Editing Luke Wilson

{{about|the American actor|the Canadian football player|Luke Willson}}
{{short description|American actor (born 1971)}}
{{Use American English|date = September 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = 
| image              = Luke Wilson at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival 02.jpg
| image_size         = 
| caption            = Wilson in 2025
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age |mf=yes|1971|9|21}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fernández |first1=Alexia |title=Luke Wilson Says He's 'Starting to Feel Panicky' About Turning 50: 'When Did This Happen?' |url=https://people.com/movies/luke-wilson-says-hes-starting-to-feel-panicky-about-turning-50/ |work=People |publisher=Dotdash Meredith |date=June 17, 2021}}</ref>
| birth_name         = Luke Cunningham Wilson
| birth_place        = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], U.S.
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1994–present
| known_for          = 
| spouse             = 
| mother             = [[Laura Wilson (photographer)|Laura Wilson]] 
| relatives          = {{ubl|[[Andrew Wilson (actor)|Andrew Wilson]] (brother)|[[Owen Wilson]] (brother)}}
}}
'''Luke Cunningham Wilson''' (born September 21, 1971)  is an American actor. Wilson's prominent film roles have included ''[[Bottle Rocket]]'' (1996), ''[[Blue Streak (film)|Blue Streak]]'' (1999), ''[[My Dog Skip (film)|My Dog Skip]]'' (2000), ''[[Legally Blonde]]'' (2001), ''[[The Royal Tenenbaums]]'' (2001), ''[[Old School (2003 film)|Old School]]'' (2003), ''[[My Super Ex-Girlfriend]]'' (2006), ''[[Idiocracy]]'' (2006), ''[[You Kill Me]]'' (2007), ''[[The Skeleton Twins]]'' (2014), ''[[Meadowland (film)|Meadowland]]'' (2015) and ''[[Brad's Status]]'' (2017). 

On television, he played Casey Kelso on ''[[That '70s Show]]'' (2002–2005), Levi Callow on ''[[Enlightened (TV series)|Enlightened]]'' (2011–2013) and [[Pat Dugan|Pat Dugan / S.T.R.I.P.E.]] on ''[[Stargirl (TV series)|Stargirl]]'' (2020–2022). Wilson is the younger brother of actors [[Andrew Wilson (actor)|Andrew Wilson]] and [[Owen Wilson]].

==Early life==
Wilson was born in Dallas, the youngest of three sons of Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising and television executive, and [[Laura Wilson (photographer)|Laura Cunningham]], a photographer.<ref name="Luke Wilson" /> His family, originally from [[Massachusetts]], is of Irish Catholic descent.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/19/AR2006071902050.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=The Brothers Grin |first=Hank |last=Stuever |access-date=May 11, 2010 |date=July 20, 2006}}</ref> 

All three Wilson boys attended [[St. Mark's School of Texas]]. According to [[Owen Wilson|Owen]], Luke was voted class president the first year he attended St. Mark's.<ref>audio commentary on Criterion Collection's ''Bottle Rocket'' DVD</ref> He became interested in acting while attending [[Occidental College]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zoller Seitz|first=Matt|date=2010-08-04|title=Luke Wilson: How it feels to be America's boyfriend|url=https://www.salon.com/2010/08/04/luke_wilson_interview/|access-date=2020-07-14|website=Salon|language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Wilson's acting career began with the lead role in the short film ''[[Bottle Rocket]]'' in 1994 which was co-written by his older brother Owen and director [[Wes Anderson]]. It was remade as a feature-length film in 1996.<ref name="Luke Wilson">{{cite web|title=Luke Wilson- Biography|url= https://www.yahoo.com/topics/luke-wilson/ |work=Yahoo!|access-date=March 26, 2023}}</ref> After moving to Hollywood with his two brothers, he was cast opposite [[Calista Flockhart]] in ''[[Telling Lies in America]]''<ref name="Luke Wilson"/> and made a [[cameo appearance]] in the film-within-the-film of ''[[Scream 2]]'',<ref name="Luke Wilson"/> both in 1997. Wilson filmed back-to-back romantic films in 1998, opposite [[Drew Barrymore]], ''[[Best Men]]'', about a group of friends who pull off a heist on their way to a wedding,<ref name="Luke Wilson"/> and ''[[Home Fries]]'' which is about two brothers interested in the same woman for different reasons.<ref name="Luke Wilson"/> He played the physician beau of a schoolteacher in ''[[Rushmore (film)|Rushmore]]'' (also released in 1998) also directed by Anderson and co-written by his brother Owen.<ref name="Luke Wilson"/> [[File:Luke Wilson.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Wilson in 2003]]

