Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American
actor,
comedian and
writer.
Early life
Wilson was born in
Dallas,
Texas, to
photographer Laura Cunningham Wilson and Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising executive and operator of a public television station. He has an older brother,
Andrew and a younger brother,
Luke, both also involved in filmmaking.
[filmreference.com biography] His family is
Irish and
Roman Catholic.
[Stuever, Hank. "The Brothers Grin." The Washington Post, 20 July, 2006.] While living in Dallas, Wilson attended The Lamplighter School, and
St. Mark's School of Texas, from which he was expelled when, in the tenth grade, he stole his teacher's textbook to aid him in his homework.
[AskMen.com - Owen Wilson] Wilson also attended his junior and senior years in high school at the
New Mexico Military Institute.
Career
Initial success
Wilson's initial acting role was as "Dignan" in the
Wes Anderson film
Bottle Rocket. He also worked with Anderson as a creative collaborator on Anderson's next two directorial efforts,
Rushmore and
The Royal Tenenbaums, for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
