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Owen Wilson

Actor

Owen Wilson

Born November 18, 1968 in Dallas, Texas, USA73 films

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.

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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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Wonder poster8.1Wonder2017Fantastic Mr. Fox poster7.8Fantastic Mr. Fox2009Cars poster7.1Cars2006Midnight in Paris poster7.5Midnight in Paris2011The Royal Tenenbaums poster7.5The Royal Tenenbaums2001Armageddon poster6.8Armageddon1998Night at the Museum poster6.6Night at the Museum2006Marley & Me poster7.2Marley & Me2008

Filmography

73 films as actor
  1. TBANaya: Legend of the Golden DolphinZeus (voice)
  2. TBALips Like SugarPhil Harris
  3. 2027Paris Paramount
  4. 2026Focker-in-LawKevin Rawley
  5. 2026Rolling Loud: The MovieHank
  6. 2026RunnerBen Bishop
  7. 2026Disney Pixar Cars: Race to CelebrateLightning McQueen
  8. 2025Charlie the WonderdogCharlie (voice)
  9. 2023Haunted MansionFather Kent
  10. 2023PaintCarl Nargle
  11. 2023Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaMobius M. Mobius (uncredited)
  12. 2022Secret HeadquartersJack
  13. 2022Marry MeCharlie Gilbert
  14. 2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunHerbsaint Sazerac
  15. 2021BlissGreg Wittle
  16. 2017Father FiguresKyle Reynolds
  17. 2017WonderNate
  18. 2017Cars 3Lightning McQueen (voice)
  19. 2017Lost in LondonOwen Wilson
  20. 2016MastermindsSteve Chambers
  21. 2016Zoolander: Super ModelHansel (voice)
  22. 2016Zoolander 2Hansel
  23. 2015No EscapeJack Dwyer
  24. 2015She's Funny That WayArnold Albertson
  25. 2014Night at the Museum: Secret of the TombJedediah Smith
  26. 2014Inherent ViceCoy Harlingen
  27. 2014The Hero of Color CityRicky The Dragon (voice)
  28. 2014The Radiator Springs 500½Lightning McQueen (voice)
  29. 2014The Grand Budapest HotelM. Chuck
  30. 2013Free BirdsReggie (voice)
  31. 2013Are You HereSteve Dallas
  32. 2013The InternshipNick Campbell
  33. 2011The Big YearKenny Bostick
  34. 2011Cars 2Lightning McQueen (voice)
  35. 2011Midnight in ParisGil
  36. 2011Hall PassRick Mills
  37. 2010Little FockersKevin Rawley
  38. 2010How Do You KnowMatty
  39. 2010MarmadukeMarmaduke (voice)
  40. 2009Monkey MischiefJedediah
  41. 2009Fantastic Mr. FoxCoach Skip (voice)
  42. 2009Night at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianJedediah Smith
  43. 2008Marley & MeJohn
  44. 2008Drillbit TaylorDrillbit Taylor
  45. 2007The Darjeeling LimitedFrancis
  46. 2006Night at the MuseumJedediah Smith (uncredited)
  47. 2006Mater and the GhostlightLightning McQueen (voice)
  48. 2006You, Me and DupreeDupree
  49. 2006CarsLightning McQueen (voice)
  50. 2005The Wendell Baker StoryNeil King
  51. 2005Wedding CrashersJohn Beckwith
  52. 2004Meet the FockersKevin Rawley
  53. 2004The Life Aquatic with Steve ZissouNed Plimpton
  54. 2004Around the World in 80 DaysWilbur Wright
  55. 2004Starsky & HutchKen Hutchinson
  56. 2004The Big BounceJack Ryan
  57. 2003Shanghai KnightsRoy O'Bannon
  58. 2002I SpyAlexander Scott
  59. 2001Behind Enemy LinesLt. Chris 'Longhorn' Burnett
  60. 2001The Royal TenenbaumsEli Cash
  61. 2001ZoolanderHansel
  62. 2000Meet the ParentsKevin Rawley
  63. 2000Shanghai NoonRoy O'Bannon
  64. 1999The Minus ManVann
  65. 1999The HauntingLuke Sanderson
  66. 1999Breakfast of ChampionsMonte Rapid
  67. 1999Heat Vision and JackHeat Vision
  68. 1998Permanent MidnightNicky
  69. 1998ArmageddonOscar
  70. 1997AnacondaGary Dixon
  71. 1996The Cable GuyRobin's Date
  72. 1996Bottle RocketDignan
  73. 1993Bottle RocketDignan