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Macaulay Culkin Biography Actor. Born Macaulay Carson Culkin on August 26, 1980 in New York City. The third of seven children, Macauley Culkin was drawn to the limelight from a young age. He performed in his first play Off-Broadway at age four. Culkin studied the performing arts extensively as a child, including training at Blanchine's School of the American Ballet, and appeared in numerous television commercials. Although Macauley Culkin made his feature screen debut in 1988's Rocket Gibraltar , it was his charming turn as John Candy's precocious nephew in 1989's comedic hit Uncle Buck that made him Hollywood's favorite child actor. His stardom hit meteoric proportions the following year when he starred in the wildly successful slapstick comedy Home Alone . The film was the highest-grossing film of the year and spawned a slightly less successful sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York in 1992. In 1991, Macaulay Culkin impressed audiences and critics with ...