Luke Wilson

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{{Infobox person

| name =

| image = Luke Wilson at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival 02.jpg

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| caption = Wilson in 2025

| birth_date = {{birth date and age |mf=yes|1971|9|21}}{{cite news |last1=Fernández |first1=Alexia |title=Luke Wilson Says He's 'Starting to Feel Panicky' About Turning 50: 'When Did This Happen?' |url=https://people.com/movies/luke-wilson-says-hes-starting-to-feel-panicky-about-turning-50/ |work=People |publisher=Dotdash Meredith |date=June 17, 2021}}

| birth_name = Luke Cunningham Wilson

| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1994–present

| known_for =

| spouse =

| mother = Laura Wilson

| relatives = {{ubl|Andrew Wilson (brother)|Owen Wilson (brother)}}

}}

Luke Cunningham Wilson (born September 21, 1971) is an American actor. Wilson's prominent film roles have included Bottle Rocket (1996), Blue Streak (1999), My Dog Skip (2000), Legally Blonde (2001), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Old School (2003), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), Idiocracy (2006), You Kill Me (2007), The Skeleton Twins (2014), Meadowland (2015) and Brad's Status (2017).

On television, he played 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 (2020–2022). Wilson is the younger brother of actors Andrew Wilson and Owen Wilson.

Early life

Wilson was born in Dallas, the youngest of three sons of Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising and television executive, and Laura Cunningham, a photographer. His family, originally from Massachusetts, is of Irish Catholic descent.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/19/AR2006071902050.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=The Brothers Grin |first=Hank |last=Stuever |access-date=May 11, 2010 |date=July 20, 2006}}

All three Wilson boys attended St. Mark's School of Texas. According to Owen, Luke was voted class president the first year he attended St. Mark's.audio commentary on Criterion Collection's Bottle Rocket DVD He became interested in acting while attending Occidental College in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|last=Zoller Seitz|first=Matt|date=2010-08-04|title=Luke Wilson: How it feels to be America's boyfriend|url=https://www.salon.com/2010/08/04/luke_wilson_interview/|access-date=2020-07-14|website=Salon|language=en}}

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 and director Wes Anderson. It was remade as a feature-length film in 1996.{{cite web|title=Luke Wilson- Biography|url= https://www.yahoo.com/topics/luke-wilson/ |work=Yahoo!|access-date=March 26, 2023}} 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 which is about two brothers interested in the same woman for different reasons. He played the physician beau of a schoolteacher in Rushmore (also released in 1998) also directed by Anderson and co-written by his brother Owen. File:Luke Wilson.jpg

In 1999, he portrayed Detective Carlson in Blue Streak. He later appeared opposite Frankie Muniz in the 2000 comedy-drama My Dog Skip, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu in the 2000 action comedy Charlie's Angels, and Reese Witherspoon in the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde.{{cite web|title="Legally Blonde" Movie Review|url=http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aa071301a.htm|work=about.com|access-date=October 11, 2012}} It was followed by The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Old School (2003), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003), and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004). Wilson also had a role on That '70s Show, as Michael Kelso's older brother Casey Kelso appearing sporadically from 2002 through 2005.{{cite web|title=Everybody Loves Casey|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/that-70s-show/everybody-loves-casey-152218/|work=tv.com|access-date=October 11, 2012}}

In 2006, Wilson starred in My Super Ex-Girlfriend, opposite Uma Thurman, and Idiocracy, a dystopian comedy directed by Mike Judge. Wilson portrayed an ordinary serviceman frozen in a cryogenics project. He awakens after hundreds of years in an America which is significantly less intelligent.{{cite web|title=Idiocracy|url=http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=117562|work=empire online|access-date=October 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309002133/http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=117562|archive-date=March 9, 2012}}

