Luke Cunningham Wilson (born September 21, 1971) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film actor. He is the younger brother of
OwenOwen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor, comedian and writer.-Early life:Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas, to photographer Laura Cunningham Wilson and Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising executive and operator of a public television station. He has an older brother, Andrew and a younger...
and
Andrew WilsonAndrew Cunningham Wilson is an American film actor. He is the older brother of actors Owen and Luke Wilson.-Filmography:...
.
Wilson was born in
Dallas, TexasDallas , with a population of 1,279,910, is the third-largest city in Texas and the 8th-largest in the United States. The city is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area that according to the March 2009 U.S. Census Bureau release, had a population of...
, the son of Robert and
Laura Cunningham WilsonLaura Wilson is an American photographer. Her photographs have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, GQ Magazine, London’s Sunday Times Magazine, Wallpaper and the Washington Post Magazine....
. Wilson has two older brothers, fellow actors
OwenOwen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor, comedian and writer.-Early life:Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas, to photographer Laura Cunningham Wilson and Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising executive and operator of a public television station. He has an older brother, Andrew and a younger...
and
AndrewAndrew Cunningham Wilson is an American film actor. He is the older brother of actors Owen and Luke Wilson.-Filmography:...
(the eldest). His family is
Irish CatholicIrish Catholic is a term used to describe people who are both Catholic and Irish .The term is of note due to Irish immigration to many countries of the English speaking world, particularly as a result of the Great Irish Famine in the late 1840s, following which the population declined by over half...
. He attended
St. Mark's School of TexasThe St. Mark's School of Texas is a nonsectarian preparatory day school for boys located in Dallas, Texas, USA. The School offers grades 1-12.-History:...
in Dallas, Texas and
Texas Christian University (TCU)Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Christian Church . Its mascot is the "horned frog" and its school colors are purple and white...
in Fort Worth, Texas.
Wilson's film acting career began with the lead role in the film
Bottle RocketBottle Rocket is a 1996 film directed by Wes Anderson. It was co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson. As well as being Wes Anderson's directorial debut, Bottle Rocket was the debut feature for brothers Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson, who co-starred with James Caan and Robert Musgrave.The movie was a...
in
1996The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Independence Day, Twister, Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna's Evita.-Events:...
, which was co-written by Wilson's older brother Owen and director
Wes AndersonWesley Mortimer Wales "Wes" Anderson is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer of features, short films and commercials. He was nominated for a 2001 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums...
.
Luke Cunningham Wilson (born September 21, 1971) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film actor. He is the younger brother of
OwenOwen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor, comedian and writer.-Early life:Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas, to photographer Laura Cunningham Wilson and Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising executive and operator of a public television station. He has an older brother, Andrew and a younger...
and
Andrew WilsonAndrew Cunningham Wilson is an American film actor. He is the older brother of actors Owen and Luke Wilson.-Filmography:...
.
Early life
Wilson was born in
Dallas, TexasDallas , with a population of 1,279,910, is the third-largest city in Texas and the 8th-largest in the United States. The city is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area that according to the March 2009 U.S. Census Bureau release, had a population of...
, the son of Robert and
Laura Cunningham WilsonLaura Wilson is an American photographer. Her photographs have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, GQ Magazine, London’s Sunday Times Magazine, Wallpaper and the Washington Post Magazine....
. Wilson has two older brothers, fellow actors
OwenOwen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor, comedian and writer.-Early life:Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas, to photographer Laura Cunningham Wilson and Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising executive and operator of a public television station. He has an older brother, Andrew and a younger...
and
AndrewAndrew Cunningham Wilson is an American film actor. He is the older brother of actors Owen and Luke Wilson.-Filmography:...
(the eldest). His family is
Irish CatholicIrish Catholic is a term used to describe people who are both Catholic and Irish .The term is of note due to Irish immigration to many countries of the English speaking world, particularly as a result of the Great Irish Famine in the late 1840s, following which the population declined by over half...
. He attended
St. Mark's School of TexasThe St. Mark's School of Texas is a nonsectarian preparatory day school for boys located in Dallas, Texas, USA. The School offers grades 1-12.-History:...
in Dallas, Texas and
Texas Christian University (TCU)Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Christian Church . Its mascot is the "horned frog" and its school colors are purple and white...
in Fort Worth, Texas.
