Luke Cunningham Wilson (born September 21, 1971) is an
American film actor. He is the younger brother of
Owen and
Andrew Wilson.
Early life
Wilson was born in
Dallas, Texas, the son of Robert Wilson and
Laura Cunningham Wilson. Wilson has two older brothers, fellow actors
Owen Wilson and
Andrew (the eldest). His family is
Irish Catholic.
[The Brothers Grin - washingtonpost.com] He attended
St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas, Texas and
Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas.
Career
Wilson's film acting career began with the lead role in the film
Bottle Rocket in
1996, which was co-written by Wilson's older brother Owen and director
Wes Anderson.
Bottle Rocket was later made into a feature-length film, in 1996. After moving to Hollywood with his two brothers, he was cast opposite
Calista Flockhart with romantic designs in
Telling Lies in America and made a
cameo appearance in the film-within-the-film of
Scream 2 (both 1997). Wilson filmed back-to-back romantic films opposite
Drew Barrymore,
Best Men, about a group of friends who pull off a heist on their way to a wedding, and
Home Fries (both 1998), about two brothers interested in the same woman for very different reasons. (Off-screen, the actor won the girl; he and Barrymore became a couple, but parted ways in 1998.) Wilson remained in demand, playing the doctor beau of a schoolteacher in
Rushmore (also 1998), directed by Anderson and co-written by brother Owen.