In 2007, Wilson starred in the thriller Vacancy, opposite Kate Beckinsale,{{cite web|title=Picks and Pans Review: Vacancy's Luke Wilson ... Checks in About Brotherly Love—and the Other Kind Too!|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20062100,00.html|work=people|date=May 7, 2007|access-date=October 12, 2012}} and Blonde Ambition. In the same year, he appeared in You Kill Me, 3:10 to Yuma, Blades of Glory, and worked on Henry Poole is Here in La Mirada, California which was released in 2008. In 2009, he starred in Tenure.{{cite web|title=DVD Review: Luke Wilson in "Tenure"|url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2010/04/dvd-review-luke-wilson-in-tenure.html|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=April 23, 2010|access-date=October 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426062843/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2010/04/dvd-review-luke-wilson-in-tenure.html|archive-date=April 26, 2010}} 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.{{cite news|last=Patterson|first=Troy|title=Laura Dern Is Enlightened|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2011/10/enlightened_reviewed_laura_dern_mike_white_and_luke_wilson_in_a_.html|access-date=October 12, 2012|newspaper=slate.com|date=October 14, 2011}} He followed this up with roles in The Skeleton Twins (2014), Meadowland (2015), Brad's Status (2017), and Zombieland: Double Tap (2019).

File:Luke Wilson (2016).jpg

Since 2020, Wilson stars in the DC Universe/The CW series Stargirl as sidekick-turned-mechanic-turned superhero Pat Dugan / S.T.R.I.P.E.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/stargirl-luke-wilson-dc-comics-geoff-johns-1202531355/|title='Stargirl': Luke Wilson Joins Cast of DC Universe Series|last=Boucher|first=Geoff|publisher=Deadline|date=January 8, 2019|access-date=January 9, 2019}}

In 2023, he starred in the HBO Max animated series Fired on Mars as Jeffrey Cooper, a graphic designer for a business on Mars whose life is changed upon his termination.

Wilson has written a Wright Brothers biopic with his brother Owen, in which they also plan to star.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZetSrwKwbkc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ZetSrwKwbkc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Luke Wilson on "Larry King Now" - Full Episode in the U.S. on Ora.TV|last=Larry King|date=September 26, 2014|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

Personal life

Wilson was formerly in a relationship with Home Fries co-star Drew Barrymore.{{cite web|last=Escalante|first=Ana|title=Drew Barrymore Reveals She Had an Open Relationship With Luke Wilson|website=Glamour |date=January 28, 2022 |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/drew-barrymore-had-open-relationship-with-luke-wilson|access-date=2022-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205141739/https://www.glamour.com/story/drew-barrymore-had-open-relationship-with-luke-wilson|archive-date=February 5, 2022|url-status=live}}