Career
Wilson's film acting career began with the lead role in the film
Bottle RocketBottle Rocket is a 1996 film directed by Wes Anderson. It was co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson. As well as being Wes Anderson's directorial debut, Bottle Rocket was the debut feature for brothers Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson, who co-starred with James Caan and Robert Musgrave.The movie was a...
in
1996The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Independence Day, Twister, Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna's Evita.-Events:...
, which was co-written by Wilson's older brother Owen and director
Wes AndersonWesley Mortimer Wales "Wes" Anderson is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer of features, short films and commercials. He was nominated for a 2001 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums...
.
Bottle Rocket was later made into a feature-length film, in 1996. After moving to Hollywood with his two brothers, he was cast opposite
Calista FlockhartCalista Kay Flockhart is an American actress, primarily on television. She is best known for playing the title character of Ally McBeal...
with romantic designs in
Telling Lies in America and made a
cameo appearanceA cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television. Short appearances by film directors, politicians, athletes, musicians, and other celebrities are common. These roles are generally small, and...
in the film-within-the-film of
Scream 2Scream 2 is a 1997 horror thriller film, the second part of the Scream trilogy. This movie takes place one year after the original. As with the other films in the trilogy, Scream 2 combines straight-forward scares with dialogue that satirizes conventions of slasher films, especially slasher film...
(both 1997). Wilson filmed back-to-back romantic films opposite
Drew BarrymoreDrew Blyth Barrymore is an American actress, film producer and film director. She is the youngest member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was eleven months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered...
,
Best MenBest Men is a 1997 film directed by Tamra Davis and starring Fred Ward, Drew Barrymore, and Dean Cain.-Plot:Jesse Reilly was released from prison and he is to be married to Hope. Shortly before the wedding he is involved in a bank robbery with his friends Buzz Thomas, Teddy Pollack and Billy...
, about a group of friends who pull off a heist on their way to a wedding, and
Home FriesHome Fries is a 1998 film directed by Dean Parisot, starring Drew Barrymore. It also starred Luke Wilson and Shelley Duvall. The script was originally penned by writer Vince Gilligan for a film class at New York University...
(both 1998), about two brothers interested in the same woman for very different reasons. (Off-screen, the actor won the girl; he and Barrymore became a couple, but parted ways in 1998.) Wilson remained in demand, playing the doctor beau of a schoolteacher in
RushmoreRushmore is a 1998 comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson about an eccentric teenager named Max Fischer , his friendship with rich industrialist Herman Blume , and their mutual love for elementary school teacher Rosemary Cross . The film was co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson...
(also 1998), directed by Anderson and co-written by brother Owen.
A starring role opposite
Reese WitherspoonLaura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon , better known as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress and film producer. In 1998 she appeared in three major movies: Overnight Delivery, Pleasantville, and Twilight. The following year, Witherspoon appeared in the critically acclaimed Election, which earned her...
in the 2001 comedy
Legally BlondeLegally Blonde is a American comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon, produced by Marc E. Platt for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios and directed by Robert Luketic...
elevated him to a major name in Hollywood and was followed up by hits like
Old SchoolOld School is a 2003 comedy film released by DreamWorks and directed by Todd Phillips, director of the documentary Frat House. The story was written by Court Crandall, and the film was written by Phillips and Scot Armstrong...
and
The Royal TenenbaumsThe Royal Tenenbaums is a 2001 dramedy film directed by Wes Anderson about three gifted siblings who experience great success in youth, and even greater disappointment and failure after their eccentric father leaves them in their adolescent years...
. Wilson also made a notable role in the television show
That '70s ShowThat '70s Show is an American television sitcom that centered on the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 1976 to 12:00 AM, January 1, 1980. It debuted on the FOX television network on August 23, 1998 and ran for eight consecutive...
, as Michael Kelso's charming and athletic brother
Casey KelsoCasey George Kelso is a fictional character who appeared on the long-running comedy series That '70s Show as the older brother of Michael Kelso. He was played by Luke Wilson.-Fictional character biography:...
. He appeared sporadically on the show from 2002 through 2005.
