
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...

Pretty Lethal
2026 · as Lothar Marcovic

The Fifth Element
1997 · as Hefty Man

Savage House
2026 · as Lord Ashbury

Candyman
1992 · as Purcell

Mortdecai
2015 · as Sir Graham Archer

The Hours
2002 · as Doctor

Dangerous Beauty
1998 · as Bishop De la Torre

Dorian Gray
2009 · as Lord Radley

The Good Liar
2019 · as Dr. Livesey

The Iron Lady
2011 · as Host 1949

Holmes & Watson
2018 · as The Judge

Mr. Holmes
2015 · as Bank Manager

Plunkett & Macleane
1999 · as Judge Beresteade

Outlaw
2007 · as Barrister (uncredited)

Shanghai
2010 · as Billy

The Fifth Estate
2013 · as Ralph Zilke

An Ideal Husband
1999 · as Oscar Wilde

The Nest
2020 · as Arthur Davis