Rory Culkin

Rory Hugh Culkin (born July 21, 1989) is an American actor. He portrays David Thibodeau in Waco.

Biography
Most recently, Rory Culkin was seen as the lead role in Ari Gold’s independent drama Song Of Sway Lake, which screened at this year’s Woodstock Film Festival. His performance in Columbus, opposite Parker Posey and John Cho, also received much acclaim following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Rory will next be seen in Jonas Akerlund’s highly anticipated heavy metal thriller Lords Of Chaos, opposite Emory Cohen, as well as in Unchained, opposite John Malkovich and Adrien Brody.

Rory garnered critical acclaim for his performances in M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs, as well as in Derick Martini’s Lymelife, opposite Alec Baldwin, which won the FIPRESCI Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008. He also appeared in Scream 4, directed by Wes Craven, alongside Hayden Panettiere and Courtney Cox. His performance as the title character in Ben Howe’s feature Gabriel, which premiered at the 2014 TriBeCa Film Festival, earned him a nomination in the 2015 Gotham Independent Film Awards. Variety called his performance “electrifying” and Indiewire described it as his “best performance”.

Rory was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his performance opposite Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo in the Paramount Classics release You Can Count On Me, directed by Kenneth Lonergan. He starred in Electrick Children, opposite Julia Garner and Billy Zane; Twelve with Chace Crawford; and Hick, opposite Blake Lively and Chloe Grace Moretz. He also starred in Adam Schindler’s feature Intruders opposite Martin Starr.

Additional film credits include Patrick Stettner’s The Night Listener, opposite Robin Williams; The Chumscrubber with Glenn Close and Jamie Bell; Down In The Valley opposite Edward Norton and Evan Rachel Wood; and The Zodiac with Justin Chambers and Robin Tunney.