Loudon Wainwright III
Acting • Born 1946-09-05
Biography
Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He has released twenty-six studio albums, four live albums, and six compilations. Some of his best-known songs include "The Swimming Song", "Motel Blues", "The Man Who Couldn't Cry", "Dead Skunk", and "Lullaby". In 2007, he collaborated with musician Joe Henry to create the soundtrack for Judd Apatow's film Knocked Up. In addition to music, he has acted in small roles in at least eighteen television programs and feature films, including three episodes in the third season of the series M*A*S*H.
Filmography
37 credits
Big Fish
Movie • 2003
Beamen
Elizabethtown
Movie • 2005
Uncle Dale
Knocked Up
Movie • 2007
Dr. Howard
G-Force
Movie • 2009
Grandpa Goodman
For Your Consideration
Movie • 2006
Nominee Ben Connelly
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Movie • 2005
Priest
Pleased to Meet Me
Movie • 2013
Eric
The Slugger's Wife
Movie • 1985
Gary
Sleepwalk with Me
Movie • 2012
Uncle Max
Jacknife
Movie • 1989
Ferretti
28 Days
Movie • 2000
Guitar Guy
The Aviator
Movie • 2004
Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2
Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin
Movie • 2018
We Only Know So Much
Movie • 2018
Theodore Copeland
True Story
Movie • 2015
Older Man
I Had a Dream
Movie • 2016
Certainty
Movie • 2011
Tom
No Pay, Nudity
Movie • 2016
Brian Grant
The McGarrigle Hour
Movie • 1999
self
The Videographers
Movie
Robin
One Man Guy
Movie • 1993
Self
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Capt. Calvin Spalding
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Jerome Trouper
According to Jim
TV • 2001
Minister
Undeclared
TV • 2001
Hal Karp
Grounded for Life
TV • 2001
Dr. Weidlinger
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Musical Guest
Parks and Recreation
TV • 2009
Barry
The Old Grey Whistle Test
TV • 1971
Austin City Limits
TV • 1975
Self
Mosaic
TV • 2018
Dennis Klein
Mosaic
TV • 2018
Casey Delacroix / Dennis Klein
Person of Interest
TV • 2011
Sheriff Landry
Carol & the End of the World
TV • 2023
(voice)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Norman
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self