Owen Wilson
Acting • Born 1968-11-18
Biography
Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor. He has had a long association with filmmaker Wes Anderson with whom he shared writing and acting credits for Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), the last of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He has also appeared in Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The French Dispatch (2021). Wilson also starred in the Woody Allen romantic comedy Midnight in Paris (2011) as unsatisfied screenwriter Gil Pender, a role which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2014 he appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice, and Peter Bogdanovich's She's Funny That Way. Wilson is also known for his career as an onscreen comedian and member of the Frat Pack including starring in such comedies as Zoolander (2001), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), You, Me and Dupree (2006), How Do You Know (2010), The Big Year (2011), and The Internship (2013). He is also known for the family films Marley and Me (2008), and the Night at the Museum film series (2005–2014). He voices Lightning McQueen in the Cars film series (2006–present), Coach Skip in Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), the title character in Marmaduke (2010) and Reggie in Free Birds (2013). He stars as Mobius M. Mobius in the Disney+ series Loki (2021–present). Wilson's accolades include an Oscar and BAFTA nomination for Best Original Screenplay (for The Royal Tenenbaums), a Golden Globe and two SAG acting nominations (for Midnight in Paris and The Grand Budapest Hotel) and an Independent Spirit Award (for Inherent Vice). Description above from the Wikipedia article Owen Wilson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
125 credits
Armageddon
Movie • 1998
Oscar
Cars
Movie • 2006
Lightning McQueen (voice)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Movie • 2004
Ned Plimpton
Haunted Mansion
Movie • 2023
Father Kent
Meet the Parents
Movie • 2000
Kevin Rawley
Meet the Fockers
Movie • 2004
Kevin Rawley
You, Me and Dupree
Movie • 2006
Dupree
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Movie • 2009
Coach Skip (voice)
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
Movie • 2010
Self - Francis
The Darjeeling Limited
Movie • 2007
Francis
Shanghai Knights
Movie • 2003
Roy O'Bannon
The Minus Man
Movie • 1999
Vann
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Movie • 2023
Mobius M. Mobius (uncredited)
Permanent Midnight
Movie • 1998
Nicky
The Haunting
Movie • 1999
Luke Sanderson
Behind Enemy Lines
Movie • 2001
Lt. Chris 'Longhorn' Burnett
I Spy
Movie • 2002
Alexander Scott
Drillbit Taylor
Movie • 2008
Drillbit Taylor
Shanghai Noon
Movie • 2000
Roy O'Bannon
The Wendell Baker Story
Movie • 2005
Neil King
The Royal Tenenbaums
Movie • 2001
Eli Cash
Wedding Crashers
Movie • 2005
John Beckwith
Chryskylodon Blues
Movie • 2015
Self
The Big Bounce
Movie • 2004
Jack Ryan
Anaconda
Movie • 1997
Gary Dixon
Starsky & Hutch
Movie • 2004
Ken Hutchinson
Zoolander
Movie • 2001
Hansel
The Cable Guy
Movie • 1996
Robin's Date
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Movie • 2021
Mobius M. Mobius (archive footage)
Bottle Rocket
Movie • 1996
Dignan
Mater and the Ghostlight
Movie • 2006
Lightning McQueen (voice)
Marley & Me
Movie • 2008
John Grogan
How Do You Know
Movie • 2010
Matty Reynolds
Marmaduke
Movie • 2010
Marmaduke (voice)
Hall Pass
Movie • 2011
Rick Mills
Cars 2
Movie • 2011
Lightning McQueen (voice)
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Movie
Zeus (voice)
Little Fockers
Movie • 2010
Kevin Rawley
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Movie • 2009
Jedediah Smith
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Movie • 2011
Self
The Big Year
Movie • 2011
Kenny Bostick
Bottle Rocket
Movie • 1993
Dignan
Drake Sather: The Man Who Created Zoolander
Movie • 2016
Midnight in Paris
Movie • 2011
Gil
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Movie • 2014
M. Chuck
Lips Like Sugar
Movie
Phil Harris
The Internship
Movie • 2013
Nick Campbell
Heat Vision and Jack
Movie • 1999
Heat Vision
Inherent Vice
Movie • 2014
Coy Harlingen
Are You Here
Movie • 2013
Steve Dallas
She's Funny That Way
Movie • 2015
Arnold Albertson
The Pixar Story
Movie • 2007
Lightning McQueen (voice) (archive footage)
Free Birds
Movie • 2013
Reggie (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2
Movie • 2023
Self - 'Mobius' / 'Don'
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Movie • 2014
Jedediah Smith
The King of Luck
Movie • 2011
Self
Night at the Museum
Movie • 2006
Jedediah Smith (uncredited)
Masterminds
Movie • 2016
Steve Chambers
No Escape
Movie • 2015
Jack Dwyer
The Hero of Color City
Movie • 2014
Ricky The Dragon (voice)
Zoolander 2
Movie • 2016
Hansel
Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words
Movie • 2016
Narrator
Father Figures
Movie • 2017
Kyle Reynolds
Geared-Up
Movie • 2006
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Movie • 2023
Self
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie • 2004
Wilbur Wright
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
Movie
Self
Cars 3
Movie • 2017
Lightning McQueen (voice)
Lost in London
Movie • 2017
Owen Wilson
This Is an Adventure
Movie • 2005
Self
Breakfast of Champions
Movie • 1999
Monte Rapid
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Movie • 2005
Self
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
Movie • 1996
Self
Yeah Right!
Movie • 2003
Himself
The Sweatbox
Movie • 2002
Self
The Radiator Springs 500½
Movie • 2014
Lightning McQueen (voice)
Zoolander: Super Model
Movie • 2016
Hansel (voice)
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Movie • 2021
Herbsaint Sazerac
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Movie • 2005
Self / Ned P.
Wonder
Movie • 2017
Nate
Bliss
Movie • 2021
Greg Wittle
Marry Me
Movie • 2022
Charlie Gilbert
The Making of 'Rushmore'
Movie • 2000
Self
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
Movie • 2008
Self
Paint
Movie • 2023
Carl Nargle
Secret Headquarters
Movie • 2022
Jack
Rolling Loud
Movie • 2026
Runner
Movie • 2026
Ben
Charlie the Wonderdog
Movie • 2025
Charlie (voice)
Focker-In-Law
Movie • 2026
Kevin Rawley
Monkey Mischief
Movie • 2009
Jedediah
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Untitled Nancy Meyers Film
Movie • 2027
Radiator Springs Racers | Disneyland Resort
Movie • 2025
Lightning McQueen (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Rhett Van Der Graaf (voice)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Heat Vision and Jack
TV • 1999
Heat Vision (voice)
Rove
TV • 1999
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Marvel Studios Assembled
TV • 2021
Self - Mobius
Community
TV • 2009
Other Study Group's Leader
Made in Hollywood
TV • 2005
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Cars on the Road
TV • 2022
Lightning McQueen (voice)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Documentary Now!
TV • 2015
Father Ra-Shawbard
Stick
TV • 2025
Pryce Cahill
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Loki
TV • 2021
Mobius M. Mobius
Drunk History
TV • 2013
John Harvey Kellogg
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
TV • 2024
Lighting McQueen (voice)
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Cars: Lightning Racers
TV
Lightning McQueen (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist
TV • 2022
Self - Fan of Notre Dame, 2012 Game (archive footage)
Circus Halligalli
TV • 2013
Self