Michael Culkin

Birthday: 1954-07-02
Birthplace: Ireland
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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...

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	2026-06-05	Savage House	Lord Ashbury
	2026-03-13	Pretty Lethal	Lothar Marcovic
	2023-09-27	Surprised by Oxford	Professor McTeague
	2020-05-08	The Nest	Arthur Davis
	2019-11-08	The Good Liar	Dr. Livesey
	2018-12-25	Holmes & Watson	The Judge
	2018-11-01	Peterloo	A Lord
	2018-03-01	55 Steps	Judge Farelly
	2016-05-20	Chicken	McClint
	2015-06-19	Mr. Holmes	Bank Manager
	2015-01-21	Mortdecai	Sir Graham Archer
	2014-10-31	Mr. Turner	Gentleman Critic
	2013-10-11	The Fifth Estate	Ralph Zilke
	2012-10-12	The Door	King
	2011-12-26	The Iron Lady	Host 1949
	2010-06-10	Shanghai	Billy
	2010-04-16	Boogie Woogie	Beth's Father
	2010-03-01	The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister	Charles Lawton
	2009-09-09	Dorian Gray	Lord Radley
	2009-06-13	Star Runners	Bishop
	2008-04-05	Trent 2 Rent	Broken Arm Trick
	2007-11-02	Nightwatching	Herman Wormskerck
	2007-08-15	Forgiven	Judge
	2007-07-31	Treasure Island	Captain Smolett
	2007-03-09	Outlaw	Barrister (uncredited)
	2006-11-15	Crusade in Jeans	Anselmus
	2005-11-25	Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont	Willie De Salis
	2005-09-08	Mrs. Henderson Presents	Lord Cromer's Secretary
	2005-07-07	A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper	Luper Authority
	2005-06-09	The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish	Luper Authority
	2005-03-08	Dot.Kill	Happy Bob's Clerk
	2004-10-24	Strings	Agra
	2004-09-03	Being Julia	Rupert
	2003-07-18	The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story	Luper Authority
	2003-01-15	Monsieur N.	Adm. Cockburn
	2002-12-27	The Hours	Doctor
	2002-11-01	George Eliot: A Scandalous Life	Liggins Conspirator
	2000-04-09	Don Quixote	1st Monk
	1999-01-22	Plunkett & Macleane	Judge Beresteade
	1999-01-14	An Ideal Husband	Oscar Wilde
	1998-10-07	Place Vendôme	De Beers Man
	1998-02-20	Dangerous Beauty	Bishop De la Torre
	1998-02-06	The Woodlanders	Percombe
	1997-12-15	Solomon	Hiram of Naphtali
	1997-09-19	Photographing Fairies	Cole
	1997-06-30	Into the Blue	Rex Cunningham
	1997-05-02	The Fifth Element	Hefty Man
	1995-03-17	Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh	Phillip Purcell
	1994-12-16	Immortal Beloved	Jakob Hotscevar
	1993-10-01	L.A. Rules The Pros & Cons of Breathing	The Investor
	1992-10-16	Candyman	Purcell