In 2006, Wilson starred in
IdiocracyIdiocracy is a 2006 comedic film, directed by Mike Judge and starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph.The film tells the story of two ordinary people who are taken into a top-secret military hibernation experiment that goes awry, and awaken 500 years in the future...
,
Mike JudgeMichael Craig "Mike" Judge is an American animator, actor, voice actor, writer, director, and producer, best-known as the creator and star of the animated television series Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill. He also wrote and directed the films Beavis and Butt-head Do America, Office...
's first film since 1999's
Office SpaceOffice Space is a 1999 American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. It satirizes work life in a typical software company during the 1990s, focusing on a handful of individuals who are fed up with their jobs...
. Wilson portrayed an especially ordinary serviceman who is chosen for a cryogenics project. He awakes hundreds of years in the future where America is significantly less intelligent. The film was initially dropped by Fox Studios, but re-distributed in 2006. Wilson expressed his sentiments towards Fox's move as "total bullshit".
In early 2007 Wilson took on a more serious role opposite
Kate BeckinsaleKathryn Bailey "Kate" Beckinsale is an English actress. Her best known films include Pearl Harbor , Underworld , Van Helsing , and Click .-Early life:...
in the horror thriller
VacancyVacancy is a 2007 horror/thriller film, starring Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale. It was distributed by Screen Gems and was released on April 20, 2007. Production was scheduled to commence in August 2006 with Nimród Antal signing on to direct it....
. In July 2007, he worked on
Henry Poole is HereHenry Poole Is Here is a 2008 American drama film directed by Mark Pellington. The screenplay by Albert Torres focuses on a dying man whose religious neighbor insists the water stain on the side wall of his house is an image of Jesus Christ....
in
La MiradaLa Mirada is a city in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is one of the cities that make up the Gateway Cities. The population was 46,783 at the 2000 census....
,
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
.
Wilson is part of the
Frat PackThe "Frat Pack" is a nickname given to a group of male Hollywood comedy actors who have appeared together in many of the highest grossing comedy movies since the late 1990s...
, a group of actors that frequently work together. He is a member along with
Owen WilsonOwen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor, comedian and writer.-Early life:Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas, to photographer Laura Cunningham Wilson and Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising executive and operator of a public television station. He has an older brother, Andrew and a younger...
(Luke's brother),
Ben StillerBenjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara....
,
Jack BlackJack Black , is an American actor and musician, notably of Tenacious D.Jack Black may also refer to:* Jack Black , late 19th - early 20th Century author and hobo* Jack Black , drummer for 70s UK punk band The Boys...
and
Will FerrellJohn William "Will" Ferrell is an American comedian, actor, voice actor and writer. Ferrell first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films A Night at the Roxbury, Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Kicking & Screaming, Talladega Nights,...
.
He is currently filming
TenureTenure is an upcoming 2009 American comedy film, written and directed by Mike Million and starring Luke Wilson, Gretchen Mol, and David Koechner...
at
Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr College is a women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, ten miles west of Philadelphia...
in Pennsylvania (April 15, 2008).
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|
| 1996 |
Bottle Rocket Bottle Rocket is a 1996 film directed by Wes Anderson. It was co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson. As well as being Wes Anderson's directorial debut, Bottle Rocket was the debut feature for brothers Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson, who co-starred with James Caan and Robert Musgrave.The movie was a...
|
Anthony Adams |
| 1997 |
Bongwater Bongwater is a 1997 comedy film, based on the book of the same name, set in Portland, Oregon, and stars Luke Wilson, Alicia Witt, Amy Locane, Brittany Murphy, Jack Black, Andy Dick, Jeremy Sisto, and Jamie Kennedy.-Synopsis:...
|
David |
| Telling Lies in America |
Henry |
| Best Men |
Jesse Reilly |
| Scream 2 Scream 2 is a 1997 horror thriller film, the second part of the Scream trilogy. This movie takes place one year after the original. As with the other films in the trilogy, Scream 2 combines straight-forward scares with dialogue that satirizes conventions of slasher films, especially slasher film...
|
'Stab' Billy |
| 1998 |
Dog Park Dog Park is a 1998 American/Canadian romantic comedy film written and directed by Bruce McCulloch.-Plot:Andy is a writer for newspaper classifieds who has been bouncing from relationship-to-relationship since sixth grade. Throughout the film, he loses custody of his dog when his girlfriend, Cheryl,...
