Actor of The Week: Owen Wilson

 

Owen Cunningham Wilson (lahir 18 November 1968) adalah seorang aktor, produser, dan penulis skenario Amerika. Dia telah memiliki hubungan yang panjang dengan pembuat film Wes Anderson, dengan siapa dia berbagi menulis dan bertindak kredit untuk Bottle Rocket (1996) dan The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), yang terakhir yang membuatnya mendapatkan nominasi untuk Academy Award untuk Skenario Asli Terbaik. Kakaknya, Andrew dan adik laki-lakinya, Luke, juga aktor. Ia dikenal karena perannya dalam komedi Frat Pack dan juga menyuarakan Lightning McQueen dalam franchise Cars.

Wilson lahir di Dallas, Texas, tengah dari 3 putra untuk fotografer Laura (née Cunningham) Wilson (lahir 1939) dan Robert Andrew Wilson (1941–2017), seorang eksekutif periklanan dan operator dari sebuah stasiun televisi umum. Orangtuanya, keturunan Irlandia, berasal dari Massachusetts. Wilson menghadiri New Mexico Military Institute dan University of Texas di Austin, di mana ia mengejar gelar Bachelor of Arts dalam bahasa Inggris

Pada bulan Agustus 2007, Wilson berusaha bunuh diri dan kemudian dirawat karena depresi di Pusat Kesehatan St John dan Cedars-Sinai Medical Center di Los Angeles. Beberapa hari setelah dirawat di rumah sakit, Wilson mengundurkan diri dari perannya di Tropic Thunder, yang diproduksi oleh dan dibintangi temannya dan sering bekerja sama Ben Stiller. Dia digantikan oleh Matthew McConaughey.

Wilson mengencani Kate Hudson pada tahun 2008 dan 2009. 

Pada Januari 2011, Wilson dan pacarnya, Jade Duell, memiliki seorang putra, Robert Ford Wilson. Wilson dan Duell mengakhiri hubungan mereka di akhir tahun itu.

Pada Januari 2014, Caroline Lindqvist melahirkan putra kedua Wilson, Finn Lindqvist Wilson. 

Filmography

Film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Bottle Rocket	Dignan	Also writer
1996	The Cable Guy	Robin's Date
1997	Anaconda	Gary Dixon
1997	As Good as It Gets	N/A	Associate producer
1998	Armageddon	Oscar Choice
1998	Permanent Midnight	Nicky
1998	Rushmore	N/A	Writer
1999	The Haunting	Luke Sanderson
1999	Breakfast of Champions	Monte Rapid
1999	The Minus Man	Vann Siegert
2000	Shanghai Noon	Roy O'Bannon	Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Action Team Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor: Musical or Comedy
2000	Meet the Parents	Kevin Rawley	Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Supporting Actor – Comedy
2001	Zoolander	Hansel McDonald	Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
2001	The Royal Tenenbaums	Eli Cash	Also writer Nominated – Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor: Musical or Comedy Nominated – Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
2001	Behind Enemy Lines	Lt. Chris Burnett
2002	I Spy	Alex Scott	Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo
2002	The Sweatbox	Himself	Archive footage; haven't been released to the public
2003	Shanghai Knights	Roy O'Bannon	Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
2003	Yeah Right!	Himself	Cameo
2004	The Big Bounce	Jack Ryan
2004	Starsky & Hutch	Ken Hutchinson	MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite On-Screen Chemistry Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Comedy Actor Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Chemistry
2004	Around the World in 80 Days	Wilbur Wright
2004	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Ned Plimpton	Nominated – Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
2004	Meet the Fockers	Kevin Rawley
2005	The Wendell Baker Story	Neil King
2005	Wedding Crashers	John Beckwith	MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo People's Choice Award for Favorite On-Screen Match-Up Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Liplock
2006	Cars	Lightning McQueen (voice)
2006	Mater and the Ghostlight	Lightning McQueen (voice)	Short
2006	You, Me and Dupree	Randolph Dupree	Also producer
2006	Night at the Museum	Jedediah	Uncredited
2007	The Darjeeling Limited	Francis Whitman
2008	Drillbit Taylor	Drillbit Taylor
2008	Marley & Me	John Grogan	Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Liplock
2008	Over Her Dead Body	Guy on Phone	Uncredited
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Jedediah
2009	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Coach Skip (voice)
2010	Marmaduke	Marmaduke (voice)
2010	How Do You Know	Matty Reynolds
2010	Little Fockers	Kevin Rawley
2011	Hall Pass	Rick
2011	Midnight in Paris	Gil	Nominated – Comedy Award for Comedy Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy[34] Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture[35] Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
2011	Cars 2	Lightning McQueen (voice)	Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie Voice
2011	The Big Year	Kenny Bostick
2013	The Internship	Nick Campbell
2013	Free Birds	Reggie (voice)
2013	Are You Here	Steve Dallas
2014	The Grand Budapest Hotel	M. Chuck
2014	The Hero of Color City	Ricky The Dragon (voice)
2014	Inherent Vice	Coy Harlingen
2014	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	Jedediah
2015	She's Funny That Way	Arnold Albertson
2015	No Escape	Jack Dwyer
2016	Zoolander 2	Hansel
2016	Masterminds	Steve Chambers
2017	Lost in London	Himself
2017	Cars 3	Lightning McQueen (voice)
2017	Wonder	Nate Pullman
2017	Father Figures	Kyle Reynolds
TBA	Dolphins	Himself	Narrator
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Heat Vision and Jack	Heat Vision (voice)	Short
2001	King of the Hill	Rhett Van Der Graaf (voice)	Episode: "Luanne Virgin 2.0"
2010	Community	Other Study Group's Leader	Episode: "Investigative Journalism"; uncredited
2013	Drunk History	John Harvey Kellogg	Episode: "Detroit"
2014	Cars Toons: Tales From Radiator Springs	Lightning McQueen (voice)	Episode: "The Radiator Springs 500 ½"
2016	Saturday Night Live	Hansel	Episode: "Larry David/The 1975"