Michael Culkin
53 movies · 26 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 2, 1954 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Ireland
Biography
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...
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Known for
Michael Culkin: movies and TV shows
Acting (79)
- 2026 Savage House
as Lord Ashbury
- 2026 Flavia
as Dr. Darby
- 2026 Pretty Lethal
as Lothar Marcovic
- 2025
- 2025
- 2023
- 2023 Surprised by Oxford
as Professor McTeague
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2020 The Nest
as Arthur Davis
- 2019 The Good Liar
as Dr. Livesey
- 2018 Holmes & Watson
as Judge
- 2018 Peterloo
as A Lord
- 2018
- 2018
- 2018 55 Steps
as Judge Farelly
- 2017
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016 Chicken
as McClint
- 2015
- 2015 Mr. Holmes
as Bank Manager
- 2015
- 2015 Mortdecai
as Sir Graham Archer
- 2014 Mr. Turner
as Gentleman Critic
- 2013 The Fifth Estate
as Ralph Zilke
- 2013
- 2012 The Door
as King
- 2011 The Iron Lady
as Host 1949
- 2010
- 2010 Shanghai
as Billy
- 2010 Boogie Woogie
as Beth's Father
- 2010 The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
as Charles Lawton
- 2010
- 2009
- 2009 Dorian Gray
as Lord Radley
- 2009 Star Runners
as Bishop
- 2008 Trent 2 Rent
as Broken Arm Trick
- 2007 Nightwatching
as Herman Wormskerck
- 2007 Forgiven
as Judge
- 2007 Treasure Island
as Captain Smolett
- 2007 Outlaw
as Barrister (uncredited)
- 2007
- 2006 Crusade in Jeans
as Anselmus
- 2005 Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Willie De Salis
- 2005 Mrs. Henderson Presents
as Lord Cromer's Secretary
- 2005 A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
as Luper Authority
- 2005 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
as Luper Authority
- 2005 Cold & Dark
as Landeson Dahl
- 2005 Dot.Kill
as Happy Bob's Clerk
- 2004 Strings
as Agra
- 2004 Being Julia
as Rupert
- 2003 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as Luper Authority
- 2003 Monsieur N.
as Adm. Cockburn
- 2002 The Hours
as Doctor
- 2002 George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
as Liggins Conspirator
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000 Don Quixote
as 1st Monk
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999 Plunkett & Macleane
as Judge Beresteade
- 1999 An Ideal Husband
as Oscar Wilde
- 1998 Place Vendôme
as De Beers Man
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998 Dangerous Beauty
as Bishop De la Torre
- 1998 The Woodlanders
as Percombe
- 1997 Solomon
as Hiram of Naphtali
- 1997 Photographing Fairies
as Cole
- 1997 Into the Blue
as Rex Cunningham
- 1997 The Fifth Element
as Hefty Man
- 1995 Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
as Phillip Purcell
- 1994 Immortal Beloved
as Jakob Hotscevar
- 1993 L.A. Rules The Pros & Cons of Breathing
as The Investor
- 1992 Candyman
as Purcell
- 1992
- 1989