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Luke Wilson
Wilson photographed by Jerry Avenaim for Entertainment Weekly, 2003
Born	Luke Cunningham Wilson September 21, 1971 (1971-09-21) (age 37) Dallas, Texas, United States

Luke Cunningham Wilson (born September 21, 1971) is an American film actor. He is the younger brother of Owen and Andrew Wilson, and is considered a member of the Frat Pack.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 3 Television 4 References 5 External links

Biography

Early life

Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Laura Wilson (née Cunningham), a photographer, and Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising executive and operator of a public television station.^[1] His family is Irish American and Roman Catholic.^[2] Luke has two older brothers, fellow actors Owen and Andrew (the eldest).

Wilson attended St. Mark's School of Texas and Occidental College, where he was initially more interested in the school's athletics department than in drama or theater. He excelled at track and field at Occidental, and later at Texas Christian University, once he transferred.

Career

Wilson's film acting career began with the lead role in the film Bottle Rocket in 1994, which was co-written by Wilson's older brother Owen and director Wes Anderson. Bottle Rocket was later made into a feature-length film in 1996.

After moving to Hollywood with his two brothers, he was cast opposite Calista Flockhart with romantic designs in Telling Lies in America and made a cameo appearance in the film-within-the-film of Scream 2 (both 1997). Wilson filmed back-to-back romantic films opposite Drew Barrymore, Best Men, about a group of friends who pull off a heist on their way to a wedding, and Home Fries (both 1998), about two brothers interested in the same woman for very different reasons. (Off-screen, the actor won the girl; he and Barrymore became a couple, but parted ways in 1998.) Wilson remained in demand, playing the doctor beau of a schoolteacher in Rushmore (also 1998), directed by Anderson and co-written by brother Owen.

A starring role opposite Reese Witherspoon in the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde elevated him to a major name in Hollywood and was followed up by hits like Old School and The Royal Tenenbaums. Wilson also made a notable role in the television show That '70s Show, as Michael Kelso's charming and athletic brother Casey Kelso. He appeared sporadically on the show from 2002 through 2005.

In 2006, Wilson starred in Idiocracy, Mike Judge's first film since 1999's Office Space. Wilson portrayed an especially ordinary serviceman who is chosen for a cryogenics project. He awakes hundreds of years in the future where America is significantly less intelligent. The film was initially dropped by Fox Studios, but re-distributed in 2006. Wilson expressed his sentiments towards Fox's move as "total bullshit".

In early 2007 Luke took on a more serious role opposite Kate Beckinsale in the horror thriller Vacancy. In July 2007, he worked on Henry Poole is Here in La Mirada, California.

He is currently filming Tenure at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania (April 15, 2008).

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
1996	Bottle Rocket	Anthony Adams
1997	Bongwater	David
	Telling Lies in America	Henry
	Best Men	Jesse Reilly
	Scream 2	Stab Billy
1998	Dog Park	Andy
	Home Fries	Dorian Montier
	Rushmore	Dr. Peter Flynn
1999	Kill the Man	Stanley Simon
	Blue Streak	Carlson
2000	My Dog Skip	Dink Jenkins
	Committed	Carl
	Preston Tylk	Preston Tylk
	Charlie's Angels	Pete Komisky
2001	Legally Blonde	Emmett Richmond
	Soul Survivors	Jude
	The Royal Tenenbaums	Richie Tenenbaum
2002	The Third Wheel	Stanley
2003	Masked and Anonymous	Bobby Cupid
	Old School	Mitch Martin
	Alex and Emma	Alex Sheldon/Adam Shipley
	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Pete
	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde	Emmett Richmond
2004	Around the World in 80 Days	Orville Wright
	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Frank Vitchard
2005	The Wendell Baker Story	Wendell Baker
	The Family Stone	Ben Stone
2006	Jackass Number Two	Himself (cameo)
	Mini's First Time	John Garson
	Hoot	Officer David Delinko
	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	Matt Saunders
	Idiocracy	Pvt. Joe Bauers
2007	You Kill Me	Tom
	Blades of Glory	Sex Addicts Help Group Leader
	Vacancy	David
	3:10 To Yuma	Zeke (Cameo)
	Terra	(voice)
	Blonde Ambition	Ben
2008	Henry Poole is Here	Henry Poole
2009	Tenure (film)	Lead

Television

• The X-Files episode "Bad Blood" (1998) (guest appearance)
• That 70s Show (2002-2005) (on/off appearance)^[3]
• Saturday Night Live (November 20, 2004; musical guest U2)^[4]
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (August 22, 2007; guest appearance)
• Entourage (first season; guest appearance)
• Looks Like The Israeli Eyal Kitzis
• Jimmy Kimmel (August 6, 2008; guest appearance)

References

External links

• Luke Wilson at the Internet Movie Database