Michael Culkin
Acting

Michael Culkin

Born 2 July 1954 · Ireland
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Michael Culkin is an Irish actor who grew up in Newfoundland. Here he appeared in myriad stage productions for the Arts Centre St Johns, including: The Lion in Winter, A Scent of Flowers, The Hostage, Carousel, among others. Having studied in Paris he moved to Bristol to attend The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and after graduating went into bi-weekly rep with the Yorkshire Theatre Company. While living in Los Angeles he worked with Bernard Rose on the seminal "Candyman' and subsequently worked on 'Candyman 2' directed by the Oscar Winner, Bill Condon. He returned to London where he worked in the West End, 'Lady In The Van'. At the National Theatre, and the Donmar, as well as appearing in many British Television classics: Our Mutual Friend, Perfect Strangers, Poldark 1,2,3, Holby City, Garrow's Law 1,2,3,, Father Brown, Poirot, Morse, Kavanagh QC, alongside feature film work with Meryl Streep, "Iron Lady", Hugh Grant, Johnny Depp "Mortdecai", Judi Dench, Rufus Sewell among others. He is a longstanding member of BAFTA, the Society of Artists Potters & Poets, and Chair of a Community Land Trust in Essex. He has a remaining fondness for France having made several films in French, including Place Vendome, and Monsieur N, and also for Llamas having been left two by an uncle. The Llamas and Culkin enjoy a quiet rural life when he's not busy away working...

Known for

The Fifth Element
Bridgerton
Mortdecai
The Crown
Dorian Gray
Mr. Holmes
The Iron Lady
The Hours
Candyman
The Good Liar
Downton Abbey
The Fifth Estate
Savage House
Pretty Lethal
Flavia
Surprised by Oxford
The Nest
The Good Liar
55 Steps
Peterloo
Holmes & Watson
Chicken
Mortdecai
Mr. Holmes
Mr. Turner
The Fifth Estate
The Door
The Iron Lady
Boogie Woogie
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Shanghai
Star Runners
Dorian Gray
Trent 2 Rent
Nightwatching
Treasure Island
Forgiven
Crusade in Jeans
Dot.Kill
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Mrs. Henderson Presents
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
Cold & Dark
Being Julia
Strings
Monsieur N.
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
The Hours
Don Quixote
An Ideal Husband
Plunkett & Macleane
The Woodlanders
Place Vendôme
Dangerous Beauty
The Fifth Element
Into the Blue
Photographing Fairies
Solomon
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Immortal Beloved
L.A. Rules The Pros & Cons of Breathing
Candyman
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