HAPPY BIRTHDAY Owen Wilson. Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968)[2] is an American actor and screenwriter. Born in Dallas, Texas, he is the middle child, and has two brothers who are also actors, Andrew and Luke Wilson. He received his distinctive twice-broken nose during childhood. Wilson is known for his long association with the film maker Wes Anderson, having shared co-writing and acting credits in the films Bottle Rocket (1996) which was his acting début and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, as well as acting in Andersons The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Cars (2006) and The Darjeeling Limited (2007). Wilson is also known for his collaborations with Ben Stiller, appearing in eight films together including Meet the Parents (2000) and the cult classic Zoolander (2001) and for starring on his own in other popular comedies such as Shanghai Noon (2000) and Wedding Crashers (2005). More recently he has starred in Woody Allens Midnight in Paris (2011). Wilson partnered with Vince Vaughn in the 2005 Wedding Crashers which grossed over $200 million in the US alone. Also in 2005, Owen collaborated with his brothers by appearing in The Wendell Baker Story, written by brother Luke, directed by Luke and brother Andrew.[7] In the 2006Disney/Pixar film Cars, Wilson voiced Lightning McQueen, starred in You, Me and Dupree with Kate Hudson, and appeared with Stiller in Night at the Museum as Jedediah, the cowboy, an uncredited role. He also appeared in ten films with Stiller (a long-time friend) to date: The Cable Guy (1996),Permanent Midnight (1998), Meet the Parents (2000), Zoolander (2001), The Royal Tenenbaums(2001), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Meet the Fockers (2004), Night at the Museum (2006), and the sequels Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) and Little Fockers (2010). Wilson appeared in another Wes Anderson film, The Darjeeling Limited, which screened at the 45th annual New York Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival and opened September 30, 2007, co-starring Jason Schwartzman and Adrien Brody.[8] Wilson next starred in the Judd Apatow comedy,Drillbit Taylor, released in March 2008. He appeared in a film adaptation of John Grogans best-selling memoir, Marley & Me (2008), co-starring Jennifer Aniston.[9] The Darjeeling Limited, starring Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman was selected for a DVD and Blu-ray release by The Criterion Collection in October 2010.[10] Wilson provided the voice for the Whackbat Coach Skip in Wes Andersons version of Fantastic Mr. Fox. He starred in the film The Big Year, an adaptation of Mark Obmasciks book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession.[11] The film was released in October 2011 from 20th Century Fox and co-starred Jack Black, JoBeth Williams, Steve Martin, and Rashida Jones. Wilson is a member of the comedic acting brotherhood colloquially known as the Frat Pack. His films have grossed more than $2.25 billion domestically (United States and Canada), with an average of $75 million per film. Wilson made a guest appearance on the NBC comedy Community with fellow Frat Pack member Jack Black.[12] Most recently, Wilson starred as a nostalgia-seized writer in the romantic comedy Midnight in Paris, written and directed by Woody Allen. The film was Allens highest grossing thus far,[13] and was also well received by critics.[14] In March 2012, Wilson landed the leading role in the John Erick Dowdle Thriller The Coup.[15] In the film he is slated to play the role of the father in an American family that moves to Southeast Asia, only to find itself swept up in a wave of rebel violence that is overwhelming the city. With this role, Wilson returns to the action genre for the first time since 2001s Behind Enemy Lines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Wilson
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