In 1999, he portrayed Detective Carlson in ''[[Blue Streak (film)|Blue Streak]]''. He later appeared opposite [[Frankie Muniz]] in the 2000 comedy-drama ''[[My Dog Skip (film)|My Dog Skip]]'', [[Cameron Diaz]], [[Drew Barrymore]] and [[Lucy Liu]] in the 2000 action comedy ''[[Charlie's Angels (2000 film)|Charlie's Angels]]'', and [[Reese Witherspoon]] in the 2001 comedy ''[[Legally Blonde]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title="Legally Blonde" Movie Review|url=http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aa071301a.htm|work=[[about.com]]|access-date=October 11, 2012}}</ref> It was followed by ''[[The Royal Tenenbaums]]'' (2001), ''[[Old School (2003 film)|Old School]]'' (2003), ''[[Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle]]'' (2003), ''[[Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde]]'' (2003), and ''[[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy]]'' (2004).<ref name="Luke Wilson"/> Wilson also had a role on ''[[That '70s Show]]'', as Michael Kelso's older brother [[Casey Kelso]] appearing sporadically from 2002 through 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Everybody Loves Casey|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/that-70s-show/everybody-loves-casey-152218/|work=[[tv.com]]|access-date=October 11, 2012}}</ref>

In 2006, Wilson starred in ''[[My Super Ex-Girlfriend]]'', opposite [[Uma Thurman]], and ''[[Idiocracy]]'', a dystopian comedy directed by [[Mike Judge]]. Wilson portrayed an ordinary serviceman frozen in a cryogenics project. He awakens after hundreds of years in an America which is significantly less intelligent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Idiocracy|url=http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=117562|work=empire online|access-date=October 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309002133/http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=117562|archive-date=March 9, 2012}}</ref>

In 2007, Wilson starred in the thriller ''[[Vacancy (film)|Vacancy]]'', opposite [[Kate Beckinsale]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Picks and Pans Review: Vacancy's Luke Wilson ... Checks in About Brotherly Love—and the Other Kind Too!|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20062100,00.html|work=people|date=May 7, 2007|access-date=October 12, 2012}}</ref> and ''[[Blonde Ambition]]''. In the same year, he appeared in ''[[You Kill Me]]'', ''[[3:10 to Yuma (2007 film)|3:10 to Yuma]]'', ''[[Blades of Glory]]'', and worked on ''[[Henry Poole is Here]]'' in [[La Mirada, California]] which was released in 2008.<ref name="Luke Wilson"/> In 2009, he starred in ''[[Tenure (film)|Tenure]]''.<ref name="Luke Wilson"/><ref>{{cite web|title=DVD Review: Luke Wilson in "Tenure"|url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2010/04/dvd-review-luke-wilson-in-tenure.html|work=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=April 23, 2010|access-date=October 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426062843/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2010/04/dvd-review-luke-wilson-in-tenure.html|archive-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref> In 2010, he appeared in films ''[[Death at a Funeral (2010 film)|Death at a Funeral]]'' and ''[[Middle Men (film)|Middle Men]].''<ref name="Luke Wilson"/> From 2011 to 2013 he starred in the [[HBO]] TV series ''[[Enlightened (TV series)|Enlightened]].''<ref>{{cite news|last=Patterson|first=Troy|title=Laura Dern Is Enlightened|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2011/10/enlightened_reviewed_laura_dern_mike_white_and_luke_wilson_in_a_.html|access-date=October 12, 2012|newspaper=slate.com|date=October 14, 2011}}</ref> He followed this up with roles in ''[[The Skeleton Twins]]'' (2014), ''[[Meadowland (film)|Meadowland]]'' (2015), ''[[Brad's Status]]'' (2017), and ''[[Zombieland: Double Tap]]'' (2019).
[[File:Luke Wilson (2016).jpg|thumb|right|upright|Wilson in 2016]] 

