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Owen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He has had a long association with filmmaker Wes Anderson, with whom he shared writing and acting credits for Bottle Rocket (1996) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has appeared in a number of Frat Pack comedies and voiced Lightning McQueen in the Cars franchise. His older brother Andrew and younger brother Luke are also actors.
Birth Name
Owen Cunningham Wilson
Born
Monday, 18 November 1968
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | Zeus (voice) | 2025 |
| Lips Like Sugar | Phil Harris | 2024 |
| Willie Nelson's 90th Birthday Celebration | Self | 2023 |
| Haunted Mansion | Father Kent | 2023 |
| Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 | Self | 2023 |
| Paint | Carl Nargle / Carl | 2023 |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Mobius | 2023 |
| Sheryl | Self | 2022 |
| Cars on the Road | Lightning McQueen / Lightning McQueen (voice) | 2022 |
| Secret Headquarters | Jack | 2022 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | Zeus (voice) | 2025 |
| Lips Like Sugar | Phil Harris | 2024 |
| Willie Nelson's 90th Birthday Celebration | Self | 2023 |
| Haunted Mansion | Father Kent | 2023 |
| Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 | Self | 2023 |
| Paint | Carl Nargle / Carl | 2023 |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Mobius | 2023 |
| Sheryl | Self | 2022 |
| Cars on the Road | Lightning McQueen / Lightning McQueen (voice) | 2022 |
| Secret Headquarters | Jack | 2022 |
| Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. | Self - Actor | 2022 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| Marry Me | Charlie Gilbert / Charlie | 2022 |
| The French Dispatch | Herbsaint Sazerac | 2021 |
| Loki | Mobius / Mobius M. Mobius / Don | 2021 |
| Marvel Studios: Assembled | Self - Mobius | 2021 |
| Bliss | Greg / Greg Wittle | 2021 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Father Figures | Kyle Reynolds / Kyle | 2017 |
| Wonder | Nate / Nate Pullman | 2017 |
| Cars 3 | Lightning McQueen (voice) / Lightning McQueen | 2017 |
| Lost in London | Owen Wilson / Owen | 2017 |
| Zoolander: Super Model | Hansel / Hansel (voice) | 2016 |
| Zoolander No. 2: Go Big or Go Rome | Self | 2016 |
| The First Monday in May | Self (Cameo) | 2016 |
| Zoolander 2 | Hansel | 2016 |
| Masterminds | Steve Chambers | 2015 |
| No Escape | Jack Dwyer | 2015 |
| Let's Go, DFW! | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Documentary Now! | Father Ra-Shawbard | 2015 |
| The Greg Gutfeld Show | Self | 2015 |
| She's Funny That Way | Arnold Albertson | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self / Self - Guest | 2015 |
| 72nd Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | 2015 |
| Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Jedediah / Jedediah Smith | 2014 |
| Inherent Vice | Coy Harlingen | 2014 |
| The Hero of Color City | Ricky the Dragon | 2014 |
| Abandoned | Self | 2014 |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | M. Chuck / Monsieur Chuck | 2014 |
| Free Birds | Reggie / Reggie (voice) | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Are You Here | Steve Dallas | 2013 |
| Drunk History | John Harvey Kellogg | 2013 |
| The Internship | Nick Campbell | 2013 |
| Tales from Radiator Springs | Lightning McQueen | 2013 |
| Nash | Self | 2013 |
| The 84th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2012 |
| The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2012 |
| Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | 2011 |
| The Big Year | Kenny Bostick | 2011 |
| Cars 2 | Lightning McQueen / Lightning McQueen (voice) | 2011 |
| Midnight in Paris | Gil | 2011 |
| Hall Pass | Rick / Rick Mills | 2011 |
| Little Fockers | Kevin Rawley | 2010 |
| How Do You Know | Matty / Manny | 2010 |
| Conan | Himself / Himself - Guest | 2010 |
| Marmaduke | Marmaduke (voice) / Marmaduke | 2010 |
| Talk Stoop | Self | 2009 |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | Coach Skip / Coach Skip (voice) | 2009 |
| Community | Other Study Group's Leader | 2009 |
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Jedediah / Jedediah Smith | 2009 |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2009 | Self | 2009 |
| Marley & Me | John / John Grogan | 2008 |
| Piper's Picks TV | Self - Guest | 2008 |
| Drillbit Taylor | Drillbit Taylor | 2008 |
| The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2008 |
| The Darjeeling Limited | Francis | 2007 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
| Night at the Museum | Jedediah | 2006 |
| El hormiguero | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| Mater and the Ghostlight | Lightning McQueen (voice) / Lightning McQueen | 2006 |
| You, Me and Dupree | Dupree | 2006 |
| Cars | Lightning McQueen / Lightning McQueen (voice) | 2006 |
| The 78th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| The Girls Next Door | Self | 2005 |
| The Wendell Baker Story | Neil King | 2005 |
| Wedding Crashers | John Beckwith | 2005 |
| This Is an Adventure | Self | 2005 |
| Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal | Self | 2005 |
| The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Ned Plimpton | 2004 |
| Meet the Fockers | Kevin Rawley | 2004 |
| The Insider | Himself | 2004 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Wilbur Wright | 2004 |
| Starsky & Hutch | Ken Hutchinson | 2004 |
| The 76th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2004 |
| The Big Bounce | Jack Ryan | 2004 |
| Hollywood on Set | Self | 2003 |
| The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Himself - Guest / Himself | 2003 |
| Shanghai Knights | Roy O'Bannon / Roy O’Bannon | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest / Himself | 2003 |
| Yeah Right! | Himself / Self | 2003 |
| I Spy | Alex / Alexander Scott | 2002 |
| The Sweatbox | Himself / Self | 2002 |
| HypaSpace | Self | 2002 |
| Player$ | Self | 2002 |
| The 74th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee & Presenter | 2002 |
| The Royal Tenenbaums | Eli Cash | 2001 |
| Behind Enemy Lines | Burnett / Lt. Chris 'Longhorn' Burnett | 2001 |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Guest | 2001 |
| Zoolander | Hansel / Hansel McDonald | 2001 |
| Meet the Parents | Kevin Rawley | 2000 |
| Shanghai Noon | Roy O'Bannon | 2000 |
| Shanghai Dawn | Roy O'Bannon | 2000 |
| The Minus Man | Vann | 1999 |
| The Haunting | Luke Sanderson | 1999 |
| Breakfast of Champions | Monte Rapid | 1999 |
| Heat Vision and Jack | Doug / Heat Vision | 1999 |
| Heat Vision and Jack | Heat Vision (voice) | 1999 |
| Permanent Midnight | Nicky | 1998 |
| Armageddon | Oscar | 1998 |
| Anaconda | Gary Dixon | 1997 |
| King of the Hill | Rhett Van Der Graaf | 1997 |
| Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| The Cable Guy | Robin's Date | 1996 |
| Bottle Rocket | Dignan | 1996 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1994 |
| Bottle Rocket | Dignan | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself - Guest / Self - Guest | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Himself - Top Ten List Presenter | 1993 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| Getaway | Self | 1992 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| Saturday Night Live | Self - Host / Hansel | 1975 |
| Film '72 | Self - Interviewee | 1971 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Paint | 2023 |
| You, Me and Dupree | 2006 |
| The Royal Tenenbaums | 2001 |
| Rushmore | 1998 |
| As Good as It Gets | 1997 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2012 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 2002 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |
