Owen Wilson

Actor, Celebrity

1968 –

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Who is Owen Wilson?

Owen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor and screenwriter. Born in Dallas, Texas, he is the middle child, and has two brothers who are also actors, Andrew and Luke Wilson. He received his distinctive twice-broken nose during childhood.

Wilson is known for his long association with the film maker Wes Anderson, having shared co-writing and acting credits in the films Bottle Rocket which was his acting début and The Royal Tenenbaums, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, as well as acting in Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Cars and The Darjeeling Limited. Wilson is also known for his collaborations with Ben Stiller, appearing in eight films together including Meet the Parents and the cult classic Zoolander and for starring on his own in other popular comedies such as Shanghai Noon and Wedding Crashers. More recently he has starred in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris.

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Born
Nov 18, 1968
Dallas
Also known as
  • Owen Cunningham Wilson
  • Owen C. Wilson
  • O
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Catholicism
Ethnicity
  • Irish American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • New Mexico Military Institute
  • St. Mark's School
  • University of Texas at Austin
Lived in
  • Austin
  • Dallas
  • Los Angeles

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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