In a 2019 interview, he commented on the fact that he has publicly expressed interest in starting a family since 1996, saying, "I'm 47, I'm ready for that. I need to get to work."{{Cite web|last=Swan|first=Allison|date=2019-01-30|title=Luke Wilson Admits He'd Still Love To Be A Dad At 47: 'I Need To Get To Work' On That|url=https://hollywoodlife.com/2019/01/29/luke-wilson-wants-kids-dad-exclusive-interview/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Hollywood Life|language=en-US}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1994 \|Bottle Rocket \| rowspan="2" \| Anthony Adams \| Short
1996 \| Bottle Rocket \|
rowspan=4 \| 1997 \| Bongwater \| David \|
Telling Lies in America \| Henry \|
Best Men \| Jesse Reilly \|
Scream 2 \| Billy Loomis \| Plays a character in the film-within-a-film Stab.
rowspan=3\|1998 \| Dog Park \| Andy \|
Home Fries \| Dorian Montier \|
Rushmore \| Dr. Peter Flynn \|
rowspan=2 \| 1999 \| Kill the Man \| Stanley Simon \|
Blue Streak \| Detective Carlson \|
rowspan=4 \| 2000 \| My Dog Skip \| Dink Jenkins \|
Committed \| Carl \|
Preston Tylk \| Preston Tylk \|
Charlie's Angels \| Peter Kominsky \|
rowspan=3 \| 2001 \| Legally Blonde \| Emmett Richmond \|
Soul Survivors \| Jude \|
{{sortname\|The\|Royal Tenenbaums}} \| Richard "Richie" Tenenbaum \|
2002 \| {{sortname\|The\|Third Wheel\|dab=film}} \| Stanley \|
rowspan=6 \| 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 \|
rowspan=3 \| 2004 \| Around the World in 80 Days \| Orville Wright \|
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy \| rowspan="2" \| Frank Vitchard \|
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie \| Direct-to-video
rowspan=2 \| 2005 \| {{sortname\|The\|Wendell Baker Story}} \| Wendell Baker \| Also director, writer and producer
{{sortname\|The\|Family Stone}} \| Ben Stone \|
rowspan=5 \| 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 \|
rowspan=6 \| 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 \| Voice
Blonde Ambition \| Ben \|
rowspan=2 \| 2008 \| Henry Poole Is Here \| Henry Poole \|
Vacancy 2: The First Cut \| David Fox \| Archive footage
2009 \| Tenure \| Charlie Thurber \|
rowspan=2 \| 2010 \| Death at a Funeral \| Derek \|
Middle Men \| Jack Harris \|
rowspan=2 \| 2012 \| Meeting Evil \| John \|
Straight A's \| William \|
2013 \| Move Me Brightly \| The Interviewer \| Documentary
rowspan="3" \| 2014 \|The Skeleton Twins \| Lance \|
Satellite Beach \| Warren Flowers \| Also Director and screenwriter
Ride \| Ian \|
rowspan="4" \| 2015 \| Playing It Cool \| Samson \|
Meadowland \| Phil \|
The Ridiculous 6 \| Danny \|
Concussion \| Roger Goodell \|
rowspan="5" \| 2016 \| Outlaws and Angels \| Josiah \|
Dear Eleanor \| Bob Potter \|
All We Had \| Lee \|
Rock Dog \| Bodi \| Voice
Approaching the Unknown \| Louis Skinner \|
rowspan=2 \| 2017 \| Brad's Status \| Jason Hatfield \|
The Girl Who Invented Kissing \| Leo \|
rowspan=3 \| 2018 \| Arizona \| Scott \|
Measure of a Man \| Marty Marks \|
High Voltage \| Rick \|
rowspan=5 \| 2019 \| Berlin, I Love You \| Burke Linz \|
Phil \| Detective Welling \|
Guest of Honour \| Father Greg \|
The Goldfinch \| Larry Decker \|
Zombieland: Double Tap \| Albuquerque \|
rowspan="2" \| 2020 \| All the Bright Places \| James \|
Bobbleheads: The Movie \| Earl \| Voice; Direct-to-video
rowspan=2 \| 2021 \| 12 Mighty Orphans \| Rusty Russell \|
The Cleaner \| Jim Russell \|
rowspan=2 \| 2022 \| Gasoline Alley \| Vargas \|
Look Both Ways \| Rick \|
rowspan="4" \| 2023 \| Miranda's Victim \| Lawrence Turoff \|
The Best Man \| Cal \|
Fingernails \|Duncan \|
Merry Little Batman \| Batman \| Voice{{Cite web \|last=Melissa \|first=Billie \|date=2023-11-14 \|title=Luke Wilson Is Bruce Wayne in Merry Little Batman \|url=https://www.mensjournal.com/streaming/luke-wilson-is-bruce-wayne-in-merry-little-batman \|access-date=2023-11-14 \|website=Men's Journal {{!}} Streaming \|language=en}}
rowspan="3" \| 2024 \| You Gotta Believe \| Bobby Ratliff \|
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 \| rowspan="3" \|Matthew Van Weyden \|
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 \|
rowspan="2" \| {{TableTBA}} \| Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 3 \| Filming
Plus/Minus \| \| Post-production

