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Age: 15
Where you've seen him: Playing Mel Gibson's asthmatic son in 2002's Signs, brother Kieran's younger self in that year's Igby Goes Down and Mark Ruffalo's nephew in 2000's You Can Count On Me.
Talent sure runs in the family: Rory – who got his start with parts in his brothers' movies and shares the signature sleepy Culkin eyes – has critics praising his starring role in the bully-revenge film Mean Creek. Yet his abilities aren't limited to acting: The kid can drum too. He sat in with talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel's band in 2003, but told PEOPLE, "I don't think I'd go into music. It's just something to take my mind off things." The Manhattan-based teen might have better things to do, anyway. Currently unattached, he says he wouldn't mind showing new arrivals the Olsen twins around town. "Good move, moving to the city," he says.
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Age: 21
Where you've seen him: Playing an orphan in 1999's The Cider House Rules, Sharon Stone's ailing son in 1998's The Mighty and a rebellious Catholic-school kid in 2002's The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.
Kieran generated some Oscar buzz playing a troubled prep-school student in 2002's Igby Goes Down (ultimately he wasn't nominated but did get a Golden Globe nod). He was also stylish enough to be named favorite newcomer at the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards in 2002. But Kieran may best be known for his attitude. The actor's bravado impressed Igby director Burr Steers upon first meeting him: Kieran's first words to him were "'You look like sh--,'" Steers told Time. Kieran is also outspoken about his father, Kit (from whom he's been estranged for more than seven years), and protective of his younger brother: "I'm trying to make it easier for Rory; he didn't have my father there to make it an unpleasant experience. He seems to actually be enjoying it."
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Age: 24
Where you've seen him: Most recently in last year's Party Monster and this year's Saved!. Macaulay's also been at work on a semi-autographical book, Junior.
Best known for screaming through an empty house in 1990's Home Alone, Macaulay kept a quieter profile for a while, taking an almost 10-year hiatus before returning to the big screen in Party Monster. The first Culkin to break into showbiz is overcoming his child-actor persona, recently getting good reviews as Mandy Moore's handicapped brother in the subversive comedy Saved!. "Contrary to popular belief, I have never been to jail or rehab. Except for the fact that I married young, I kind of stayed away from those (child actor) cliches," says Macaulay, who got hitched at 17 to high-school sweetheart Rachel Miner in 1998 (they split two years later). Culkin is currently dating his girlfriend of two years, That '70s Show's Mila Kunis.
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