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Known for Acting Age 58 years Place of birth Dallas, Texas, USA

Owen Wilson
Biography
Life and career
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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Filmography
60 films

Charlie the Wonderdog
2025as Charlie (voice)

Haunted Mansion
2023as Father Kent

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023as Mobius M. Mobius (uncredited)

Secret Headquarters
2022as Jack

Marry Me
2022as Charlie Gilbert

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021as Herbsaint Sazerac

Bliss
2021as Greg Wittle

Wonder
2017as Nate

Cars 3
2017as Lightning McQueen (voice)

Masterminds
2016as Steve Chambers

Zoolander 2
2016as Hansel

No Escape
2015as Jack Dwyer

She's Funny That Way
2015as Arnold Albertson

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014as Jedediah Smith

Inherent Vice
2014as Coy Harlingen

The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014as M. Chuck

Free Birds
2013as Reggie (voice)

Are You Here
2013as Steve Dallas

The Internship
2013as Nick Campbell

Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011as Self

The Big Year
2011as Kenny Bostick

Cars 2
2011as Lightning McQueen (voice)

Midnight in Paris
2011as Gil

Hall Pass
2011as Rick Mills

Little Fockers
2010as Kevin Rawley

How Do You Know
2010as Matty Reynolds

Marmaduke
2010as Marmaduke (voice)

Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009as Coach Skip (voice)

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009as Jedediah Smith

Marley & Me
2008as John Grogan

Drillbit Taylor
2008as Drillbit Taylor

The Darjeeling Limited
2007as Francis

The Pixar Story
2007as Lightning McQueen (voice) (archive footage)

Night at the Museum
2006as Jedediah Smith (uncredited)

Mater and the Ghostlight
2006as Lightning McQueen (voice)

You, Me and Dupree
2006as DupreeProducer

Cars
2006as Lightning McQueen (voice)

Wedding Crashers
2005as John Beckwith

Meet the Fockers
2004as Kevin Rawley

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004as Ned Plimpton

Around the World in 80 Days
2004as Wilbur Wright

Starsky & Hutch
2004as Ken Hutchinson

The Big Bounce
2004as Jack Ryan

Shanghai Knights
2003as Roy O'Bannon

I Spy
2002as Alexander Scott

Behind Enemy Lines
2001as Lt. Chris 'Longhorn' Burnett

The Royal Tenenbaums
2001as Eli CashWriterExecutive Producer

Zoolander
2001as Hansel

Meet the Parents
2000as Kevin Rawley

Shanghai Noon
2000as Roy O'Bannon

The Minus Man
1999as Vann

The Haunting
1999as Luke Sanderson

Breakfast of Champions
1999as Monte Rapid

Rushmore
1998WriterExecutive Producer

Permanent Midnight
1998as Nicky

Armageddon
1998as Oscar

As Good as It Gets
1997Associate Producer

Anaconda
1997as Gary Dixon

The Cable Guy
1996as Robin's Date

Bottle Rocket
1996as DignanWriter