|
Andy |
| Home Fries Home Fries is a 1998 film directed by Dean Parisot, starring Drew Barrymore. It also starred Luke Wilson and Shelley Duvall. The script was originally penned by writer Vince Gilligan for a film class at New York University...
|
Dorian Montier |
| Rushmore |
Dr. Peter Flynn |
| 1999 |
Kill the Man |
Stanley Simon |
| Blue Streak Blue Streak is a 1999 American action comedy film directed by Les Mayfield and starring Martin Lawrence. The film features an additional cast of Luke Wilson, Dave Chappelle, William Forsythe, Nicole Ari Parker, and others....
|
Carlson |
| 2000 |
My Dog SkipMy Dog Skip is a 2000 film, directed by Jay Russell. It is based on the autobiographical book My Dog Skip by Willie Morris. The movie was released January 14, 2000....
|
Dink Jenkins |
| Committed |
Carl |
| Preston Tylk |
Preston Tylk |
| Charlie's Angels |
Pete Komisky |
| 2001 |
Legally Blonde Legally Blonde is a American comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon, produced by Marc E. Platt for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios and directed by Robert Luketic...
|
Emmett Richmond |
| Soul Survivors Soul Survivors is a 2001 psychological thriller film starring Melissa Sagemiller as a college student named Cassie, whose boyfriend Sean died in a car accident that resulted from her driving after a night of partying...
|
Jude |
| The Royal Tenenbaums The Royal Tenenbaums is a 2001 dramedy film directed by Wes Anderson about three gifted siblings who experience great success in youth, and even greater disappointment and failure after their eccentric father leaves them in their adolescent years...
|
Richie Tenenbaum |
| 2002 |
The Third Wheel |
Stanley |
| 2003 |
Masked and Anonymous Masked and Anonymous is a 2003 film written and directed by Larry Charles. It was co-written by and stars iconic rock legend Bob Dylan alongside a star-heavy cast, including John Goodman, Jeff Bridges, Penélope Cruz, Val Kilmer, Mickey Rourke and many others...
|
Bobby Cupid |
| Old School |
Mitch Martin |
| Alex and Emma Alex & Emma is a Franchise Pictures' romantic comedy starring Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson. It was directed by Rob Reiner based on a screenplay by Jeremy Leven. It opened June 20 2003.- Plot :...
|
Alex Sheldon/Adam Shipley |
| Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is a action-comedy film. It is the sequel to the film, Charlie's Angels. It opened in the United States on June 27, 2003, and was number one at the box office for that weekend and made a worldwide total of more than $259 million.-Plot:The Angels are hired to...
|
Pete |
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and BlondeLegally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, is the 2003 sequel to 2001's Legally Blonde. It was once again produced by MGM, and again starred Reese Witherspoon as Elle, as well as Luke Wilson, Sally Field, Regina King, Bruce McGill, and Bob Newhart...
|
Emmett Richmond |
| 2004 |
Around the World in 80 DaysAround the World in 80 Days is a 2004 comedy/adventure film based on Jules Verne's novel of the same name. It stars Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan and Cécile de France. The film is set in 19th-century Britain and centers on Phileas Fogg , here reimagined as an eccentric inventor and his efforts to...
|
Orville Wright (Cameo) |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is a 2004 comedy film written by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. The film is a tongue-in-cheek take on the culture of the 1970s, particularly the then-new Action News format. It portrays a San Diego TV station where one female reporter struggles to become the...
|
Frank Vitchard |
| 2005 |
The Wendell Baker Story The Wendell Baker Story is the first movie directed by actor Luke Wilson and his eldest brother Andrew Wilson, which premiered at the 2005 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas in March, 2005. The film stars Luke Wilson, who also wrote the screenplay, as an ex-con working in a...
|
Wendell Baker |
| The Family Stone The Family Stone is a 2005 American dramedy film written and directed by Thomas Bezucha. It is an ensemble piece focusing on the Christmas holiday misadventures of the titular family when the eldest son brings his girlfriend home with the intention of proposing to her with a cherished heirloom...
