Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson

Born 1968-11-18 (age 57) Dallas, Texas, USA
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Biography

Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor. He has had a long association with filmmaker Wes Anderson with whom he shared writing and acting credits for Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), the last of which earned him 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), 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 earned him 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 for his career as an onscreen comedian and member of the Frat Pack including starring in such comedies as 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 (2005–2014). He voices Lightning McQueen in the Cars film series (2006–present), Coach Skip in Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), the title character in Marmaduke (2010) and Reggie in Free Birds (2013). He stars as Mobius M. Mobius in the Disney+ series Loki (2021–present).

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).

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Known For

Cars 2
Cars 2

2011

as Lightning McQueen (voice)

Cars 3
Cars 3

2017

as Lightning McQueen (voice)

Cars
Cars

2006

as Lightning McQueen (voice)

Wonder
Wonder

2017

as Nate

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Anaconda
Anaconda

1997

as Gary Dixon

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

2023

as Mobius M. Mobius (uncredited)

Night at the Museum
Night at the Museum

2006

as Jedediah Smith (uncredited)

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Armageddon
Armageddon

1998

as Oscar

Midnight in Paris
Wedding Crashers
Wedding Crashers

2005

as John Beckwith

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009

as Coach Skip (voice)

Secret Headquarters
Meet the Parents
Meet the Parents

2000

as Kevin Rawley

Meet the Fockers
Meet the Fockers

2004

as Kevin Rawley

No Escape
No Escape

2015

as Jack Dwyer

Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days

2004

as Wilbur Wright

Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice

2014

as Coy Harlingen