Luke Wilson Biography

Luke Cunningham Wilson (born September 21, 1971) is an American actor known for his roles in films such as Idiocracy, Old School, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums, Blue Streak, Bongwater, and Legally Blonde. He is the brother of actors Andrew and Owen Wilson. He was a member of the cast of the HBO television series Enlightened (2011-2013).

Early life

Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas, a son of Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising executive and previously an executive at KERA, a public television station, and Laura (Cunningham) Wilson, a photographer. His family, originally from Massachusetts, is of Irish Catholic descent. He is the younger brother of actors Andrew Wilson and Owen Wilson. All three boys attended St. Mark's School of Texas. According to his brother Owen, Luke was voted class president the first year he attended St. Mark's.

Career

Wilson's acting career began with the lead role in the short film Bottle Rocket in 1994, which was co-written by his older brother Owen Wilson and director Wes Anderson. It was remade as a feature-length film in 1996. After moving to Hollywood with his two brothers, he was cast opposite Calista Flockhart in Telling Lies in America and made a cameo appearance in the film-within-the-film of Scream 2, both in 1997. Wilson filmed back-to-back romantic films in 1998, opposite Drew Barrymore, Best Men, about a group of friends who pull off a heist on their way to a wedding, and Home Fries, about two brothers interested in the same woman for different reasons. He played the male nurse beau of a schoolteacher in Rushmore (also 1998), also directed by Anderson and co-written by brother Owen.

In 1999, Blue Streak was released featuring Wilson as detective Carlson. He later starred opposite Reese Witherspoon in the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde, which was followed by Old School and The Royal Tenenbaums. Wilson also had a role on That '70s Show, as Michael Kelso's older brother Casey Kelso, appearing sporadically from 2002 through 2005.

In 2006, Wilson starred in Idiocracy, Mike Judge's first film since 1999's Office Space. He portrayed an ordinary serviceman chosen for a cryogenics project. He awakens after hundreds of years in an America which is significantly less intelligent.

In early 2007, Wilson starred opposite Kate Beckinsale in the thriller Vacancy. In July 2007, he worked on Henry Poole is Here in La Mirada, California, which was released in 2008. He starred in the film Tenure in 2009. In 2010, he appeared in films Death at a Funeral and Middle Men. From 2011 to 2013 he starred in the HBO TV series Enlightened.

Personal life

Wilson dated actress Drew Barrymore from 1996 to 1999. They appeared together in the movies Best Men, Home Fries, and Charlie's Angels, as well as its 2003 sequel. He was in a relationship with former basketball player Meg Simpson from 2008 to 2014.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Bottle Rocket	Anthony Adams
1997	Bongwater	David
1997	Telling Lies in America	Henry
1997	Best Men	Jesse Reilly
1997	Scream 2	'Stab' Billy
1998	Dog Park	Andy
1998	The X-Files	Sheriff Hartwell	Episode: "Bad Blood"
1998	Home Fries	Dorian Montier
1998	Rushmore	Dr. Peter Flynn
1999	Kill the Man	Stanley Simon
1999	Blue Streak	Detective Carlson
2000	My Dog Skip	Dink Jenkins
2000	Committed	Carl
2000	Bad Seed	Preston Tylk
2000	Charlie's Angels	Peter Kominsky
2001	Legally Blonde	Emmett Richmond
2001	Soul Survivors	Jude
2001	'	Richie Tenenbaum
2002	'	Stanley
2002-2005	That '70s Show	Casey Kelso	6 episodes
2003	Masked and Anonymous	Bobby Cupid
2003	Old School	Mitch Martin
2003	Stuck on You	Himself
2003	Alex and Emma	Alex Sheldon/Adam Shipley
2003	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Peter Kominsky
2003	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde	Emmett Richmond
2004	Around the World in 80 Days	Orville Wright
2004	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Frank Vitchard
2004	Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie	Frank Vitchard
2004	Entourage	Himself
2004	Saturday Night Live	Host	Episode: "Luke Wilson/U2"
2005	'	Wendell Baker	Also writer/producer/director
2005	'	Ben Stone
2006	Hoot	Officer David Delinko	From The C.C.P.D. Company
2006	Mini's First Time	John Garson
2006	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	Matt Saunders
2006	Idiocracy	Corporal Joe Bauers
2006	Jackass Number Two	Himself
2007	You Kill Me	Tom
2007	Vacancy	David Fox
2007	3:10 to Yuma	Zeke
2007	Blades of Glory	Sex Class Instructor
2007	Battle for Terra	Lt. James Stanton	Voice only
2007	Blonde Ambition	Ben
2008	Henry Poole Is Here	Henry Poole
2009	Tenure	Charlie Thurber
2010	Death at a Funeral	Derek
2010	Middle Men	Jack Harris
2011-13	Enlightened	Levi Callow	15 episodes
2012	Meeting Evil	John
2012	Straight A's	William
2012	Elvis & Nixon	Sonny
2013	Drunk History	Will Keith Kellogg	1 episode
2013	Move Me Brightly	The Interviewer	Music documentary film
2014	The Skeleton Twins	Lance
2014	Ride	Ian
2014	Dear Eleanor	Bob Potter
2015	Playing It Cool	Samson
2015	Meadowland	Phil
2015	The Ridiculous 6	Danny
2015	Concussion	Roger Goodell
2016	Outlaws and Angels	Josiah
2016	All We Had	Lee
2016	Approaching the Unknown	Louis Skinner
2016	Rock Dog	Bodi	Voice only
2016	Roadies	Bill	Main Role
2017	Measure of a Man	Marty Marks	Post-production

See also

• Notable alumni of St. Mark's School of Texas