Kieran Culkin Accepts His 2025 Golden Globe After Taking a Shot with Mario Lopez and His 'Gorgeous' Wife: 'Feeling That'

Mar. 15, 2025

Kieran Culkin on Jan. 5, 2025.Photo:CBS

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And the Golden Globe goes to …Kieran Culkin!

Culkin, 42, was in the category among fellow nominees Yura Borisov (Anora),Edward Norton(A Complete Unknown),Guy Pearce(The Brutalist),Jeremy Strong(The Apprentice) andDenzel Washington(Gladiator II).

After taking the stage to accept the honor, Culkin confessed that he and his wifeJazz Chartonhad just taken a shot withMario Lopez. “Oh thanks, this is incredible. I’m feeling a little - my wife and I did a shot of tequila with Mario Lopez, definitely feeling that,” he said. “Whole speech is gone - terrific Kieran, you’re doing fine. I love the Golden Globes.”

“The first ever acknowledgment I got as an actor was a Golden Globe nomination when I was basically a kid, and that meant a lot so this has a special place,” Culkin added. “Now it’s like the best date night my wife and I ever have, so thanks Golden Globe people, you guys are nuts! In the best way, keep doing what you’re doing.”

The actor complimented hisA Real Paincostar and directorJesse Eisenbergfor writing “an incredible script” and encouraged any actors to “just leap at” opportunities to work with Eisenberg, 41. “I know, please wrap up. Couple of quick thank you and then I’ll piss off,” he said, before thanking Searchlight Pictures, his manager, his mother and “my gorgeous wife, of course,” as he wrapped up his speech.

“Thank you for putting up with what you call my ‘mania,’ " Culkin told Charton, whom he married in 2013. “I’m working on it, I got a therapist now. It’s fine. It’s not fine; it’s a lot of work, we’ll see where it goes.”

Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in A Real Pain.Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Culkin, who’s received career-best reviews for his dramatic performance inA Real Pain, won a Golden Globe just last year for the final season ofSuccession.

In his 2024 acceptance speech,Culkin said, “I was nominated for a Golden Globe 20 years ago, and when that moment passed I sort of remember thinking I’m never going to be back in this room again. Which, was fine. Whatever. But thanks toSuccession, I’ve been in here a couple of times, which is nice. But I sort of accepted I’m never going to be on stage, so this is a nice moment, thank you.”

Though Culkin walked away with the big award, the other nominees were also worthy of the prize.

Yura Borisov, Mark Eidelshtein, Karren Karagulian, Mikey Madison in Anora.Neon /Courtesy Everett

Neon /Courtesy Everett

Borisov, a classically trained Moscow-born actor, plays henchman Igor, who grows close to Anora over the course of the film. Baker wrote the role for Borisov, 32, after seeing him at the Cannes Film Festival in 2021 in the award-winning filmCompartment No. 6.

Edward Norton and Timothee Chalamet in A Complete Unknown.Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

A Complete UnknowndepictsBob Dylanin the 1960s, with Norton’s fellow Globe nomineeTimothée Chalametas the singer-songwriter. Norton, 55, costars as folk legendPete Seeger, withMonica Barbaroas Joan Baez,Elle Fanningas Sylvie Russo and more.

This marks Norton’s third Globes nomination; he was previously nominated in 2015 forBirdmanand in 1997 for the thrillerPrimal Fear.

Guy Pearce in The Brutalist.A24

A24

Adrien BrodyleadsThe Brutalistas László Tóth, a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who emigrates to the U.S. to flee the Holocaust. Pearce, 57, plays wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren andJoe Alwyncostars as Harrison’s son, withFelicity Jonesas László’s wife.

Pearce was last Globe nominated in 2012 for his work in the acclaimed HBO miniseriesMildred Pierce, for which he won an Emmy Award in 2011.

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Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice.APPRENTICE PRODUCTIONS ONTARIO INC. / PROFILE PRODUCTIONS 2 APS / TAILORED FILMS LTD. 2023

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Strong, 46, stars inThe Apprenticeas attorney Roy Cohn, the real-life mentor ofDonald Trump(Sebastian Stan). The movie follows a young Trump, now 78, during the early days of his career in the ‘70s and ‘80s as he builds his real estate business in New York City.

Strong was at last year’s Globes as a nominee for the final season of HBO’sSuccession. He won a Globe for that performance in 2022.

Denzel Washington in Gladiator II.Aidan Monaghan/Paramount Pictures

Aidan Monaghan/Paramount Pictures

Washington has taken home two Golden Globes: in 1990 forGlory, and in 2000 forThe Hurricane.He was also the recipient of the 2016 Cecil B. DeMille Award.

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