Cast & creator
Owen Wilson
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, Runner
Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor. He has had a long association with filmmaker Wes Anderson with whom he shared writing and acting credits for Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), the last of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He has also appeared in Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The French Dispatch (2021). Wilson also starred in the Woody Allen romantic comedy Midnight in Paris (2011) as unsatisfied screenwriter Gil Pender, a role which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2014 he appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice, and Peter Bogdanovich's She's Funny That Way. Wilson is also known for his career as an onscreen comedian and member of the Frat Pack including starring in such comedies as Zoolander (2001), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), You, Me and Dupree (2006), How Do You Know (2010), The Big Year (2011), and The Internship (2013). He is also known for the family films Marley and Me (2008), and the Night at the Museum film series (2005–2014). He voices Lightning McQueen in the Cars film series (2006–present), Coach Skip in Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), the title character in Marmaduke (2010) and Reggie in Free Birds (2013). He stars as Mobius M. Mobius in the Disney+ series Loki (2021–present). Wilson's accolades include an Oscar and BAFTA nomination for Best Original Screenplay (for The Royal Tenenbaums), a Golden Globe and two SAG acting nominations (for Midnight in Paris and The Grand Budapest Hotel) and an Independent Spirit Award (for Inherent Vice). Description above from the Wikipedia article Owen Wilson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Owen Cunningham Wilson, Owen C. Wilson
105
film credits
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television credits
128
1953–2027 · acting roles
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Filmography (138)
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Runner
Ben Bishop
2026
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Rick and Morty
Reese (voice)
2013
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
King of the Hill
Rhett Van Der Graaf (voice)
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Loki
Mobius M. Mobius
2021
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Community
Other Study Group's Leader
2009The Reichen Show
Self
2005
Cars 2
Lightning McQueen (voice)
2011
Marvel Studios Assembled
Self - Mobius
2021
The Oscars
Self
1953
Drunk History
John Harvey Kellogg
2013
Cars
Lightning McQueen (voice)
2006
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Mobius M. Mobius (uncredited)
2023
Cars 3
Lightning McQueen (voice)
2017
Stick
Pryce Cahill
2025Stick
Executive Producer
2025
The Grand Budapest Hotel
M. Chuck
2014
Rolling Loud: The Movie
Hank
2026
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Coach Skip (voice)
2009
Made in Hollywood
Self
2005
Wonder
Nate
2017
Circus Halligalli
Self
2013
Night at the Museum
Jedediah Smith (uncredited)
2006
Documentary Now!
Father Ra-Shawbard
2015
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Jedediah Smith
2014
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Cars on the Road
Lightning McQueen (voice)
2022
Haunted Mansion
Father Kent
2023
Armageddon
Oscar
1998
Rove
Self
1999
Meet the Fockers
Kevin Rawley
2004
Wedding Crashers
John Beckwith
2005
Marry Me
Charlie Gilbert
2022
Meet the Parents
Kevin Rawley
2000
Midnight in Paris
Gil
2011
No Escape
Jack Dwyer
2015
The Cable Guy
Robin's Date
1996
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Herbsaint Sazerac
2021
Shanghai Noon
Roy O'Bannon
2000
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Jedediah Smith
2009
Inherent Vice
Coy Harlingen
2014
Little Fockers
Kevin Rawley
2010
Shanghai Knights
Roy O'Bannon
2003
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
Lighting McQueen (voice)
2024
Marley & Me
John
2008
As Good as It Gets
Associate Producer
1997
Anaconda
Gary Dixon
1997
The Haunting
Luke Sanderson
1999
Zoolander 2
Hansel
2016
Focker-in-Law
Kevin Rawley
2026
Free Birds
Reggie (voice)
2013
Charlie the Wonderdog
Charlie (voice)
2025
Behind Enemy Lines
Lt. Chris 'Longhorn' Burnett
2001
Around the World in 80 Days
Wilbur Wright
2004
Zoolander
Hansel
2001
Drillbit Taylor
Drillbit Taylor
2008
The Royal Tenenbaums
Eli Cash
2001The Royal Tenenbaums
Executive Producer
2001The Royal Tenenbaums
Writer
2001
You, Me and Dupree
Dupree
2006You, Me and Dupree
Producer
2006
Starsky & Hutch
Ken Hutchinson
2004
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Ned Plimpton
2004
Hall Pass
Rick Mills
2011
How Do You Know
Matty
2010
The Darjeeling Limited
Francis
2007
Father Figures
Kyle Reynolds
2017
Secret Headquarters
Jack
2022
The Big Year
Kenny Bostick
2011
Masterminds
Steve Chambers
2016
Are You Here
Steve Dallas
2013
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist
Self - Fan of Notre Dame, 2012 Game (archive footage)
2022
The Pixar Story
Lightning McQueen (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Marmaduke
Marmaduke (voice)
2010
She's Funny That Way
Arnold Albertson
2015
Rushmore
Writer
1998Rushmore
Executive Producer
1998
Bottle Rocket
Dignan
1996Bottle Rocket
Writer
1996
I Spy
Alexander Scott
2002Paris Paramount
2027
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2
Self - 'Mobius' / 'Don'
2023
Mater and the Ghostlight
Lightning McQueen (voice)
2006
Bliss
Greg Wittle
2021
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
Self (archive footage)
2021
The Big Bounce
Jack Ryan
2004
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
2011
Breakfast of Champions
Monte Rapid
1999
Paint
Carl Nargle
2023Paint
Executive Producer
2023
The Radiator Springs 500½
Lightning McQueen (voice)
2014
Lost in London
Owen Wilson
2017
Yeah Right!
Himself
2003
Cars: Lightning Racers
Lightning McQueen (voice)
The Minus Man
Vann
1999
The Wendell Baker Story
Neil King
2005
The Hero of Color City
Ricky The Dragon (voice)
2014
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Mobius M. Mobius (archive footage)
2021
Permanent Midnight
Nicky
1998
Geared-Up
2006
Heat Vision and Jack
Heat Vision (voice)
1999
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Zeus (voice)
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
Self
Bottle Rocket
Dignan
1993Bottle Rocket
Screenplay
1993
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Self
2023
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
Self - Francis
2010
Zoolander: Super Model
Hansel (voice)
2016
Chryskylodon Blues
Self
2015
Heat Vision and Jack
Heat Vision
1999
Radiator Springs Racers | Disneyland Resort
Lightning McQueen (voice)
2025
This Is an Adventure
Self
2005
Disney Pixar Cars: Race to Celebrate
Lightning McQueen
2026
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
Self
2008
Drake Sather: The Man Who Created Zoolander
2016
Monkey Mischief
Jedediah
2009
The Sweatbox
Self
2002
The King of Luck
Self
2011
The Making of 'Rushmore'
Self
2000
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
Self
1996
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Self
2005
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Self / Ned P.
2005
Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words
Narrator
2016
Nash
Self
2013Lips Like Sugar
Phil Harris
The Internship
Nick Campbell
2013