I could have gone the route of a lot of these former child actors, but I didn't want that for myself. Like I said, when I was 14 years old, I decided to quit. I didn't ever want to do it again.

At the height of his fame he was regarded as the most successful child actor since Shirley Temple. He also appeared in a filmed version of The Nutcracker as the title role in 1993 which was staged by Peter Martins from the 1954 George Balanchine New York City Ballet version of the ballet. In the spring of 2003 he made a guest appearance on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace.

2 in VH1 and E!'s respective lists the "100 Greatest Kid-Stars" and "50 Greatest Child Stars". Macaulay Carson Culkin (born August 26 1980) is an American actor. He is also known for his roles in Richie Rich Uncle Buck My Girl The Pagemaster and Party Monster as well as Michael Jackson's music video Black or White.