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With his leading man looks, Luke Wilson had more evident sex appeal than his blond older brother Owen, but... (Learn more)

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Luke Wilson’s Milestones
Became interested in acting after taking a class in college
Raised in Dallas, Texas
1992 Co-starred with brother Owen in the short "Bottle Rocket"; directed by Wes Anderson
1996 Made feature acting debut in full length version of Anderson's "Bottle Rocket"
1997 Had supporting role of Calista Flockhart's co-worker in "Telling Lies in America"
1997 Made a cameo appearance in the film-within-the-film of "Scream 2"
1998 Appeared in back-to-back romantic films opposite Drew Barrymore, "Best Men" and "Home Fries"
1998 Played the doctor beau of a schoolteacher in "Rushmore"; directed by Anderson and co-written by brother Owen
1998 TV acting debut as a sheriff in an episode of "The X-Files" (FOX)
1999 First leading role in the comedy "Dog Park" (released theatrically in 2001)
1999 Was featured in the Sundance-screened comedy "Kill the Man"
2000 Appeared in the sleeper hit "My Dog Skip"
2000 Featured as Cameron Diaz's love interest in "Charlie's Angels"
2001 Cast as Reese Witherspoon's romantic interest in the comedy hit "Legally Blonde"
2001 Co-starred in Anderson's "The Royal Tenenbaums" as a troubled tennis prodigy; also co-starred brother Owen
2002 - 2005 Made rare TV appearance as Ashton Kutchner's older brother in "That '70s Show" (FOX)
2003 Acted alongside Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell in the frat house comedy "Old School"; directed by Todd Phillips
2003 Again played Emmett in "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde"
2003 Reprised role for the sequel "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle"
2004 Cast as Orville Wright in the Disney live action feature "Around the World in 80 Days"; also co-starred Owen
2005 Played the slacker brother of Dermot Mulroney's character in the holiday comedy "The Family Stone"
2006 Portrayed an especially ordinary serviceman who is chosen for a cryogenics project in Mike Judge's "Idiocracy"
2006 Starred as a regular guy who dumps his superhero girlfriend in Ivan Reitman's comedy "My Super Ex-Girlfriend"
2007 Co-directed with brother Andrew and played the title character in "The Wendell Baker Story"; also wrote and co-starred brother Owen
2007 Co-starred with Kate Beckinsale in the horror film, "Vacancy"
2008 Starred in Mark Pellington's "Henry Poole is Here"

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Also known as

Birth Name : Luke Cunningham Wilson

Born

September, 21 1971 in Dallas, Texas, USA

Education

  • St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX:
  • Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX:
  • Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA:

Professions

actor