Since 2020, Wilson stars in the [[DC Universe (streaming service)|DC Universe]]/[[The CW]] series ''[[Stargirl (TV series)|Stargirl]]'' as sidekick-turned-mechanic-turned superhero [[Pat Dugan|Pat Dugan / S.T.R.I.P.E.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/stargirl-luke-wilson-dc-comics-geoff-johns-1202531355/|title='Stargirl': Luke Wilson Joins Cast of DC Universe Series|last=Boucher|first=Geoff|publisher=Deadline|date=January 8, 2019|access-date=January 9, 2019}}</ref>

In 2023, he starred in the [[HBO Max]] animated series ''[[Fired on Mars]]'' as Jeffrey Cooper, a graphic designer for a business on Mars whose life is changed upon his termination.

Wilson has written a [[Wright brothers|Wright Brothers]] biopic with his brother Owen, in which they also plan to star.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZetSrwKwbkc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ZetSrwKwbkc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Luke Wilson on "Larry King Now" - Full Episode in the U.S. on Ora.TV|last=Larry King|date=September 26, 2014|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Wilson was formerly in a relationship with ''Home Fries'' co-star [[Drew Barrymore]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Escalante|first=Ana|title=Drew Barrymore Reveals She Had an Open Relationship With Luke Wilson|website=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]] |date=January 28, 2022 |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/drew-barrymore-had-open-relationship-with-luke-wilson|access-date=2022-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205141739/https://www.glamour.com/story/drew-barrymore-had-open-relationship-with-luke-wilson|archive-date=February 5, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a 2019 interview, he commented on the fact that he has publicly expressed interest in starting a family since 1996, saying, "I'm 47, I'm ready for that. I need to get to work."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Swan|first=Allison|date=2019-01-30|title=Luke Wilson Admits He'd Still Love To Be A Dad At 47: 'I Need To Get To Work' On That|url=https://hollywoodlife.com/2019/01/29/luke-wilson-wants-kids-dad-exclusive-interview/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Hollywood Life|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1994
|''Bottle Rocket''
| rowspan="2" | Anthony Adams
| Short
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Bottle Rocket]]''
|
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1997
| ''[[Bongwater (film)|Bongwater]]''
| David
|
|-
| ''[[Telling Lies in America]]''
| Henry
|
|-
| ''[[Best Men]]''
| Jesse Reilly
|
|-
| ''[[Scream 2]]''
| [[List of Scream (film series) characters#Billy Loomis|Billy Loomis]]
| Plays a character in the [[story within a story#Nested films|film-within-a-film]] ''Stab''.
|-
| rowspan=3|1998
| ''[[Dog Park (film)|Dog Park]]''
| Andy
|
|-
| ''[[Home Fries]]''
| Dorian Montier
|
|-
| ''[[Rushmore (film)|Rushmore]]''
| Dr. Peter Flynn
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1999
| ''[[Kill the Man]]''
| Stanley Simon
|
|-
| ''[[Blue Streak (film)|Blue Streak]]''
| Detective Carlson
|
|-
| rowspan=4 | 2000
| ''[[My Dog Skip (film)|My Dog Skip]]''
| Dink Jenkins
|
|-
| ''[[Committed (2000 film)|Committed]]''
| Carl
|
|-
| ''[[Preston Tylk]]''
| Preston Tylk
|
|-
| ''[[Charlie's Angels (2000 film)|Charlie's Angels]]''
| Peter Kominsky
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2001
| ''[[Legally Blonde]]''
| Emmett Richmond
|
|-
| ''[[Soul Survivors (film)|Soul Survivors]]''
| Jude
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Royal Tenenbaums}}''
| Richard "Richie" Tenenbaum
|
|-
| 2002
| ''{{sortname|The|Third Wheel|dab=film}}''
| Stanley
|
|-
| rowspan=6 | 2003
