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Luke Wilson

Luke Wilson
Luke Wilson born in Dallas in Texas in 1971. The son of an advertising executive and a photographer, was raised with two brothers, Owen Wilson (the middle one) and Andrew Wilson (the eldest one). The three would all go on to make their careers in film, with Luke Wilson discovering his love of acting while a student at Occidental College. In 1993, the brothers Wilson collaborated with Wes Anderson to make Bottle Rocket (1994), which was initially a 13-minute short.

Besides being the younger brother of Owen Wilson and the former boy toy of both Drew Barrymore and Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke has appeared in box-office hits like Charlie's Angels (2000), Old School (2003), and Anchorman (2004). In 2006, he graced the screen with Uma Thurman in My Super Ex Girlfriend.



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Luke Wilson - news / articles


  • Morgan forgot Wilson's name during Funeral film - 1 April 2010
    -Luke Wilson and Tracy Morgan got off to an awkward start on new movie Death At A Funeral after signing on to play best pals - because the 30 Rock funnyman couldn't remember his co-star's name in the first weeks of filming. - -The film, a remake of a 2007 movie of th


  • Wilson goes back to school for Tenure - 7 March 2008
    He was a former child genius in The Royal Tenenbaums and an overgrown frat boy in Old School - now Luke Wilson is reportedly set to star as a professor in the new comedy Tenure. -Showbiz paper Variety reports that Wilson, whose previous credits also include Charlie's

Luke Wilson - what members say


  • The Royal Tenenbaums
  • The Royal Tenenbaums review by from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars Enjoyable, atypical and off the wall 23 December 2004
    ...ere available but instead it's got 4. Great performances from Gene Hackman and Luke Wilson. Don't expect your typical Ben Stiller or Owen Wilson characters though. Thi...   Read customer review
  • Old School
  • Old School review by from London, England
    Rated - 2.0 stars Movie without a cause 22 March 2005
    ...ion of marital break-up. And with slow-as-a-snail pacing and a wet leading man (Luke Wilson, who manages to look eternally constipated whatever the scene) this movie seems...   Read customer review
  • Bottle Rocket
  • Bottle Rocket review by from Totteridge, London
    Rated - 3.0 stars A Decent Start For Anderson 20 April 2004
    ...r dialogue and identifiable, rich characters. The two leads, played by Owen and Luke Wilson, seem to be having a blast throughout, and this reflects on the film as a whole...   Read customer review

