Owen Wilson

**Owen Cunningham Wilson** (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter.

## Early life

Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas, to photographer Laura (Cunningham) Wilson and Robert Andrew Wilson. He has an older brother, Andrew, and a younger brother, Luke. Both brothers are also involved in movie making.

Wilson went to the University of Texas at Austin. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English.

## Personal life

The Sheryl Crow album _C'mon C'mon_ has the song "Safe and Sound". The liner notes say it is about Wilson and Crow's relationship.

On August 26, 2007, Wilson was taken to St. John's Health Center. It was reported as a suicide attempt. He was later moved to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. His lawyer later said that Wilson had depression. A few days later, Wilson withdrew from starring in _Tropic Thunder_.

He dated Kate Hudson in 2006. The pair broke up. It was widely reported that he tried to commit suicide in 2007 after the relationship with Hudson ended. In 2008, it was reported the pair were to marry. However the two would again break up and make up a number of times over 2008 and 2009.

On January 10, 2011, Wilson's representative said that Wilson and his girlfriend, Jade Duell, were expecting a baby. Just four days later, on January 14, Duell gave birth in Hawaii to a baby boy, Robert Ford Wilson.

Wilson is a fan of several Dallas-area professional sports teams. He has been spotted at Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks and Texas Rangers games. He is also a supporter of the English football team Chelsea F.C..

Wilson's bumped nose is because he broke it twice. Once was during a high school fight, and once playing football with friends.

### Film

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1996|_Bottle Rocket_|Dignan|Also writer||||
|_The Cable Guy_|Robin's Date|||||||
|rowspan="2"|1997|_Anaconda_|Gary Dixon|||||
|_As Good as It Gets_||Associate producer||||||
|rowspan="3"|1998|_Armageddon_|Oscar Choice|||||
|_Permanent Midnight_|Nicky|||||||
|_Rushmore_||Writer||||||
|rowspan="5"|1999|_The Haunting_|Luke Sanderson|||||
|_Breakfast of Champions_|Monte Rapid|||||||
|_She's All That_|Brock Hudson|||||||
|_The Minus Man_|Vann Siegert|||||||
|_Toy Story 2_|Additional voices|||||||
|rowspan="4"|2000|_Shanghai Noon_|Roy O'Bannon|Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Action Team Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor: Musical or Comedy||||
|_Scream 3_|Nigel Green|||||||
|_Meet the Parents_|Kevin Rawley|Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Supporting Actor – Comedy||||||
|_The Emperor's New Groove_|Additional voices|||||||
|rowspan="3"|2001|_Zoolander_|Hansel McDonald|Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo||||
|_The Royal Tenenbaums_|Eli Cash|Also writer Nominated – Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor: Musical or Comedy Nominated – Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay||||||
|_Behind Enemy Lines_|Lt. Chris Burnett|||||||
|rowspan="2"|2002|_I Spy_|Alex Scott|Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo||||
|_The Sweatbox_|Himself|Archive footage; has not been released to the public||||||
|rowspan="2"|2003|_Shanghai Knights_|Roy O'Bannon|Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo||||
|_Yeah Right!_|Himself|Cameo||||||
|rowspan="6"|2004|_The Big Bounce_|Jack Ryan|||||
|_Starsky & Hutch_|Ken Hutchinson|MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite On-Screen Chemistry Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Comedy Actor Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Chemistry||||||
|_Around the World in 80 Days_|Wilbur Wright|||||||
|_The Incredibles_|Splashdown (voice)|||||||
|_The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou_|Ned Plimpton|Nominated – Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast||||||
|_Meet the Fockers_|Kevin Rawley|||||||
|rowspan="2"|2005|_The Wendell Baker Story_|Neil King|||||
|_Wedding Crashers_|John Beckwith|MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo People's Choice Award for Favorite On-Screen Match-Up Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Liplock||||||
|rowspan="4"|2006|_Cars_|style="white-space: nowrap;"|Lightning McQueen (voice)||||
|_Mater and the Ghostlight_|Lightning McQueen (voice)|Short||||||
|_You, Me and Dupree_|Randolph Dupree|Also producer||||||
|_Night at the Museum_|Jedediah|Uncredited||||||
|2007|_The Darjeeling Limited_|Francis Whitman||||||
|rowspan="3"|2008|_Drillbit Taylor_|Drillbit Taylor|||||
|_Marley & Me_|John Grogan|Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Liplock||||||
|_Over Her Dead Body_|Guy on Phone|Uncredited||||||
|rowspan="2"|2009|style="white-space: nowrap;"|_Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian_|Jedediah||||
|Magic Mike|Coach Skip (voice)|||||||
|rowspan="3"|2010|Magic Mike|Marmaduke (voice)|||||
|_How Do You Know_|Matty Reynolds|||||||
|_Little Fockers_|Kevin Rawley|||||||
|rowspan="4"|2011|_Hall Pass_|Rick|||||
|_Midnight in Paris_|Gil|Nominated – Comedy Award for Comedy Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast||||||
|_Cars 2_|Lightning McQueen (voice)|Nominated for Magic Mike Award||||||
|_The Big Year_|Kenny Bostick|||||||
|rowspan="3"|2013|_The Internship_|Nick Campbell|||||
|_Free Birds_|Reggie (voice)|||||||
|_Are You Here_|Steve Dallas|||||||
|rowspan="4"|2014|_The Grand Budapest Hotel_|M. Chuck|||||
|_The Hero of Color City_|Ricky The Dragon (voice)|||||||
|_Inherent Vice_|Coy Harlingen|||||||
|_Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb_|Jedediah|||||||
|rowspan="2"|2015|_She's Funny That Way_|Arnold Albertson|||||
|_No Escape_|Jack Dwyer|||||||
|rowspan="2"|2016|_Zoolander 2_|Hansel|||||
|_Masterminds_|Steve Chambers|||||||
|rowspan="4"|2017|_Lost in London_|Himself|||||
|_Cars 3_|Lightning McQueen (voice)|||||||
|_Wonder_|Nate Pullman|||||||
|_Father Figures_|Kyle Reynolds|||||||
|2018|_Dolphins_|Himself|Narrator|||||

### Television

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1999|_Heat Vision and Jack_|Heat Vision (voice)|Short|||||
|2001|_King of the Hill_|Rhett Van Der Graaf (voice)|Episode: "Luanne Virgin 2.0"|||||
|2010|_Community_|Other Study Group's Leader|Episode: "Investigative Journalism"; uncredited|||||
|2013|_Drunk History_|John Harvey Kellogg|Episode: "Detroit"|||||
|2014|_Cars Toons: Tales From Radiator Springs_|Lightning McQueen (voice)|Episode: "The Radiator Springs 500 ½"|||||
|2016|_Saturday Night Live_|Hansel|Episode: "Larry David/The 1975"|||||

### Video games

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2006|_Cars_|rowspan="4"|Lightning McQueen|||
|2012|_Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure_|||||
|2014|_Cars: Fast as Lightning_|||||
|2018|_Lego The Incredibles_|||||

### Music videos

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Song|scope="col"|Artist|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2006|_God's Gonna Cut You Down_|Johnny Cash||||
|2013|_Christmas in L.A._|The Killers||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Owen Wilson
- **image**: Owen Wilson Cannes 2011.jpg
- **caption**: Wilson at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of _Midnight in Paris_
- **birth name**: Owen Cunningham Wilson
- **birth place**: Dallas, Texas, U.S.
- **occupation**: Actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter
- **alma mater**: University of Texas at Austin
- **years active**: 1996–present
- **children**: 2