Kieran Culkin won the Oscar for best supporting actor Sunday at the 97th Academy Awards, completing a sweep of the category that followed his dominance in television awards last season. The award, for portraying the chaotic but endearing Benji in Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain,

Kieran Culkin, Oscar winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for “A Real Pain,” poses with his wife Jazz Charton during the 97th Annual Academy Awards Governors Ball at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 2, 2025.

Kieran Culkin won the Academy Award for best supporting actor at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday night. During his acceptance speech, Culkin sung praises to his Succession co-star and fellow nominee, Jeremy Strong, while simultaneously asking his wife for another child.