Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson is an American actor and screenwriter who has become one of the most recognizable and commercially successful comedy stars in Hollywood. Born on November 18, 1968, in Dallas, Texas, Wilson is the middle of three brothers, all of whom became actors. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he met filmmaker Wes Anderson, a creative partnership that would shape both of their careers.

Wilson and Anderson co-wrote the screenplay for Bottle Rocket (1996), their feature film debut, which led to their collaboration on The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). Their screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums earned them an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Meanwhile, Wilson’s acting career was taking off with comedic roles in Shanghai Noon (2000), Zoolander (2001), and the massively successful Meet the Parents (2000) and its sequel Meet the Fockers (2004).

Wilson became one of Hollywood’s most bankable comedy stars through the 2000s and 2010s, particularly through his frequent collaborations with Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn. His role in Wedding Crashers (2005) was a massive hit, and the Marley and Me (2008) earned over $242 million worldwide. He also gained a new generation of fans through his voice work as Lightning McQueen in the Cars franchise (2006, 2011, 2017), one of Pixar’s most commercially successful series.

In more recent years, Wilson has continued to work steadily in both film and television. He starred in the Marvel series Loki (2021-2023) as Mobius M. Mobius, earning a new wave of fans in the superhero genre. He also appeared in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris (2011) and Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch (2021). With decades of box office hits behind him, Wilson has accumulated an estimated net worth of $70 million.