Macaulay Culkin
Macaulay 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 burglers 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 acted as his manager. Culkin stopped making movies at 14 when his parents separated and his father could no longer control his career. He claims that his father, Christopher "Kit" Culkin drank alcohol too much and was abusive. As of 2000 he has had no contact with his father in four 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."
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 Friday, 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 incarcerated on a $4,000 bond.
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