Macaulay Culkin details night he called cops on father

Behind the laughs and box-office magic of Home Alone, Macaulay Culkin said his childhood unfolded in a very different reality – one defined by abuse, fear, and a moment so traumatic that it pushed him to call the police on his own father.

Before Macaulay Culkin became one of the most recognizable child stars in the world, his father, Kit Culkin, was already chasing his own acting ambitions.

Kit, who was born in 1944, appeared on Broadway in Becket in 1961 and in the 1964 Broadway production of Hamlet starring Richard Burton. He also played a dancer in the original 1961 film version of West Side Story. Those early credits, however, would eventually be eclipsed by the extraordinary success of his third child.

Culkin shot to global fame as a child after starring in Home Alone, a role that turned him into a household name and one of the most successful child actors of all time, followed by major films including Uncle Buck and My Girl.