1. Owen Cunningham Wilson was born on November 18,1968 and is an American actor.
35 Facts About Owen Wilson
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Owen Wilson has appeared in Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The French Dispatch.
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Owen Wilson made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the Disney+ series Loki as Mobius M Mobius.
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Owen Wilson has collaborated with Jackie Chan on three action comedy films: Shanghai Noon, Shanghai Knights, and Around the World in 80 Days.
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Owen Wilson is known for appearing in the family films Marley and Me and Haunted Mansion.
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Owen Wilson's voice acting roles include Lightning McQueen in the Cars film series, the titular character in Marmaduke, and Reggie in Free Birds.
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Owen Wilson's accolades include an Academy Award and a BAFTA nomination for Best Original Screenplay, a Golden Globe and two SAG acting nominations and an Independent Spirit Award.
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Owen Wilson later attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, but did not graduate.
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Owen Wilson made his film debut acting in the Wes Anderson short film Bottle Rocket which was later expanded into the feature-length film Bottle Rocket which Owen Wilson co-wrote with Anderson.
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In 1998, Owen Wilson had roles in the science fiction disaster film Armageddon and the independent drama film Permanent Midnight.
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Owen Wilson reunited with Anderson co-writing the script for Anderson's next two directorial films, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, for which they garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
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Owen Wilson starred in the 2000 comedy action film Shanghai Noon alongside Jackie Chan.
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Owen Wilson's fame continued to rise after starring alongside Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell in the 2001 film Zoolander.
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Owen Wilson returned to the buddy-comedy genre in 2002 with the action comedy I Spy, co-starring Eddie Murphy.
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However, Owen Wilson did star in the film as Bill Murray's would-be son, Ned Plimpton; it was a role written specifically for him.
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Owen Wilson is said to be attached to a sequel to Shanghai Knights, marking his third collaboration with Jackie Chan.
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Owen Wilson partnered with Vince Vaughn in the 2005 comedy film Wedding Crashers, which grossed over $200 million in the United States alone.
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Also in 2005, Owen Wilson collaborated with his brothers in The Wendell Baker Story, written by Luke and directed by Luke and Andrew.
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Owen Wilson appeared in another Wes Anderson film, The Darjeeling Limited, which screened at the 45th annual New York Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival, and opened September 30,2007.
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Owen Wilson next starred in the Judd Apatow comedy, Drillbit Taylor which was released in March 2008.
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Owen Wilson provided the voice for the Whackbat Coach Skip in Wes Anderson's stop motion animated film Fantastic Mr Fox.
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Owen Wilson is a member of the comedic acting brotherhood colloquially known as the Frat Pack.
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Owen Wilson made a guest appearance on the NBC comedy Community with fellow Frat Pack member Jack Black.
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In 2011, Owen Wilson starred as a nostalgia-seized writer in the romantic comedy Midnight in Paris, written and directed by Woody Allen.
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Roger Ebert wrote of Owen Wilson's performance, "[He] is a key to the movie's appeal".
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Peter Debruge of Variety praised Owen Wilson, writing "Owen Wilson makes the role endearingly his own".
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In March 2012, Owen Wilson was signed to star in the John Erick Dowdle thriller The Coup, later renamed "No Escape", in which he played the role of the father of an American family that moves to Southeast Asia, only to find itself swept up in a wave of rebel violence that is overwhelming the city.
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Owen Wilson voiced turkey Reggie in Reel FX's first animated film, Free Birds.
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In 2014, Owen Wilson appeared in Wes Anderson's acclaimed ensemble comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel and in Paul Thomas Anderson's book adaptation of Inherent Vice.
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In 2017, Owen Wilson again voiced Lightning McQueen in Cars 3, played a suburban father in the drama Wonder, and co-starred with Ed Helms in the comedy Father Figures.
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Owen Wilson returned to work with Sofology in 2019 for a second advertising campaign.
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In 2021, Owen Wilson starred in the comedy film Bliss, directed by Mike Cahill opposite Salma Hayek for Amazon Studios.
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In 2021, Owen Wilson reunited with Wes Anderson for The French Dispatch, which premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
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Owen Wilson signed on to star in a new film adaptation of The Haunted Mansion.
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Owen Wilson had a third child, a daughter, in October 2018 with ex-girlfriend Varunie Vongsvirates.