|
Ben Stone |
| 2006 |
Jackass Number Two |
Himself (cameo) |
| Mini's First Time Mini's First Time is a 2006 comedy/drama film written and directed by Nick Guthe. It was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival on May 1, 2006 and had a limited release on July 14, 2006. It was released on DVD on October 24, 2006 by HBO Films.-Plot:...
|
John Garson |
| Hoot Hoot is an American feature-length film based on Carl Hiaasen's novel of the same name. It was directed by Wil Shriner and produced by New Line Cinema and Walden Media...
|
Officer David Delinko |
My Super Ex-GirlfriendMy Super Ex-Girlfriend is a film released on July 21, 2006. The film is a "romantic comedy with a superhero twist". It was directed by Ivan Reitman and stars Luke Wilson, Uma Thurman, Anna Faris, Wanda Sykes, Rainn Wilson, and Eddie Izzard.-Plot:...
|
Matt Saunders |
| Idiocracy Idiocracy is a 2006 comedic film, directed by Mike Judge and starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph.The film tells the story of two ordinary people who are taken into a top-secret military hibernation experiment that goes awry, and awaken 500 years in the future...
|
Corporal Joe Bauers |
| 2007 The year 2007 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...
|
You Kill MeYou Kill Me is 2007 black comedy film directed by John Dahl, and starring Ben Kingsley, Luke Wilson, Téa Leoni, Philip Baker Hall, Dennis Farina, and Bill Pullman.-Plot:...
|
Tom |
| Blades of Glory Blades of Glory is a American comedy film directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, and starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder. The movie was released on March 29, 2007 by DreamWorks and MTV Films...
|
Sex Addicts Help Group Leader |
VacancyVacancy is a 2007 horror/thriller film, starring Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale. It was distributed by Screen Gems and was released on April 20, 2007. Production was scheduled to commence in August 2006 with Nimród Antal signing on to direct it....
|
David Fox |
3:10 To Yuma3:10 to Yuma is the 2007 remake of the 1957 film of the same name, making it the second adaptation of Elmore Leonard's short story. It is directed by James Mangold and produced by Cathy Konrad, director and producer of Walk the Line, and stars Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. Filming took place...
|
Zeke (Cameo) |
| Battle for Terra |
Lt. James Stanton (voice) |
| Blonde Ambition Blonde Ambition is a film released in December 2007 and inspired by the theme of the Academy Award-winning movie Working Girl starring singer/actress Jessica Simpson playing the part of a small town girl who moves to New York City and rises up into a career as a business woman...
|
Ben |
| 2008 The year 2008 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...
|
Henry Poole is Here Henry Poole Is Here is a 2008 American drama film directed by Mark Pellington. The screenplay by Albert Torres focuses on a dying man whose religious neighbor insists the water stain on the side wall of his house is an image of Jesus Christ....
|
Henry Poole |
| 2009 The year 2009 has many new films to be released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top-grossing films:...
|
Tenure Tenure is an upcoming 2009 American comedy film, written and directed by Mike Million and starring Luke Wilson, Gretchen Mol, and David Koechner...
|
Charlie Thurber |
| 2010 The 2010s decade has numerous films in production to be released in 2011 and beyond, as well as films that have announced release dates but have yet to begin filming...
|
Middle Men |
Jack Harris |
Television
- The X-Files
The X-Files is an American cult science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. It first aired in September 1993 and ended in May 2002...
episode "Bad Blood" (1998) (guest appearance)
- That 70s Show (2002-2005) (on/off appearance as "Casey Kelso")
- Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night sketch comedy and variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975, under a slightly different title. The show features a regular cast of comedy actors, joined by a guest host and musical act...
(November 20, 2004; musical guest U2)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC from 1993 to 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and stand-up comedy performances. Late Night aired weeknights at 12:37 a.m....
(August 22, 2007; guest appearance)
- Entourage
Entourage is an American comedy-drama that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004. The series was created by Doug Ellin and chronicles the rise of Vincent Chase, a young A-list movie star, and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City, as they navigate the unfamiliar terrain of Hollywood,...
(first season; guest appearance)
- Jimmy Kimmel
James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel is an American television host and comedian. He is the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Before that program, Kimmel was also well-known as co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show...
(August 6, 2008; guest appearance)