:Lou Wilson (actor)
{{Short description|American actor and comedian}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Lou Wilson
| image = Lou Wilson 2019 (cropped).png
| caption = Wilson in 2019
| birth_date = November 21, 1991{{cn|date=February 2025}}
| alma_mater = Boston College
| occupation = Actor, comedian, screenwriter
| known_for = Jimmy Kimmel Live!, American Vandal, The King of Staten Island, Dimension 20
}}
Zachery Lou Wilson{{cite podcast |url=https://www.patreon.com/posts/fireside-chat-115803661 |title=Fireside Chat for WWW ep37 "Who Goes There" |website=Patreon |date=2024-11-12 |access-date=2024-11-25 |url-access=subscription}} is an American actor, writer, and comedian. He is best known for his work as a writer and his roles on actual play anthology web series Dimension 20 and the creator-owned podcast Worlds Beyond Number. He is also known for being the on-air announcer for Jimmy Kimmel Live! and his roles on American Vandal, The King of Staten Island, and The Guest Book.{{Cite web |title=Lou Wilson |url=https://abc.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live/cast/lou-wilson |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=ABC |language=en |department=Jimmy Kimmel Live!}}{{Citation |title=The Guest Book |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_guest_book |access-date=2023-01-05 |language=en}}
Early life and education
Wilson was raised in Altadena, California and has lived in Los Angeles for the majority of his life. He attended Boston College and studied communications and Italian.{{Cite web |title=Lou Wilson - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lou_wilson |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}} While there, he became a member of the university's comedy troupe, My Mother's Fleabag.{{Cite web |last=Hackett |first=Alix |date=August 2020 |title=Building community through comedy |url=https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/bcnews/campus-community/alumni/lou-wilson/_jcr_content.html |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Boston College |department=BC News}} After his graduation in 2014, Wilson moved back to California and joined the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles.
Career
In 2017, Wilson starred as Frank in The Guest Book and played Lucas Wiley on Netflix's American Vandal.{{Cite web |title=American Vandal |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/american-vandal/s01 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |date=August 3, 2017 |title=Netflix Announces True Crime Satire 'American Vandal' With Absurdly Straight-Laced Trailer |url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/netflix-true-crime-satire-american-vandal-trailer-dan-lagana-tony-yacenda-daniel-perrault-jimmy-tatro-tyler-alvarez-1202141314/ |access-date=March 15, 2018 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} Additionally, he acted alongside Pete Davidson in The King of Staten Island (2020), where he played the role of Richie.{{Cite web |title=The King of Staten Island |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_king_of_staten_island |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=June 25, 2019 |title=Universal's Judd Apatow-Pete Davidson Comedy Adds Trio |url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/pete-davidson-judd-apatow-universal-comedy-derek-gaines-moises-arias-lou-wilson-1202637970/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626032201/https://deadline.com/2019/06/pete-davidson-judd-apatow-universal-comedy-derek-gaines-moises-arias-lou-wilson-1202637970/ |archive-date=June 26, 2019 |access-date=June 25, 2019 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} He began writing for Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2020 and was promoted to on-air announcer in 2022, replacing Dicky Barrett after he retired.{{Cite web |last=McCarty |first=India |date=January 18, 2022 |title=Who Is Lou Wilson, Jimmy Kimmel's New Announcer? You May Recognize Him From A Hit Netflix Show |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/who-is-lou-wilson-jimmy-kimmel-s-new-announcer-you-may-recognize-him-from-a-hit-netflix-show/ar-AASU2C9 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105144148/https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/who-is-lou-wilson-jimmy-kimmel-s-new-announcer-you-may-recognize-him-from-a-hit-netflix-show/ar-AASU2C9 |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |access-date=January 5, 2023 |website=MSN |language=en-US}}
Wilson is known within the tabletop role-playing game community as a primary cast member of Dimension 20, an actual play anthology web series which premiered in 2018; it was created by CollegeHumor for the streaming service Dropout.{{Cite web |last=Hanna |first=James |date=2020-10-08 |title=Dungeons & Dragons: Dimension 20 Is a TOTALLY Different Take On Actual-Play |url=https://www.cbr.com/dimension-20-new-take-actual-play/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=CBR |language=en}} In 2022, he was a cast member of the actual play series Exandria Unlimited: Calamity, a spin-off of the web series Critical Role.{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Charlie |date=2022-05-13 |title=Critical Role and Dimension 20 are crossing the streams for a new actual play series |url=https://www.polygon.com/23070658/critical-role-exandria-unlimited-dimension-20-crossover-brennan-lee-mulligan-aabria-iyengar |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Hoffer |first=Christian |date=May 12, 2022 |title=Critical Role Announces New Exandria Unlimited Miniseries |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/critical-role-exandria-unlimited-calamity-brennan-lee-mulligan-aabria-iyengar/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Cooke |first=Aaron |date=2022-06-08 |title=What We Want to See from Exandria Unlimited: Calamity's Characters |url=https://www.cbr.com/critical-role-exandria-unlimited-calamity-characters/ |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=CBR |language=en-US}} In January 2023, it was announced that Wilson, alongside Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, and Brennan Lee Mulligan, would star in the creator-owned actual play podcast Worlds Beyond Number; the show premiered in March 2023.{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Justin |date=January 1, 2023 |title=TTRPG Alums Form New Tabletop Podcast Venture Worlds Beyond Number |url=https://gizmodo.com/worlds-beyond-number-ttrpg-podcast-1849942230 |access-date=January 1, 2023 |website=Gizmodo |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hoffer |first=Christian |date=February 1, 2023 |title=Worlds Beyond Number TTRPG Podcast Launches Patreon, Pacing Towards Record Number of Backers |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/worlds-beyond-number-ttrpg-podcast-patreon-record/ |access-date=February 9, 2023 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Friedman |first=Em |date=2023-01-19 |title=The best new actual play series coming in 2023 |url=https://www.polygon.com/23552626/best-new-actual-play-shows-2023-critical-role-worlds-beyond-number-adventure-zone-walking-dead |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}{{Cite tweet |number=1631171100427309057 |user=WorldsBeyondPod |title=*kicks the door down* EPISODE ONE IS NOW LIVE!! Catch the beginning of THE WIZARD, THE WITCH & THE WILD ONE, now available on RSS Feeds and other great podcast platforms! |author=WorldsBeyondNumber |date=March 2, 2023 |access-date=March 14, 2023 |language=en}}
Wilson is also an improvisational comedian. He is currently a member of the improv troupe Yeti, which includes fellow Dropout cast members Zac Oyama, Ally Beardsley, Vic Michaelis, and Jacob Wysocki.{{Cite web |title=Yeti 4 Real |url=https://ucbcomedy.com/show/yeti-4-real-2/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=Upright Citizens Brigade |language=en-US}} and performs at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles.{{Cite web |title=Harold Night: Yeti & Ghost |url=https://ucbcomedy.com/show/harold-night-yeti-ghost/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213020034/https://ucbcomedy.com/show/harold-night-yeti-ghost/ |archive-date=2022-12-13 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre |language=en-US}}
Filmography
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= Film =
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Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
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rowspan="2"| 2018
| Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot |Joseph-AA Member #2 | | |
Show Dogs
|Caesars Security Guard | | |
2020
| Richie | |
= Television =
= Web series =
References
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Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:Actual play performers
Category:African-American male comedians
Category:African-American comedians
Category:African-American television writers
Category:American comedy writers
Category:American male comedians
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male television writers
Category:American television writers
Category:Boston College alumni
Category:Comedians from California