Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin (born Macaulay Carson Culkin; August 26, 1980) is an American actor and musician. Often regarded as one of the most successful child actors of the 1990s, he was placed 2nd on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid-Stars". Culkin rose to prominence as a child actor starring as Kevin McCallister in the first two films of the Home Alone film series (1990 and 1992), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He also starred in the films My Girl, The Good Son, The Nutcracker, Getting Even with Dad, The Pagemaster, and Richie Rich.
Friendship with Michael Jackson[]
Around the time of the first Home Alone movie, Culkin became friends with Michael Jackson and appeared in the "Black or White" music video. In 2005, at Jackson's trial for alleged sexual child abuse, Culkin testified that he slept in bed with Jackson but that he was never molested. Culkin dismissed the allegations against Jackson as "absolutely ridiculous". Culkin has consistently defended Jackson against allegations of child molestation and said in a 2020 interview with Esquire: "I never saw anything; he never did anything". Culkin attended Jackson's burial on September 3, 2009. Culkin is also the godfather of Jackson's children, Paris, Prince, and Bigi.