He could be the brother of performers Andrew Wilson and Owen Wilson. In 1999, Blue Streak was released featuring Wilson as detective Carlson. He impersonated an average serviceman selected to get a cryogenics job. He awakens after numerous years in an America that’s significantly less intelligent. The movie was initially lost by Fox Studios, but redistributed in 2006. In early 2007, Wilson starred opposite Kate Beckinsale in the thriller Vacancy. In July 2007, he worked on Henry Poole is Here in La Mirada, California, that was released in 2008. He starred in the movie Tenure in 2009. In 2010, he appeared in movies Death at a Funeral and Middle Men. From 2011 to 2013 he starred in the HBO TV series Enlightened.
Actor, Film director, Comedian, Screenwriter, Film Producer
Education
Rice University
Nationality
United States of America
Parents
Robert and Laura Wilson
Siblings
Owen Wilson, Andrew Wilson, Jade Wilson
Partner
Meg Simpson (2008–)
Nicknames
Luke Cunningham Wilson , One-Take Wilson
Awards
Oscar (2001)
Music Groups
“Frat Pack” group of comedy actors
Nominations
MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo, Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Movies
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), “Dog Park”, “Home Fries”, "The Royal Tenenbaums" (2001), "Bottle Rocket" (1996), "Old School" (2003), "Idiocracy" (2006)
TV Shows
Enlightened
Star Sign
Virgo
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Trademark
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Drawling voice
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Often works with his brother Owen Wilson.
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Quote
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(On filming the Willie Nelson's video for "Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me).") There wasn't any marijuana on the set as far as I could tell. But I will say this: I lost a Rolex and my favorite windbreaker during the shoot. I'm not kidding. I have no idea what happened to them. That is the dark underbelly of Hollywood. It was a rite of passage. If you spend any time with Willie Nelson and walk away with everything you showed up with, you've done something wrong.
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(On living with his brother, Owen, for a long period of time) I actually lived with him for all of my 20s and some of my 30s. Yeah, it might've made a great TV reality show, but I don't know how funny it would've been. It might've just been depressing. Here's this guy who obviously can afford his own house, yet he chooses to live with his brother. It eventually got to the point where Owen said, "I want you out of here. Why don't you take your quirky, disheveled self down the road?" I told him, "I'm looking for places. It's harder than you think." I even bought a house and didn't move into it for almost a year. I just wasn't ready to make the change.
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To me it comes naturally, the peaks and valleys, sadness with happiness. I've definitely had periods, maybe, where I haven't been happy. Whether it's from a breakup or the good, old-fashioned blues - but I wouldn't say clinically depressed.
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To be honest, I'm not that good at staying friends. I like to move on after a relationship ends. If I break up with somebody, I don't want to see her or hear from her.
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[in 2006] I'm a little older and fatter now, and I'm not exercising as much. My lifestyle these days involves a lot of beer and pasta. But there's something satisfying in letting your body go to hell. So maybe I won't get offered the same kind of role as before. So what? I'm happy to play the guy in his mid-30s who may be a little unhealthy. "Fat and arrogant" is what I'm bringing to the script.
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We don't want women to really know men, because then they'll find out how much we need them.
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I'm probably one of the worst people with numbers you've ever met. My brothers always kid that they think I'm counting cards in Vegas, but I'm just trying to add things up.
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Having older brothers, I always had the benefit of inheriting clothes that were perfectly broken in. I like hand-me-downs.
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[on his quirks]: I have this weird thing where I feel exhilarated when I cast things off in my life. Let things go. Even things that are important to me. Sometimes I know I'm making the wrong decision, but I do it anyway. Like, I just lost this watch that really meant a lot to me. I bought it after Bottle Rocket (1996). The first nice thing I ever bought for myself and I lost it. Yet I have this feeling of being glad it's gone. I don't know why.
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I went back to my high school in Texas about a month ago. I ended up spending five, six hours at the school meeting different kids. It was really fun because it made me think, "Wow, people are actually seeing these movies that I make!" When you're in Los Angeles, nobody bats an eye, they're so used to seeing actors, they just act really cool. But these kids were crazy. They had lots of questions, from "What was it like kissing Cameron Diaz?" to the little studious kids who said, "I really enjoyed The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).
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Fact
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Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame during their awards ceremony on March 12, 2015 in Austin, Texas.
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Starring in an aggressive television advertising campaign on the part of AT&T to counteract Verizon's previous TV campaign. [2010]
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Although often associated with Texas, where he was born and grew up, both of his parents were Irish-American Massachusetts natives who moved to Texas due to his father's work.
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Has two nephews; Joseph Wilson (b. 2003), via brother Andrew Wilson, and Ford Wilson (b. 2011), via brother Owen Wilson.
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Owen and Luke's father was the first to bring Monty Python's Flying Circus to American TV where he managed KERA, a PBS station, in Dallas, TX.
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As of 2008, the only member of the Frat Pack to not have won an MTV Movie Award.
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As a child, formed a yard care business called 'The Lawn Rangers' with one of his older brothers.
Attended the all-boys St. Mark's School of Dallas, also attended by Tommy Lee Jones and Stephen Dignan, where he holds top five all-time records in the 400m and 800m.
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At Occidental College, Luke was at first more interested in the school's athletics department than in Drama or Theatre. He excelled at track and field, but eventually gave up sports after taking a drama class.