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1994

|Bottle Rocket

| rowspan="2" | Anthony Adams

| Short

1996

| Bottle Rocket

rowspan=4 | 1997

| Bongwater

| David

Telling Lies in America

| Henry

Best Men

| Jesse Reilly

Scream 2

| Billy Loomis

| Plays a character in the film-within-a-film Stab.

rowspan=3|1998

| Dog Park

| Andy

Home Fries

| Dorian Montier

Rushmore

| Dr. Peter Flynn

rowspan=2 | 1999

| Kill the Man

| Stanley Simon

Blue Streak

| Detective Carlson

rowspan=4 | 2000

| My Dog Skip

| Dink Jenkins

Committed

| Carl

Preston Tylk

| Preston Tylk

Charlie's Angels

| Peter Kominsky

rowspan=3 | 2001

| Legally Blonde

| Emmett Richmond

Soul Survivors

| Jude

{{sortname|The|Royal Tenenbaums}}

| Richard "Richie" Tenenbaum

2002

| {{sortname|The|Third Wheel|dab=film}}

| Stanley

rowspan=6 | 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

rowspan=3 | 2004

| Around the World in 80 Days

| Orville Wright

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

| rowspan="2" | Frank Vitchard

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

| Direct-to-video

rowspan=2 | 2005

| {{sortname|The|Wendell Baker Story}}

| Wendell Baker

| Also director, writer and producer

{{sortname|The|Family Stone}}

| Ben Stone

rowspan=5 | 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

rowspan=6 | 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

| Voice

Blonde Ambition

| Ben

rowspan=2 | 2008

| Henry Poole Is Here

| Henry Poole

Vacancy 2: The First Cut

| David Fox

| Archive footage

2009

| Tenure

| Charlie Thurber

rowspan=2 | 2010

| Death at a Funeral

| Derek

Middle Men

| Jack Harris

rowspan=2 | 2012

| Meeting Evil

| John

Straight A's

| William

2013

| Move Me Brightly

| The Interviewer

| Documentary

rowspan="3" | 2014

|The Skeleton Twins

| Lance

Satellite Beach

| Warren Flowers

| Also Director and screenwriter

Ride

| Ian

rowspan="4" | 2015

| Playing It Cool

| Samson

Meadowland

| Phil

The Ridiculous 6

| Danny

Concussion

| Roger Goodell

rowspan="5" | 2016

| Outlaws and Angels

| Josiah

Dear Eleanor

| Bob Potter

All We Had

| Lee

Rock Dog

| Bodi

| Voice

Approaching the Unknown

| Louis Skinner

rowspan=2 | 2017

| Brad's Status

| Jason Hatfield

The Girl Who Invented Kissing

| Leo

rowspan=3 | 2018

| Arizona

| Scott

Measure of a Man

| Marty Marks

High Voltage

| Rick

rowspan=5 | 2019

| Berlin, I Love You

| Burke Linz

Phil

| Detective Welling

Guest of Honour

| Father Greg

The Goldfinch

| Larry Decker

Zombieland: Double Tap

| Albuquerque

rowspan="2" | 2020

| All the Bright Places

| James

Bobbleheads: The Movie

| Earl

| Voice; Direct-to-video

rowspan=2 | 2021

| 12 Mighty Orphans

| Rusty Russell

The Cleaner

| Jim Russell

rowspan=2 | 2022

| Gasoline Alley

| Vargas

Look Both Ways

| Rick

rowspan="4" | 2023

| Miranda's Victim

| Lawrence Turoff

The Best Man

| Cal

Fingernails

|Duncan

Merry Little Batman

| Batman

| Voice{{Cite web |last=Melissa |first=Billie |date=2023-11-14 |title=Luke Wilson Is Bruce Wayne in Merry Little Batman |url=https://www.mensjournal.com/streaming/luke-wilson-is-bruce-wayne-in-merry-little-batman |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Men's Journal {{!}} Streaming |language=en}}

