Kieran Culkin Misses His Best Supporting Actor Win at Critics Choice Awards as He Rehearses for Broadway Gig

Mar. 15, 2025

Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain.Photo:Searchlight Pictures

Searchlight Pictures

Kieran Culkinis this year’sCritics Choice Awardwinner for best supporting actor.

The star, 42, won the award at the Friday, Feb. 7 ceremony held at the Barker Hanger in Los Angeles for his performance inA Real Pain.

The actor — who alsowon a Golden Globe Awardfor the film Jan. 5 — did not attend the Critics Choice Awards, so presenterLupita Nyong’oaccepted the role on Culkin’s behalf and explained that he is currently rehearsing for his upcoming Broadway role in arevivalofGlengarry Glen Ross.

A Real Painfollows Culkin and writer-director-starJesse Eisenbergas cousins reconnecting on a tour through Poland to honor their family’s roots after their grandmother’s death. Culkin has also received nominations for his performance at theSAG Awards, Film Independent Spirit Awards andAcademy Awards.

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

Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Borisov, 32, a classically trained Moscow-born actor, plays henchman Igor, who grows unexpectedly close to Anora over the course of the film. Baker wrote the role for the first-time Critics Choice nominee after seeing him in 2021’s award-winning Cannes Film Festival entryCompartment No. 6.

(Left-right:) Yura Borisov, Mark Eidelshtein, Karren Karagulian and Mikey Madison in ‘Anora’.Neon /Courtesy Everett

Neon /Courtesy Everett

Maclin, 58, has earned critical praise for his supporting performance inSing Sing. The A24 drama starringColman Domingorecreates a real-life theater production fromRehabilitation Through the Artsthat took place at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. The formerly incarcerated Maclin plays a version of himself, as do several other alumni from the program.

Clarence Maclin and Colman Domingo in ‘Sing Sing’.Dominic Leon/A24

Dominic Leon/A24

A Complete Unknown, from writer-director James Mangold, stars CCA nomineeTimothée Chalametas 1960s-eraBob Dylan. He, Norton andMonica Barbaroas Joan Baez sang and played instruments live onscreen as the folk legends.

Edward Norton and Timothée Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unknown’.Macall Polay/Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Macall Polay/Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Pearce, 57, plays wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren inThe Brutalist, from writer-director Brady Corbet. StarringAdrien Brodyas László Tóth, a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who emigrates to the U.S., the film has earned Pearce some of the best reviews of his long career.

The Australian actor has collected plenty of awards recognition since his breakout role in 1994’sThe Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, but this marks his first Critics Choice nomination.

Guy Pearce in ‘The Brutalist’.A24

A24

Gladiator IIbrought a juicy role for Washington, 69, as a cunning former slave named Macrinus climbing the ranks of the Roman empire. Ridley Scott’s follow-up to the Oscar-winningGladiatorcenters on Lucius Verus Aurelius (Paul Mescal), whom Macrinus employs as a fighter in the Colosseum.

Washington, whohinted at retirementwhile promotingGladiator II, is no stranger to the Critics Choice Awards, with six nominations and a win stretching back to 2002’sAntwone Fisher.

Denzel Washington in ‘Gladiator II’.Aidan Monaghan/Paramount Pictures

Aidan Monaghan/Paramount Pictures

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source: people.com