Wilson at the Cannes Film Festival premiere for Midnight in Paris (2011)
Born
Owen Cunningham Wilson[1]
(1968-11-18) November 18, 1968 (age 55)[2]
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupations
Actor
producer
screenwriter
Years active
1994–present
Children
3
Parents
Laura Wilson (mother)
Robert Wilson (father)
Relatives
Andrew Wilson (brother)
Luke Wilson (brother)
Awards
Full list
Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968)[3] is an American actor. He has frequently worked with filmmaker Wes Anderson, with whom he has shared writing and acting credits on the films Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)—the latter received a nomination for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He has also appeared in Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The French Dispatch (2021). Wilson also starred in the Woody Allen romantic comedy Midnight in Paris (2011) as unsatisfied screenwriter Gil Pender, a role which received a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2014, he appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice and Peter Bogdanovich's She's Funny That Way.
Wilson is also known as part of the Frat Pack since the 1990s, with whom he has starred in comedic films Shanghai Noon (2000), Zoolander (2001), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), You, Me and Dupree (2006), How Do You Know (2010), The Big Year (2011), and The Internship (2013). He is also known for the family films Marley and Me (2008), and the Night at the Museum film series (2006–2014). He voices Lightning McQueen in the Cars media franchise (2006–present), and voiced the titular character in Marmaduke (2010) and Reggie in Free Birds (2013). He stars as Mobius M. Mobius in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Loki (2021–2023) on Disney+.[4]
Wilson's accolades include an Oscar and BAFTA nomination for Best Original Screenplay (for The Royal Tenenbaums), a Golden Globe and two SAG acting nominations (for Midnight in Paris and The Grand Budapest Hotel) and an Independent Spirit Award (for Inherent Vice).
^Pulliam, June Michele; Fonseca, Anthony J. (September 26, 2016). Ghosts in Popular Culture and Legend. Abc-Clio. ISBN 9781440834912.
^"Monitor". Entertainment Weekly. No. 1181. November 18, 2011. p. 34.
^"Today in history: November 18". NBC News. November 18, 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
^"'Loki' Season 2 Gets Premiere Date On Disney+". Deadline.
Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor. He has frequently worked with filmmaker Wes Anderson, with whom he has shared writing...
brother of actors Andrew Wilson and OwenWilson. Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas, the youngest of three sons of Robert Andrew Wilson (1941–2017), an advertising...
(1996) and Rushmore (1998). He often collaborated with brothers Luke Wilson and OwenWilson during that time and founded his production company American Empirical...
mid-1990s. The group is usually considered to include Ben Stiller, OwenWilson, Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Jack Black, and Vince Vaughn. The...
members from the previous film reprising their roles such as Stiller, OwenWilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor, Milla Jovovich, Nathan Lee Graham, Theroux...
directed by David Dobkin, written by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher, starring OwenWilson, Vince Vaughn and Christopher Walken with Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher...
main protagonist of the Pixar franchise Cars. He is primarily voiced by OwenWilson. His appearances include the feature films Cars, Cars 2, and Cars 3,...
OwenWilson is an actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Wilson is known for his career as an onscreen comedian and member of the Frat Pack, having...
Christopher L. Yost and Josh Koenigsberg, based on a story by Yost. Starring OwenWilson, Walker Scobell, Jesse Williams, Keith L. Williams, Momona Tamada, Charles...
Be Cool, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Also in 2005, Vaughn starred alongside OwenWilson in Wedding Crashers, which grossed over $200 million at the U.S. box...
two Cars films, served as executive producer. The returning voices of OwenWilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shalhoub, Guido Quaroni, Cheech...
Stern, and produced by Vaughn and Levy. The film stars Vince Vaughn and OwenWilson as recently laid-off salesmen who attempt to compete with much younger...
OwenWilson In 'Secret Headquarters' For Paramount And Bruckheimer". Deadline. Retrieved April 12, 2022. Murphy, J. Kim (June 1, 2022). "OwenWilson Superhero...
role portraying Yo-Yo Santos in the 2013 film, The Internship alongside OwenWilson and Vince Vaughn. Raphael's parents both immigrated from the Philippines...
After Derek reconciles with the competing male model Hansel McDonald (OwenWilson), the three try to prevent the Prime Minister's assassination. A satire...
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