Macaulay Carson Culkin is an American actor, musician, and web host. He rose to prominence as a child actor and is known for playing Kevin McCallister in the Christmas films Home Alone and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. For the former he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.Along with the Home Alone series, Culkin also starred in the films My Girl, The Good Son, The Nutcracker, Getting Even with Dad, The Pagemaster and Richie Rich. He has been nominated for the MTV Movie Awards and Young Artist Awards. At the height of his fame, he was regarded as the most successful child actor since Shirley Temple.Culkin ranked at number two on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid-Stars" and on E!'s list of the "50 Greatest Child Stars".