Luke Wilson

Birthplace: Dallas, Texas
Birthday: September 21, 1971

Tall and dark-haired with a strong jaw and thoughtful countenance, Luke Wilson had more evident leading man appeal than his blond older brother Owen, but his choice of roles in smaller, quirkier films often put him in his actor/screenwriter/producer sibling's shadow. The most classically handsome of the three talented brothers, Luke Wilson found a comfortable niche in the new millennium as a leading man for all seasons. Gifted in both comedic and dramatic fare, Wilson added a new genre to his list of credits with 2007’s “Vacancy,” a retr…more

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Actor

The 78th Annual Academy Awards
Presenter
Entourage
Himself
The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards
The Andy Dick Show
AFI Awards 2001

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Career Milestones

2007
Co-starred with Kate Beckinsale in the horror film, "Vacancy"
2007
Wrote, co-directed with brother Andrew Wilson and played the title character in "The Wendell Baker Story" also co-starring his brother Owen Wilson
2006
Played a regular guy who dumps his superhero girlfriend in Ivan Reitman's comedy "My Super Ex-Girlfriend"
2006
Played the 'average American' who awakes 500 years in the future in director Mike Judge's "Idiocracy"
2005
Played the slacker brother of Dermot Mulroney's character in the holiday comedy "The Family Stone"