Luke Wilson

Luke Cunningham Wilson (born September 21, 1971) is an American actor known for his roles in films such as Idiocracy, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, The Ridiculous 6, Old School, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums, Blue Streak, Bongwater, and Legally Blonde. He was a member of the cast of the HBO television series Enlightened (2011–13). He is the younger brother of actors Andrew Wilson and Owen Wilson.
==Early life==
Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas, the youngest of three sons of Laura Wilson (née Cunningham; born 1939), a photographer, and Robert Andrew Wilson (1941-2017), an advertising executive and previously an executive at KERA, a public television station. His family, originally from Massachusetts, is of Irish Catholic descent. All three Wilson boys attended St. Mark's School of Texas. According to Owen, Luke was voted class president the first year he attended St. Mark's.audio commentary on Criterion Collection's Bottle Rocket DVD
==Career==
Wilson's acting career began with the lead role in the short film Bottle Rocket in 1994, which was co-written by his older brother Owen Wilson and director Wes Anderson. It was remade as a feature-length film in 1996. After moving to Hollywood with his two brothers, he was cast opposite Calista Flockhart in Telling Lies in America and made a cameo appearance in the film-within-the-film of Scream 2, both in 1997. Wilson filmed back-to-back romantic films in 1998, opposite Drew Barrymore, Best Men, about a group of friends who pull off a heist on their way to a wedding, and Home Fries, about two brothers interested in the same woman for different reasons. He played the physician beau of a schoolteacher in Rushmore (also 1998), also directed by Anderson and co-written by brother Owen.
In 1999, Blue Streak was released featuring Wilson as detective Carlson. He later starred opposite Reese Witherspoon in the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde. The film is considered as cult.. After, it was followed by Old School and The Royal Tenenbaums. Wilson also had a role on That '70s Show, as Michael Kelso's older brother Casey Kelso, appearing sporadically from 2002 through 2005.
In 2006, Wilson starred in Idiocracy, Mike Judge's first film since 1999's Office Space. He portrayed an ordinary serviceman chosen for a cryogenics project. He awakens after hundreds of years in an America which is significantly less intelligent.
In early 2007, Wilson starred opposite Kate Beckinsale in the thriller Vacancy. In July 2007, he worked on Henry Poole is Here in La Mirada, California, which was released in 2008. He starred in the film Tenure in 2009. In 2010, he appeared in films Death at a Funeral and Middle Men. From 2011 to 2013 he starred in the HBO TV series Enlightened.
Wilson and brother Owen have co-written a Wright Brothers biopic, in which they also plan to star.
In January 2019, it was announced that Wilson had been cast as former sidekick-turned-mechanic-turned superhero Pat Dugan / S.T.R.I.P.E. in the upcoming DC Universe series Stargirl.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1996	Bottle Rocket 	Anthony Adams 	
1997	Bongwater 	David 	
1997	Telling Lies in America 	Henry 	
1997	Best Men 	Jesse Reilly 	
1997	Scream 2 	Billy 	Plays a character in the film-within-a-film Stab.
1998	Dog Park 	Andy 	
1998	Home Fries 	Dorian Montier 	
1998	Rushmore 	Dr. Peter Flynn 	
1999	Kill the Man 	Stanley Simon 	
1999	Blue Streak 	Detective Carlson 	
2000	My Dog Skip 	Dink Jenkins 	
2000	Committed 	Carl 	
2000	Bad Seed 	Preston Tylk 	
2000	Charlie's Angels 	Peter Kominsky 	
2001	Legally Blonde 	Emmett Richmond 	
2001	Soul Survivors 	Jude 	
2001	 	Richie Tenenbaum 	
2002	 	Stanley 	
2003	Masked and Anonymous 	Bobby Cupid 	
2003	Old School 	Mitch Martin 	
2003	Stuck on You 	Himself 	
2003	Alex and Emma 	Alex Sheldon / Adam Shipley	
2003	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 	Peter Kominsky 	
2003	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde	Emmett Richmond 	
2004	Around the World in 80 Days 	Orville Wright 	
2004	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 	Frank Vitchard 	
2004	Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie 	Frank Vitchard 	
2005	 	Wendell Baker 	Also writer/producer/director
2005	 	Ben Stone 	
2006	Hoot 	Officer David Delinko 	From The C.C.P.D. Company
2006	Mini's First Time 	John Garson 	
2006	My Super Ex-Girlfriend 	Matt Saunders 	
2006	Idiocracy 	Corporal Joe Bauers 	
2006	Jackass Number Two 	Himself 	
2007	You Kill Me 	Tom 	
2007	Vacancy 	David Fox 	
2007	3:10 to Yuma 	Zeke 	
2007	Blades of Glory 	Sex Class Instructor 	
2007	Battle for Terra 	Lt. James Stanton 	Voice role
2007	Blonde Ambition 	Ben 	
2008	Henry Poole Is Here 	Henry Poole 	
2009	Tenure 	Charlie Thurber 	
2010	Death at a Funeral 	Derek 	
2010	Middle Men 	Jack Harris 	
2012	Meeting Evil 	John 	
2012	Straight A's 	William 	
2013	Move Me Brightly 	The Interviewer 	Music documentary film
2014	The Skeleton Twins 	Lance 	
2014	Ride 	Ian 	
2014	Dear Eleanor 	Bob Potter 	
2015	Playing It Cool 	Samson 	
2015	Meadowland 	Phil 	
2015	The Ridiculous 6 	Danny 	
2015	Concussion 	Roger Goodell 	
2016	Outlaws and Angels 	Josiah 	
2016	All We Had 	Lee 	
2016	Rock Dog 	Bodi 	Voice role
2016	Approaching the Unknown 	Louis Skinner 	
2017	Brad's Status 	Jason Hatfield 	
2018	Arizona 	Scott 	
2018	Measure of a Man 	Marty Marks 	
2018	High Voltage 	Rick 	
2019	Berlin, I Love You 	Burke Linz 	
2019	The Goldfinch 	Larry Decker 	Post-production
2019	All the Bright Places 	James 	Post-production
2019	Zombieland: Double Tap 	Albuquerque 	Post-production
TBA 	Guest of Honour 	Father Greg 	Post-production
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1998 	The X-Files 	Sheriff Hartwell 	Episode: "Bad Blood"
2002–05	That '70s Show 	Casey Kelso 	6 episodes
2004 	Entourage 	Himself 	Episode: "Talk Show"
2004 	Saturday Night Live	Host 	Episode: "Luke Wilson/U2"
2011–13	Enlightened 	Levi Callow 	15 episodes
2013 	Drunk History 	Will Keith Kellogg 	Episode: "Detroit"
2016 	Roadies 	Bill 	Main role; 10 episodes
2020 	Stargirl 	Pat Dugan / S.T.R.I.P.E.	Recurring role
==See also== 
*Notable alumni of St. Mark's School of Texas
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