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 of party promoter Michael Alig, a drug user and murderer. He quickly followed that with a supporting part in "Saved!", as a cynical wheelchair-using, non-Christian student in a conservative Christian high school. Though "Saved!" only had modest success at the box office, Culkin received positive reviews for his role in the film and its implications for a career as an adult actor. Culkin began doing voice-over work, with appearances in Seth Green's "Robot Chicken". In 2006, he published an experimental, semi-autobiographical novel, "Junior", which featured details about Culkin's stardom and his shaky relationship with his father. Culkin starred in "Sex