Culkin 's breakthrough role was in '' You Can Count On Me '' , opposite Laura Linney , a role for which he received much praise and a Young Artist Award . Since then , Culkin has appeared in numerous films , '' Signs '' being the most famous , in which he starred alongside Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix . As a teenager , Rory started moving into more independent films , such as '' The Chumscrubber '' , '' Hick '' and '' Down in the Valley '' . He took a leading role in '' Mean Creek '' , a 2004 independent film about a group of teenagers that plan to get revenge on a bully . The entire youth cast won an Independent Spirit Award for this film . Since his Young Artist Award win for '' You Can Count on Me '' , Culkin has received three more nominations . He also had a guest role in the '' Law & Order : Special Victims Unit '' episode " Manic " , and in an episode of '' The Twilight Zone '' called " Azoth the Avenger Is a Friend of Mine " alongside Patrick Warburton . In May 2010 , Culkin was cast for the slasher film '' Scream 4 '' , which was released on April 15 , 2011 . Culkin was cast as Euronymous in the biographical film '' Lords of Chaos '' which tells the story about the events of the Norwegian black metal scene and the band Mayhem
Norwegian black metal scene
Early Norwegian black metal scene
Rory Culkin