rowspan="3" | 2024

| You Gotta Believe

| Bobby Ratliff

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1

| rowspan="3" |Matthew Van Weyden

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2

rowspan="2" | {{TableTBA}}

| Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 3

| Filming

Plus/Minus

| Post-production

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1998 \| The X-Files \| Sheriff Hartwell \| Episode: "Bad Blood"
2001–2004 \| That '70s Show \| Casey Kelso \| 6 episodes
rowspan=2 \| 2004 \| Entourage \| Himself \| Episode: "Talk Show"
Saturday Night Live \| Himself (host) \| Episode: "Luke Wilson/U2"
2011–2013 \| Enlightened \| Levi Callow \| 11 episodes
2013 \| Drunk History \| Will Keith Kellogg \| Episode: "Detroit"
2016 \| Roadies \| Bill \| 10 episodes
2019 \| Room 104 \| Remus \| Episode: "The Plot"
2020–2022 \| Stargirl \| Pat Dugan / S.T.R.I.P.E. \| Main role
2020–2021 \| Emergency Call \| Himself (host) \| 10 episodes
2021 \| Saturday Night Live \| Himself (cameo) \| Episode: "Owen Wilson/Kacey Musgraves"{{cite web\|url=https://tvline.com/news/snl-premiere-billionaire-star-trek-owen-luke-wilson-jeff-bezos-video-1234727977/\|title=SNL: Luke Wilson Joins Brother Owen to Parody Star Trek and Jeff Bezos' 'Midlife Crisis of Cosmic Proportions'\|website=TVLine\|first=Nick\|last=Caruso\|date=October 3, 2021\|access-date=August 30, 2024}}
2023 \| Fired on Mars \| Jeff Cooper (voice) \| Main role
2024 \| No Good Deed \| JD Campbell \| Supporting Actor {{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/no-good-deed-linda-cardellini-luke-wilson-1235669236/\|title=Netflix's 'No Good Deed' Adds Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, Teyonah Parris, Abbi Jacobson & Poppy Liu\|website=Deadline Hollywood\|first=Matt\|last=Grobar\|date=December 15, 2023\|access-date=April 23, 2024}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1998

| The X-Files

| Sheriff Hartwell

| Episode: "Bad Blood"

2001–2004

| That '70s Show

| Casey Kelso

| 6 episodes

rowspan=2 | 2004

| Entourage

| Himself

| Episode: "Talk Show"

Saturday Night Live

| Himself (host)

| Episode: "Luke Wilson/U2"

2011–2013

| Enlightened

| Levi Callow

| 11 episodes

2013

| Drunk History

| Will Keith Kellogg

| Episode: "Detroit"

2016

| Roadies

| Bill

| 10 episodes

2019

| Room 104

| Remus

| Episode: "The Plot"

2020–2022

| Stargirl

| Pat Dugan / S.T.R.I.P.E.

| Main role

2020–2021

| Emergency Call

| Himself (host)

| 10 episodes

2021

| Saturday Night Live

| Himself (cameo)

| Episode: "Owen Wilson/Kacey Musgraves"{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/news/snl-premiere-billionaire-star-trek-owen-luke-wilson-jeff-bezos-video-1234727977/|title=SNL: Luke Wilson Joins Brother Owen to Parody Star Trek and Jeff Bezos' 'Midlife Crisis of Cosmic Proportions'|website=TVLine|first=Nick|last=Caruso|date=October 3, 2021|access-date=August 30, 2024}}

2023

| Fired on Mars

| Jeff Cooper (voice)

| Main role

2024

| No Good Deed

| JD Campbell

| Supporting Actor {{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/no-good-deed-linda-cardellini-luke-wilson-1235669236/|title=Netflix's 'No Good Deed' Adds Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, Teyonah Parris, Abbi Jacobson & Poppy Liu|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=December 15, 2023|access-date=April 23, 2024}}