LUKE WILSON

'Luke Cunningham Wilson' (born September 21, 1971) is an American film actor.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Filmography

Television

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas to Laura Wilson (née Cunningham), a photographer, and Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising executive and operator of a public television station.^[1] His family is Irish American and Catholic.^[2] Luke has two older brothers, fellow actors Owen and Andrew (the eldest).
Wilson attended St. Mark's School of Texas, where he was very competitive in the 400 meter and 800 meter runs for the school's track team. At Occidental College, he was initially more interested in the school's athletics department than he was in drama or theater. He excelled at track and field, but eventually gave up sports after taking a drama class.

Career

Wilson's film acting career began with the lead role in the short film ''Bottle Rocket'' in 1994, which was co-written by Wilson's older brother Owen and director Wes Anderson. ''Bottle Rocket'' was later made into a feature-length film in 1996.
After moving to Hollywood with his two brothers, he was cast opposite Calista Flockhart with romantic designs in ''Telling Lies in America'' and made a cameo appearance in the film-within-the-film of ''Scream 2'' (both 1997). Wilson filmed back-to-back romantic films opposite Drew Barrymore, ''Best Men'', about a group of friends who pull off a heist on their way to a wedding, and ''Home Fries'' (both 1998), about two brothers interested in the same woman for very different reasons. (Off-screen, the actor won the girl; he and Barrymore became a couple, but parted ways in 1998.) Wilson remained in demand, playing the doctor beau of a schoolteacher in ''Rushmore'' (also 1998), directed by Anderson and co-written by brother Owen. Luke Wilson also made a notable role in the television show That 70s Show, as Michael Kelso's charming and athletic brother Casey Kelso. He appeared on and off the show from 2002 through 2005. Luke is a part of the Frat Pack, a set of actors including Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson and Steve Carell who often work in each other's movies.
Currently in production "Henry Poole is Here" in La Mirada, CA as of July 25, 2007.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	''Bottle Rocket''	Anthony Adams
1997	''Bongwater''	David
	''Telling Lies in America''	Henry
	''Best Men''	Jesse Reilly
	''Scream 2''	Stab Billy
1998	''Dog Park''	Andy
	''Home Fries''	Dorian Montier
	''Rushmore''	Dr. Peter Flynn
1999	''Kill the Man''	Stanley Simon
	''Blue Streak''	Carlson
2000	''My Dog Skip''	Dink Jenkins
	''Committed''	Carl
	''Preston Tylk''	Preston Tylk
	''Charlie's Angels''	Pete Komisky
2001	''Legally Blonde''	Emmett Richmond
	''Soul Survivors''	Jude
	''The Royal Tenenbaums''	Richie Tenenbaum
2002	''The Third Wheel''	Stanley
2003	''Masked and Anonymous''	Bobby Cupid
	''Old School''	Mitch Martin
	''Alex and Emma''	Alex Sheldon/Adam Shipley
	''	Pete
	''	Emmett Richmond
2004	''Around the World in 80 Days''	Orville Wright
	''	Frank Vitchard
2005	''The Wendell Baker Story''	Wendell Baker
	''The Family Stone''	Ben Stone
2006	''Jackass Number Two''	Himself (cameo)
	''Mini's First Time''	John Garson
	''Hoot''	Officer Delinko
	''My Super Ex-Girlfriend''	Matt Saunders
	''Idiocracy''	Pvt. Joe Bauers
2007	''You Kill Me''	Tom
	''Blades of Glory''	Sex Addicts Help Group Leader
	''Vacancy	David		''	Cameo Appearance
	''Terra''	(voice)
	''Blonde Ambition''	Ben

Television

★ ''The X-Files'' episode "Bad Blood" (1998) (guest appearance)

★ ''That 70s Show'' (2002-2005) (on/off appearance) ^[3]

★ ''Saturday Night Live'' (November 20, 2004; musical guest U2) ^[4]

★ ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' (August 22, 2007; guest appearance)

References

1. http://www.filmreference.com/film/11/Luke-Wilson.html
2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/19/AR2006071902050.html
3. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005561/
4. http://snlarc.jt.org/ep.php?i=200411208

External links

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