Biography
Both brothers got their start in college friend Wes Anderson's student film-turned-cult favorite "Bottle Rocket" (1996), and from the critical success of that fresh and funny heist flick, they were courted by Hollywood. Wilson's significant talent for bringing depth and charm to intellectual melancholics was reduced to roles as all-around good guys - including subcategories of dimwits and cuckolded men - in mainstream comedies like "Legally …
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Career Milestones
| Became interested in acting after taking a class in college | ||
| Raised in Dallas, Texas | ||
1992 | Co-starred with brother Owen in the short "Bottle Rocket"; directed by Wes Anderson | |
1996 | Made feature acting debut in full length version of Anderson's "Bottle Rocket" | |
1997 | Had supporting role of Calista Flockhart's co-worker in "Telling Lies in America" | |
1997 | Made a cameo appearance in the film-within-the-film of "Scream 2" | |
1998 | Appeared in back-to-back romantic films opposite Drew Barrymore, "Best Men" and "Home Fries" | |
1998 | Played the doctor beau of a schoolteacher in "Rushmore"; directed by Anderson and co-written by brother Owen | |
1998 | TV acting debut as a sheriff in an episode of "The X-Files" (FOX) | |
1999 | First leading role in the comedy "Dog Park" (released theatrically in 2001) | |
1999 | Was featured in the Sundance-screened comedy "Kill the Man" | |
2000 | Appeared in the sleeper hit "My Dog Skip" | |
2000 | Featured as Cameron Diaz's love interest in "Charlie's Angels" | |
2001 | Cast as Reese Witherspoon's romantic interest in the comedy hit "Legally Blonde" | |
2001 | Co-starred in Anderson's "The Royal Tenenbaums" as a troubled tennis prodigy; also co-starred brother Owen | |
2002 | Made rare TV appearance as Ashton Kutchner's older brother in "That '70s Show" (FOX) | |
2003 | Acted alongside Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell in the frat house comedy "Old School"; directed by Todd Phillips | |
2003 | Again played Emmett in "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde" | |
2003 | Reprised role for the sequel "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" | |
2004 | Cast as Orville Wright in the Disney live action feature "Around the World in 80 Days"; also co-starred Owen | |
2005 | Played the slacker brother of Dermot Mulroney's character in the holiday comedy "The Family Stone" | |
2006 | Portrayed an especially ordinary serviceman who is chosen for a cryogenics project in Mike Judge's "Idiocracy" | |
2006 | Starred as a regular guy who dumps his superhero girlfriend in Ivan Reitman's comedy "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" | |
2007 | Co-directed with brother Andrew and played the title character in "The Wendell Baker Story"; also wrote and co-starred brother Owen | |
2007 | Co-starred with Kate Beckinsale in the horror film, "Vacancy" | |
2008 | Starred in Mark Pellington's "Henry Poole is Here" | |
2010 | Starred as Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, in the crime film "Middle Men" | |
Awards
2003 | MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team in Old School |