Owen Wilson

Born: 1968-11-18 in Dallas, Texas, USA

Known For: Acting

Biography

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Owen Wilson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026

Focker-In-Law as Kevin Rawley
Rolling Loud

2025

Stick as Pryce Cahill
Charlie the Wonderdog as Charlie (voice)

2024

LEGO Pixar: BrickToons as Lighting McQueen (voice)

2023

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as Mobius M. Mobius (uncredited)
Paint as Carl Nargle
Haunted Mansion as Father Kent
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2 as Self - 'Mobius' / 'Don'
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short as Self

2022

Secret Headquarters as Jack
Cars on the Road as Lightning McQueen (voice)
Marry Me as Charlie Gilbert

2021

Loki as Mobius M. Mobius
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun as Herbsaint Sazerac
Marvel Studios Assembled as Self - Mobius
Bliss as Greg Wittle
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Mobius M. Mobius (archive footage)
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon as Self (archive footage)

2017

Cars 3 as Lightning McQueen (voice)
Wonder as Nate
Lost in London as Owen Wilson
Father Figures as Kyle Reynolds

2013

Free Birds as Reggie (voice)
Drunk History as John Harvey Kellogg
Are You Here as Steve Dallas
The Internship as Nick Campbell

2011

Cars 2 as Lightning McQueen (voice)
Midnight in Paris as Gil
Hall Pass as Rick Mills
The Big Year as Kenny Bostick
Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
The King of Luck as Self

2010

Marmaduke as Marmaduke (voice)
Little Fockers as Kevin Rawley
How Do You Know as Manny
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited' as Self - Francis

2009

Community as Other Study Group's Leader
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as Jedediah Smith
Fantastic Mr. Fox as Coach Skip (voice)
Monkey Mischief as Jedediah

2008

Marley & Me as John Grogan
Drillbit Taylor as Drillbit Taylor
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket' as Self

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self
The Darjeeling Limited as Francis
The Pixar Story as Lightning McQueen (voice) (archive footage)

2006

Cars as Lightning McQueen (voice)
Night at the Museum as Jedediah Smith (uncredited)
Mater and the Ghostlight as Lightning McQueen (voice)
Cars Wal-Mart Exclusive Geared UP
You, Me and Dupree as Dupree

2005

The Reichen Show as Self
Wedding Crashers as John Beckwith
Made in Hollywood as Self
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' as Self / Ned P.
This Is an Adventure as Self
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal as Self
The Wendell Baker Story as Neil King

2004

Meet the Fockers as Kevin Rawley
Starsky & Hutch as Ken Hutchinson
Around the World in 80 Days as Wilbur Wright
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Ned Plimpton
The Big Bounce as Jack Ryan

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
Shanghai Knights as Roy O'Bannon
Girl - Yeah Right! as Himself

2002

I Spy as Alexander Scott
The Sweatbox as Self

2001

Zoolander as Hansel
The Royal Tenenbaums as Eli Cash
Behind Enemy Lines as Lt. Chris 'Longhorn' Burnett

2000

Shanghai Noon as Roy O'Bannon
Meet the Parents as Kevin Rawley
The Making of 'Rushmore' as Self

1999

The Haunting as Luke Sanderson
Rove as Self
Breakfast of Champions as Monte Rapid
The Minus Man as Vann
Heat Vision and Jack as Heat Vision
Heat Vision and Jack as Heat Vision (voice)

1998

Armageddon as Oscar
Rushmore ... (Writer)
Permanent Midnight as Nicky

1997

King of the Hill as Rhett Van Der Graaf (voice)
Anaconda as Gary Dixon
As Good as It Gets ... (Associate Producer)

1996

The Daily Show as Self
The Cable Guy as Robin's Date
Bottle Rocket as Dignan
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar as Self

1994

Inside the Actors Studio as Self

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
Bottle Rocket as Dignan

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1981

Entertainment Tonight as Self

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

1953

The Oscars as Self