| ''[[Masked and Anonymous]]''
| Bobby Cupid
|
|-
| ''[[Old School (2003 film)|Old School]]''
| Mitch Martin
|
|-
| ''[[Stuck on You (film)|Stuck on You]]''
| Himself
|
|-
| ''[[Alex and Emma]]''
| Alex Sheldon / Adam Shipley
|
|-
| ''[[Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle]]''
| Peter Kominsky
|
|-
| ''[[Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde]]''
| Emmett Richmond
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2004
| ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]''
| [[Orville Wright]]
|
|-
| ''[[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy]]''
| rowspan="2" | Frank Vitchard
|
|-
| ''[[Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie]]''
| Direct-to-video
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2005
| ''{{sortname|The|Wendell Baker Story}}''
| Wendell Baker
| Also director, writer and producer
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Family Stone}}''
| Ben Stone
|
|-
| rowspan=5 | 2006
| ''[[Hoot (film)|Hoot]]''
| Officer David Delinko
|
|-
| ''[[Mini's First Time]]''
| John Garson
|
|-
| ''[[My Super Ex-Girlfriend]]''
| Matt Saunders
|
|-
| ''[[Idiocracy]]''
| Corporal Joe Bauers
|
|-
| ''[[Jackass Number Two]]''
| Himself
|
|-
| rowspan=6 | 2007
| ''[[You Kill Me]]''
| Tom
|
|-
| ''[[Vacancy (film)|Vacancy]]''
| David Fox
|
|-
| ''[[3:10 to Yuma (2007 film)|3:10 to Yuma]]''
| Zeke
|
|-
| ''[[Blades of Glory]]''
| Sex Class Instructor
|
|-
| ''[[Battle for Terra]]''
| Lt. James "Jim" Stanton
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Blonde Ambition]]''
| Ben
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2008
| ''[[Henry Poole Is Here]]''
| Henry Poole
|
|-
| ''[[Vacancy 2: The First Cut]]''
| David Fox
| Archive footage
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Tenure (film)|Tenure]]''
| Charlie Thurber
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2010
| ''[[Death at a Funeral (2010 film)|Death at a Funeral]]''
| Derek
|
|-
| ''[[Middle Men (film)|Middle Men]]''
| Jack Harris
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2012
| ''[[Meeting Evil]]''
| John
|
|-
| ''[[Straight A's (film)|Straight A's]]''
| William
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Move Me Brightly]]''
| The Interviewer
| Documentary
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2014
|''[[The Skeleton Twins]]''
| Lance
|
|-
| ''Satellite Beach''
| Warren Flowers
| Also Director and screenwriter 
|-
|''[[Ride (2014 film)|Ride]]''
| Ian
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2015
| ''[[Playing It Cool]]''
| Samson
|
|-
| ''[[Meadowland (film)|Meadowland]]''
| Phil
|
|-
| ''[[The Ridiculous 6]]''
| Danny
|
|-
| ''[[Concussion (2015 film)|Concussion]]''
| [[Roger Goodell]]
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2016
| ''[[Outlaws and Angels (film)|Outlaws and Angels]]''
| Josiah
|
|-
| ''[[Dear Eleanor]]''
| Bob Potter
|
|-
| ''[[All We Had]]''
| Lee
| 
|-
| ''[[Rock Dog]]''
| Bodi
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Approaching the Unknown]]''
| Louis Skinner
| 
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2017
| ''[[Brad's Status]]''
| Jason Hatfield
|
|-
| ''[[The Girl Who Invented Kissing]]''
| Leo
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2018
| ''[[Arizona (2018 film)|Arizona]]''
| Scott
|
|-
| ''[[Measure of a Man (film)|Measure of a Man]]''
| Marty Marks
| 
|-
| ''[[High Voltage (2018 film)|High Voltage]]'' 
| Rick
|
|-
| rowspan=5 | 2019
| ''[[Berlin, I Love You]]''
| Burke Linz
|
|-
| ''[[Phil (film)|Phil]]''
| Detective Welling
|
|-
| ''[[Guest of Honour (2019 film)|Guest of Honour]]''
| Father Greg
| 
|-
| ''[[The Goldfinch (film)|The Goldfinch]]''
| Larry Decker
|
|-
| ''[[Zombieland: Double Tap]]''
| Albuquerque
