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It takes a village to save Luke Wilson

National Post - Found Aug. 21, 2008
Luke Wilson seems the perfect choice, having been humbly bumbling through low-key comedies since Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket in 1996. His...

Posted on August 21, 2008, 2:11 am

It takes a village to save Luke Wilson

National Post - Found Aug. 21, 2008
Luke Wilson seems the perfect choice, having been humbly bumbling through low-key comedies since Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket in 1996. His...

Posted on August 21, 2008, 1:45 pm

Luke Wilson's New Movie Encourages Theology on Tap's Catholic ...

PR-USA.net - Found Aug. 21, 2008
Here, to be released nationally August 15, 2008. The comedic drama directed by Mark Pellington stars Luke Wilson (The Family Stone, The Royal...

Posted on August 21, 2008, 6:06 am

Luke Wilson takes a swing at golf fashions with Chrome line

Providence Journal - Found Aug. 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES If the clothes make the leading man, Luke Wilson is angling to play the handsome high school lit teacher you know, the one who made you

Posted on August 19, 2008, 7:30 am

Luke Wilson's brother hope

My Park Magazine - Found Aug. 19, 2008
Luke Wilson wants to make a movie with his brothers.

Posted on August 19, 2008, 2:42 am

Luke Wilson's brother hope

Stv.tv - Found Aug. 19, 2008
Luke Wilson wants to make a movie with his brothers.

Posted on August 19, 2008, 5:36 am

Henry Pooles Luke Wilson lives life his way

Boston Herald - Found Aug. 18, 2008
... that I figurell play better in the Midwest, in less cynical places than LA and New York,' says actor Luke Wilson in that familiar Texas drawl.

Posted on August 18, 2008, 5:44 am

Highlights

Washington Post - Found Aug. 22, 2008
'Late Show With David Letterman' Actor Luke Wilson, actress Eliza Dushku and musical guest Rev Theory stop by 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' 'The Late...

Posted on August 22, 2008, 1:51 pm

Luke Wilson finds the upside of down

Canada.com - Found Aug. 11, 2008
Equally unexpected is the casting of Luke Wilson, the quintessential preppy actor, as the title character in a story far removed from the...

Posted on August 11, 2008, 5:05 am

Luke Wilson aims to please more than just New York and LA

Orlando Sentinel - Found Aug. 15, 2008
... that I figure'll play better in the Midwest, in less cynical places than LA and New York,' says actor Luke Wilson in that familiar Texas drawl.

Posted on August 15, 2008, 8:03 am

Luke Wilson Biography

Luke Wilson
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Luke Wilson

Wilson photographed by Jerry Avenaim for Entertainment Weekly, 2003
Born Luke Cunningham Wilson
September 21, 1971 (1971-09-21) (age 36)
Dallas, Texas, United States

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

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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

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