Michael Alig is one of the most popular and richest Criminal who was born on April 29, 1966 in South Bend, Indiana, United States. In the movie Party Monster, he was played by MacaulayCulkin.
Alig attended Grissom Middle School and Penn High School, where he was a straight A student and graduated in the top 8% of his class. During his teenage years, Alig reported that he was often bullied because of his homosexuality. Seeking a less conservative social environment after graduating in 1984, he attended Fordham University in New York City. He studied architecture there before transferring to the Fashion Institute of Technology. There, he met the boyfriend of artist Keith Haring, who introduced Alig to New York City nightlife. Alig soon dropped out of school and began working at Danceteria as a bus boy.
In 1988, Alig was hired by the owner of The Limelight, Peter Gatien. Alig’s parties at The Limelight were such a hit that he began organizing parties for Gatien’s other clubs: Club USA, The Palladium, and Tunnel. Alig’s notorious “Outlaw Parties”, which were thrown in various unconventional places including a Burger King, a Dunkin’ Donuts, abandoned houses, and a subway, helped to revitalize the downtown New York City club scene which Village Voice columnist Michael Musto declared had atrophied after artist Andy Warhol died in 1987.
Elke Alig was his mother.
His life is the inspiration for both Party Monster: The Shockumentary (documentary) and Party Monster: The Feature Film.
Michael Alig (born April 29, 1966) is an American former club promoter, musician, writer, and convicted killer who served almost 17 years in prison for manslaughter. Alig was a founder and ringleader of the Club Kids, a group of young New York City clubgoers that became a cultural phenomenon during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
