ACTOR · BORN 1968

Owen Wilson

Born: 18 November 1968, Dallas, Texas, USA
Known for: Hall Pass (2011), Little Fockers (2010), You, Me and Dupree (2006), The Haunting (1999)

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Owen Wilson (born 18 November 1968) is an actor best known for Hall Pass, Little Fockers and You, Me and Dupree.

17 Interesting Facts About Owen Wilson

Interesting Facts (8)

#001
Outside of his more personal films with Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson is mostly known for his improvisational talents, to which he contributes in films. Many of the funniest lines in his films are his improvisations.
Owen Wilson: behind the scenesImage: Wikimedia Commons · Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0
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#002
He is expecting a child with his personal trainer, Caroline Lindqvist. Lindqvist stated that the two were not in a relationship but were close friends who decided to have a baby together. When Lindqvist learned she was pregnant with Wilson's child, she filed for divorce from her estranged husband.
Owen Wilson: wedding sceneImage: Wikimedia Commons · Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0
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During the filming of The Haunting (1999), in the scene where his character Luke attacks Hugh Crane's portrait with a candlestick, Owen Wilson cut his chin and had to get stitches.
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If Bottle Rocket (1996) had not been successful, Owen Wilson planned to join the Marine Corps.
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Owen Wilson has an Australian cattle dog named Garcia.
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When Owen Wilson appeared on the Australian talk show Rove Live (2000), he was the show's 1001st guest. He appeared alongside Isla Fisher. Fisher left first and therefore became the 1000th guest. Wilson received a meat tray.
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Photographs of Owen Wilson are used in the film Rushmore as photos of Rosemary's deceased husband.
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#008
Owen Wilson currently voices a character in Disney's Pixar Animation film Cars (2006).
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#009
My dad was a PBS executive.
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To date he has appeared in 5 film series. 5 that spawned sequels (Shanghai Knights (2003), Meet the Fockers (2004), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), Cars 2 (2011) and the recently announced Zoolander 2 (2016)) and 2 that became trilogies (Little Fockers (2010) and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)).
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Owen Wilson has appeared in two films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Midnight in Paris (2011) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He also co-produced As Good as It Gets (1997), which was nominated for Best Picture.
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#012
Wilson refuses to discuss the origin of his distinctive nose, which has been broken twice. The broken nose was apparently the result of a football injury sustained while he was on his high school football team (all three Wilson brothers played football in high school, with eldest brother Andrew having the most success).
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#013
He never wanted to be an actor, but writing is his passion.
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He and his brother Luke Wilson were originally set to play the Malloy brothers in Ocean's Eleven (2001), but they left to shoot The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).
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The father of Owen, Andrew and Luke was the first person to bring Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) to American television, running it at KERA, a PBS station in Dallas, Texas.
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He became a father for the second time at age 45 when his personal trainer, Caroline Lindqvist, gave birth to his son on 30 January 2014.
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Owen Wilson is Joe Wilson's nephew.
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