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My Take
Owen Wilson interests me because his easygoing drawl hides a real craftsman. People remember the warm, rumpled charm of Cars, Night at the Museum, and Midnight in Paris, but I keep coming back to the fact that he co-wrote The Royal Tenenbaums and earned an Oscar nomination for it. That Texan, Wes-Anderson-shaped sensibility, dry yet tender, runs through everything he does. He has a rare gift for lowering the temperature of a scene, letting a film breathe just by ambling into frame. Unflashy on the surface, principled underneath, he is exactly the kind of actor I never tire of watching.
Overview
Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor and screenwriter. He has frequently worked with filmmaker Wes Anderson, with whom he has shared writing and acting credits on the films Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)—the latter received a nomination for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Owen Wilson
- Name (Japanese)
- オーウェン・ウィルソン
- Reading
- おーうぇん・うぃるそん
- Born
- November 18, 1968 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Monkey
- Origin
- Dallas, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / comedian / screenwriter / voice actor / character actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Thomas Jefferson High School
- University
- University of Texas at Austin
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Cars | — | |
| Notable work | Night at the Museum | — | |
| Notable work | Midnight in Paris | — | |
| Notable work | Starsky & Hutch | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.