin, a multi-millionaire thanks to his
career as a child actor, has fallen into some unwholesome company.
One New York source said: 'He mixes with a crowd of rich kids who
split their time between Miami and New York. They are a fastcrowd.'
One fairly new development is a friendship with a rocker Adam Green,
from a punk band called the Moldy Peaches. They are so close that
Culkin joined the group on a two-month tour of Europe recently, and
took to the stageto duet with Green on some of their dates.
Green is a fan of the drug ketamine (originally designed to sedate
horses). Disturbingly, he persuaded Culkin to star in a
'ketamine-inspired' film, The Wrong Ferrari, last year. Shot on an
iPhone, it is both puerile and incomprehensible.
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