Owen Wilson

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.

Known For

Rick and Morty

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

King of the Hill

The Late Late Show with James Corden

All Movies (95)

• Untitled Nancy Meyers Film2027
• Focker-In-Law2026 · as Kevin Rawley
• Rolling Loud - The Movie2026
• Runner2026 · as Ben
• Charlie the Wonderdog2025 · as Charlie (voice)
• Radiator Springs Racers | Disneyland Resort2025 · as Lightning McQueen (voice)
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 22023 · as Self - 'Mobius' / 'Don'
• Haunted Mansion2023 · as Father Kent
• Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short2023 · as Self
• Paint2023 · as Carl Nargle
• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania2023 · as Mobius M. Mobius (uncredited)
• Secret Headquarters2022 · as Jack
• Marry Me2022 · as Charlie Gilbert
• Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special2021 · as Mobius M. Mobius (archive footage)
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021 · as Herbsaint Sazerac
• Jackie Chan: Building an Icon2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bliss2021 · as Greg Wittle
• Father Figures2017 · as Kyle Reynolds
• Wonder2017 · as Nate
• Cars 32017 · as Lightning McQueen (voice)
• Lost in London2017 · as Owen Wilson
• Masterminds2016 · as Steve Chambers
• Zoolander: Super Model2016 · as Hansel (voice)
• Drake Sather: The Man Who Created Zoolander2016
• Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words2016 · as Narrator
• Zoolander 22016 · as Hansel
• No Escape2015 · as Jack Dwyer
• Chryskylodon Blues2015 · as Self
• She's Funny That Way2015 · as Arnold Albertson
• Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb2014 · as Jedediah Smith
• Inherent Vice2014 · as Coy Harlingen
• The Hero of Color City2014 · as Ricky The Dragon (voice)
• The Radiator Springs 500½2014 · as Lightning McQueen (voice)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel2014 · as M. Chuck
• Free Birds2013 · as Reggie (voice)
• Are You Here2013 · as Steve Dallas
• The Internship2013 · as Nick Campbell
• Nash2013 · as Self
• Woody Allen: A Documentary2011 · as Self
• The Big Year2011 · as Kenny Bostick
• Cars 22011 · as Lightning McQueen (voice)
• Midnight in Paris2011 · as Gil
• The King of Luck2011 · as Self
• Hall Pass2011 · as Rick Mills
• Little Fockers2010 · as Kevin Rawley
• How Do You Know2010 · as Matty
• The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'2010 · as Self - Francis
• Marmaduke2010 · as Marmaduke (voice)
• Monkey Mischief2009 · as Jedediah
• Fantastic Mr. Fox2009 · as Coach Skip (voice)
• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian2009 · as Jedediah Smith
• Marley & Me2008 · as John Grogan
• The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'2008 · as Self
• Drillbit Taylor2008 · as Drillbit Taylor
• The Darjeeling Limited2007 · as Francis
• The Pixar Story2007 · as Lightning McQueen (voice) (archive footage)
• Night at the Museum2006 · as Jedediah Smith (uncredited)
• Geared-Up2006
• Mater and the Ghostlight2006 · as Lightning McQueen (voice)
• You, Me and Dupree2006 · as Dupree
• Cars2006 · as Lightning McQueen (voice)
• The Wendell Baker Story2005 · as Neil King
• Wedding Crashers2005 · as John Beckwith
• This Is an Adventure2005 · as Self
• Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal2005 · as Self
• On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'2005 · as Self / Ned P.
• Meet the Fockers2004 · as Kevin Rawley
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou2004 · as Ned Plimpton
• Around the World in 80 Days2004 · as Wilbur Wright
• Starsky & Hutch2004 · as Ken Hutchinson
• The Big Bounce2004 · as Jack Ryan
• Yeah Right!2003 · as Himself
• Shanghai Knights2003 · as Roy O'Bannon
• I Spy2002 · as Alexander Scott
• The Sweatbox2002 · as Self
• Behind Enemy Lines2001 · as Lt. Chris 'Longhorn' Burnett
• The Royal Tenenbaums2001 · as Eli Cash
• Zoolander2001 · as Hansel
• Meet the Parents2000 · as Kevin Rawley
• Shanghai Noon2000 · as Roy O'Bannon
• The Making of 'Rushmore'2000 · as Self
• The Minus Man1999 · as Vann
• The Haunting1999 · as Luke Sanderson
• Breakfast of Champions1999 · as Monte Rapid
• Heat Vision and Jack1999 · as Heat Vision
• Permanent Midnight1998 · as Nicky
• Armageddon1998 · as Oscar
• Anaconda1997 · as Gary Dixon
• Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar1996 · as Self
• The Cable Guy1996 · as Robin's Date
• Bottle Rocket1996 · as Dignan
• Bottle Rocket1993 · as Dignan
• Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin— · as Zeus (voice)
• Lips Like Sugar— · as Phil Harris
• Jackie Chan: Down to Earth— · as Self

All TV Shows (32)

• Stick2025 · as Pryce Cahill
• LEGO Pixar: BrickToons2024 · as Lighting McQueen (voice)
• Cars on the Road2022 · as Lightning McQueen (voice)
• Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist2022 · as Self - Fan of Notre Dame, 2012 Game (archive footage)
• Loki2021 · as Mobius M. Mobius
• Marvel Studios Assembled2021 · as Self - Mobius
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Documentary Now!2015 · as Father Ra-Shawbard
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Hot Ones2015 · as Self
• Rick and Morty2013 · as Reese (voice)
• Drunk History2013 · as John Harvey Kellogg
• Circus Halligalli2013 · as Self
• Community2009 · as Other Study Group's Leader
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Reichen Show2005 · as Self
• Made in Hollywood2005 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Rove1999 · as Self
• Heat Vision and Jack1999 · as Heat Vision (voice)
• King of the Hill1997 · as Rhett Van Der Graaf (voice)
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Cars: Lightning Racers— · as Lightning McQueen (voice)