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| ''[[All the Bright Places (film)|All the Bright Places]]''
| James
|
|-
| ''[[Bobblehead#In film|Bobbleheads: The Movie]]''
| Earl
| Voice; Direct-to-video
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2021 
| ''[[12 Mighty Orphans]]''
| [[Rusty Russell (American football coach)|Rusty Russell]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Cleaner (2021 film)|The Cleaner]]''
| Jim Russell
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2022
| ''[[Gasoline Alley (2022 film)|Gasoline Alley]]''
| Vargas
|
|-
|''[[Look Both Ways (2022 film)|Look Both Ways]]''
| Rick
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2023
| ''[[Miranda's Victim]]''
| Lawrence Turoff
| 
|-
| ''The Best Man''
| Cal
|
|-
| ''[[Fingernails (film)|Fingernails]]''
|Duncan
| 
|-
| ''[[Merry Little Batman]]''
| [[Batman]]
| Voice<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melissa |first=Billie |date=2023-11-14 |title=Luke Wilson Is Bruce Wayne in Merry Little Batman |url=https://www.mensjournal.com/streaming/luke-wilson-is-bruce-wayne-in-merry-little-batman |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Men's Journal {{!}} Streaming |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2024
| ''[[You Gotta Believe (film)|You Gotta Believe]]''
| Bobby Ratliff
|
|-
| ''[[Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1]]''
| rowspan="3" |Matthew Van Weyden
|
|-
| ''[[Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{TableTBA}}
| ''[[Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 3]]''
| Filming
|-
| ''Plus/Minus''
|
| Post-production
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1998
| ''[[The X-Files]]''
| Sheriff Hartwell
| Episode: "[[Bad Blood (The X-Files)|Bad Blood]]"
|-
| 2001–2004
| ''[[That '70s Show]]''
| Casey Kelso
| 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2004
| ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Talk Show"
|-
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| Himself (host)
| Episode: "Luke Wilson/[[U2]]"
|-
| 2011–2013
| ''[[Enlightened (TV series)|Enlightened]]''
| Levi Callow
| 11 episodes
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Drunk History]]''
| [[Will Keith Kellogg]]
| Episode: "Detroit"
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Roadies (TV series)|Roadies]]''
| Bill
| 10 episodes
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Room 104]]''
| Remus
| Episode: "The Plot"
|-
| 2020–2022
| ''[[Stargirl (TV series)|Stargirl]]''
| [[Pat Dugan|Pat Dugan / S.T.R.I.P.E.]]
| Main role
|-
| 2020–2021
| ''[[Emergency Call (2020 TV series)|Emergency Call]]''
| Himself (host)
| 10 episodes
|-
| 2021
| ''Saturday Night Live''
| Himself (cameo)
| Episode: "[[Owen Wilson]]/[[Kacey Musgraves]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/news/snl-premiere-billionaire-star-trek-owen-luke-wilson-jeff-bezos-video-1234727977/|title=SNL: Luke Wilson Joins Brother Owen to Parody Star Trek and Jeff Bezos' 'Midlife Crisis of Cosmic Proportions'|website=TVLine|first=Nick|last=Caruso|date=October 3, 2021|access-date=August 30, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Fired on Mars]]''
| Jeff Cooper (voice)
| Main role
|-
| 2024
| ''[[No Good Deed (TV series)|No Good Deed]]''
| JD Campbell
| Supporting Actor <ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/no-good-deed-linda-cardellini-luke-wilson-1235669236/|title=Netflix's 'No Good Deed' Adds Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, Teyonah Parris, Abbi Jacobson & Poppy Liu|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=December 15, 2023|access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Film}}
*[[Notable alumni of St. Mark's School of Texas]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|0005561}}

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