Luke Cunningham Wilson is a well-known American actor who was born on September 21, 1971. He is best known for his roles in the films Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), My Dog Skip (2000), Legally Blonde (2001), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Idiocracy (2006), You Kill Me (2007), The Skeleton Twins (2014), Meadowland (2015), and Brad’s Status (2017), among others.

His full name is Luke Cunningham Wilson. Casey Kelso on That ’70s Show (2002–2005), Levi Callow on Enlightened (2011–2013), and Pat Dugan / S.T.R.I.P.E. on Stargirl (2020–22) were some of the roles he played on television. He is the brother of Andrew Wilson and Owen Wilson, both of whom are actors.

Luke Wilson Personal life:

Luke Wilson

Wilson was the youngest of three sons to be born in Dallas to Robert Andrew Wilson (1941–2017), an advertising and television executive, and his wife Laura (née Cunningham; born 1939), a photographer. Robert Andrew Wilson died in 2017, and Laura Cunningham Wilson was born in 1939. His family has Massachusetts as their place of origin, and they are of Irish Catholic background.

St. Mark’s School in Texas was attend by all three of the Wilson sons when they were younger. Owen claims that during Luke’s first year at St. Mark’s, he was elected to serve as the president of his class. While he was attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, he developed an interest in performing on stage.

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Luke Wilson’s Career:

Wilson’s acting career got its start in 1994 when he played the lead role in the short film Bottle Rocket, which was directed by Wes Anderson and co-written by his older brother, Owen, and himself, Wes. In 1996, a new version of the story was filmed as a full-length motion picture.After coming to Hollywood with his two brothers, he was cast in Telling Lies in America with Calista Flockhart and made a cameo role in the film-within-the-film of Scream 2, both of which were released in 1997. Wilson starred in two distinct romance films in 1998, both of which co-starred Drew Barrymore.

The first film, titled Best Men, was about a group of friends who pull off a heist on their way to a wedding, and the second film, titled Home Fries, was about two brothers interested in the same lady for different reasons. In the film Rushmore, which was also released in 1998 and was also directed by Anderson and co-written by his brother Owen, he had the role of the schoolteacher’s medical boyfriend.

In the 1999 episode of Blue Streak, he played the role of Detective Carlson. Later in his career, he appear in the comedy film Legally Blonde alongside Reese Witherspoon in the year 2001. After that came Old School, and after that came The Royal Tenenbaums. Luke Wilson also had a role on That ’70s Show, playing the part of Michael Kelso’s older brother, Casey Kelso, and making occasional appearances between the years 2002 and 2005.

Luke had a starring role in the dystopian comedy Idiocracy, which was released in 2006 and direct by Mike Judge. Wilson play sthe role of a regular serviceman who was being preserve in a cryogenics experiment. After hundreds of years dormant in a substantially less intellectual America, he eventually comes to consciousness.

Works 2007-23:

Both the suspense film Vacancy, in which she co-starres with Kate Beckinsale and the comedy Blonde Ambition were released in 2007. Henry Poole is Here in La Mirada, California, which he works on during the same year, was published the following year in 2008. Tenure was a film that he feature in back in 2009.He had roles in the movies “Death at a Funeral” and “Middle Men” in the year 2010.He appears in all episodes of the Enlightened television series that aired on HBO from 2011 to 2013.

Since the year 2020, Wilson has starres as the sidekick-turned-mechanic-turned-superhero Pat Dugan/S.T.R.I.P.E. in the series Stargirl, which airs on DC Universe and The CW.

In the year 2023, he had a starring role in the animate series Fired on Mars that was shown on HBO Max. In the series, he plays the role of Jeffrey Cooper, a graphic designer working for a company on Mars whose life is altered after he is fired.

Wilson and his brother Owen have collaborates on the screenplay for a biopic on the Wright Brothers, which the two of them intend to also star in.

Private life of Luke Wilson:

Drew Barrymore, who co-starred with Wilson in Home Fries, was a past girlfriend of Wilson. He responded on the fact that he has openly indicated interest in beginning a family since 1996 in an interview that took place in 2019, adding, “I’m 47, I’m ready for that. It’s time for me to report to work.

Family:

Father: Robert Andrew Wilson

Mother: Laura Wilson

Brother: Owen Wilson, Andrew Wilson

Sister: None

Marital Status: Single

Filmography:

Year Title Role
1996 Bottle Rocket Anthony Adams
1997 Bongwater David
Telling Lies in America Henry
Best Men Jesse Reilly
Scream 2 Billy Loomis
1998 Dog Park Andy
Home Fries Dorian Montier
Rushmore Dr. Peter Flynn
1999 Kill the Man Stanley Simon
Blue Streak Detective Carlson
2000 My Dog Skip Dink Jenkins
Committed Carl
Preston Tylk Preston Tylk
Charlie’s Angels Peter Kominsky
2001 Legally Blonde Emmett Richmond
Soul Survivors Jude
The Royal Tenenbaums Richard “Richie” Tenenbaum
2002 The Third Wheel Stanley
2003 Masked and Anonymous Bobby Cupid
Old School Mitch Martin
Stuck on You Himself
Alex and Emma Alex Sheldon / Adam Shipley
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle Peter Kominsky
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
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2005 The Wendell Baker Story Wendell Baker
The Family Stone Ben Stone
2006 Hoot Officer David Delinko
Mini’s First Time John Garson
My Super Ex-Girlfriend Matt Saunders
Idiocracy Corporal Joe Bauers
Jackass Number Two Himself
2007 You Kill Me Tom
Vacancy David Fox
3:10 to Yuma Zeke
Blades of Glory Sex Class Instructor
Battle for Terra Lt. James “Jim” Stanton
Blonde Ambition Ben
2008 Henry Poole Is Here Henry Poole
Vacancy 2: The First Cut David Fox
2009 Tenure Charlie Thurber
2010 Death at a Funeral Derek
Middle Men Jack Harris
2012 Meeting Evil John
Straight A’s William
2013 Move Me Brightly The Interviewer
2014 The Skeleton Twins Lance
Ride Ian
2015 Playing It Cool Samson
Meadowland Phil
The Ridiculous 6 Danny
Concussion Roger Goodell
2016 Outlaws and Angels Josiah
Dear Eleanor Bob Potter
All We Had Lee
Rock Dog Bodi
Approaching the Unknown Louis Skinner
2017 Brad’s Status Jason Hatfield
The Girl Who Invented Kissing Leo
2018 Arizona Scott
Measure of a Man Marty Marks
High Voltage Rick
2019 Berlin, I Love You Burke Linz
Guest of Honour Father Greg
The Goldfinch Larry Decker
Zombieland: Double Tap Albuquerque
2020 All the Bright Places James
Bobbleheads: The Movie Earl
2021 12 Mighty Orphans Rusty Russell
2022 Gasoline Alley Vargas
Look Both Ways Rick
TBA Miranda’s Victim Lawrence Turoff

Achievements:

Luke Wilson was a very famous and well-known actor for a long time because of how well he could act. He is known for writing scripts because he and his brother Owen wrote the biography “The Wright Brothers” together.

 

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