Macaulay Culkin for Best Villain for his performance). He also appeared, while a student at the School of American Ballet, in a filmed version of "The Nutcracker" as the title role in 1993, which was staged by Peter Martins from the 1954 George Balanchine New York City Ballet version of the work. He was in the films "Getting Even with Dad" (1994), "The Pagemaster" (1994) and "Richie Rich" (1994), which were all only mildly successful at the box office. In 1994, Macaulay took a break from acting after his 15th film in seven years. Desiring a "normal life", he went to a
Macaulay Culkin cancelled the remaining U.K. shows, though they claimed the cancellation had nothing to do with the Rock City performance. On July 10, 2016, Culkin revealed that the Pizza Underground was splitting up and their next album will be the last. In July 2016, Culkin had joined the meerkats Aleksandr and Sergei in Compare the Market's new ad. In late 2018, Culkin made guest appearances in famous internet shows including "Half in the Bag", "Best of the Worst" and "Angry Video Game Nerd" either as a character or as a parody of himself. In January 2018, Culkin launched a comedy website