Luke Wilson - filmography


  • Meeting Evil on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Leslie Bibb,  Luke Wilson
    Director: Chris Fisher
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
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    Follows disillusioned young family man John as a mysterious stranger, Richie takes him on a murder-fueled ride that transforms the weak-willed John into a desperate hero willing to go to any length to protect his family.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,010 member
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  • Middle Men - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Gabriel Macht,  Kelsey Grammer,  James Caan
    Director: George Gallo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Comedy-drama starring Luke Wilson as a successful businessman who gets caught up in the profit and pitfalls of early 1990s internet commerce. Jack Harris (Wilson) enjoys a comfortable life in the suburbs with his wife (Jacinda Barrett) and two children. He has a reputation as an outstanding and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,321 member
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  • Middle Men on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Rade Sherbedgia,  Giovanni Ribisi,  Luke Wilson
    Director: George Gallo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In 1995, everyone had a VCR, music was sold in record stores, and the world-wide-web was a new found discovery. Businessman Jack Harris (Luke Wilson) had the perfect life a beautiful family and a successful career fixing problem companies. Then he met Wayne Beering (Giovanni Ribisi) and Buck Dolby (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 2,069 members
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  • Tenure on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Luke Wilson,  Elaine Grasso,  Sasha Alexander
    Director: Mike Million
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
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    Luke Wilson excels in this screw-ball comedy about a talented but misguided college professor's frantic attempts to save his career. Charlie may be an excellent professor but he desperately wants tenure. What he doesn't want is to leap through all the hoops and schmooze all the right people to get ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 194 members
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  • Henry Poole Is Here on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Luke Wilson,  Radha Mitchell,  Adriana Barraza
    Director: Mark Pellington
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Henry Poole just wants to disappear. Shattered by circumstances beyond his control, he offers full price on a cookie cutter house in a drab, middle-class, L.A. neighborhood through his perky realtor Meg. But, just as he settles in to his indulgent isolation with a case of vodka and all the junk ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 965 members
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  • Blonde Ambition on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Penelope Ann Miller,  Jessica Simpson,  Luke Wilson
    Director: Scott Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Jessica Simpson stars as Katie Gregerstitch, a small-town Oklahoma beauty who's come to New York to visit her long-Time boyfriend. But after finding him in the arms of another woman, Katie decides to lose her cheating man and to find herself. With the help of two scheming co-workers she lands a job ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,047 member
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  • You Kill Me (2007)
    Starring: Philip Baker Hall,  Ben Kingsley,  Bill Pullman
    Director: John Dahl
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Comedy starring Ben Kingsley and Tea Leoni. Frank Falenczyk (Kingsley) loves his job. He just happens to be a hit-man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo, New York. But Frank's got a drinking problem and when he messes up a critical assignment that puts the family business in peril, his Uncle (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 5,767 members
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  • Vacancy on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Kate Beckinsale,  Luke Wilson,  Frank Whaley
    Director: Nimrod Antal
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and finds hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 24,171 members
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  • Idiocracy on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Luke Wilson,  Maya Rudolph,  Dax Shepard
    Director: Mike Judge
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Private Joe Bowers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes 500 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 9,071 members
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  • Hoot on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Clark Gregg,  Logan Lerman,  Luke Wilson
    Director: Jimmy Buffett,  Wil Shriner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Family comedy based on the novel by Carl Hiaasen. When a Montana boy (Logan Lerman) moves to Florida, he unearths a disturbing threat to a local population of endangered owls. Along with his two schoolfriends, he takes on greedy land developers, corrupt politicians, and clueless cops in an attempt ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 3,238 members
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  • Mini's First Time on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Nikki Reed,  Alec Baldwin,  Carrie-Anne Moss
    Director: Nick Guthe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Darkly comic crime drama in which an unruly stepdaughter turns call girl and seduces her step-father with dire consequences. Nikki Reed stars as Mini, nihilistic child of an emotionally absent mother, Diane (Carrie-Anne Moss). Diane makes no secret of the fact that Mini is an imposition on her ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 2,033 members
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  • My Super Ex-Girlfriend on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Uma Thurman,  Rainn Wilson,  Anna Faris
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Comedy starring Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson. When Matt Saunders (Wilson) meets Jenny Johnson (Thurman), he thinks he's found the perfect girl. However, he decides to break things off with her when she becomes too needy, controlling, and jealous. Jenny doesn't take it well and decides to get back at ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 44,365 members
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  • The Family Stone (2005)
    Starring: Tyrone Giordano,  Diane Keaton,  Sarah Jessica Parker
    Director: Bezucha Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Comedy from the producer of 'Sideways' (2005), this is a story about an annual holiday gathering of an unconventional New England family. Before the holidays are done, relationships will unravel while new ones are formed, secrets will be revealed and the Stone family will come together through its ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 33,890 members
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  • Alex And Emma on DVD (2003)
    Starring: David Paymer,  Sophie Marceau,  Luke Wilson
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Rob Reiner directs this romantic comedy about an author, Alex (Luke Wilson), who has received a threat from gangsters that they will kill him if he doesn't repay his gambling debts within 30 days. The only way he can possibly get the money is to finish his new novel, so to speed things up he hires ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 4,002 members
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  • Old School (2003)
    Starring: Vince Vaughn,  Jeremy Piven,  Perrey Reeves
    Director: Toby Phillips
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Todd Phillips (the man behind the controversial exposé 'Frat House'') looks at what happens to the guys after they have left college and settled down. Mitch (Luke Wilson) catches the early flight home after a business trip and finds his wife (Juliette Lewis) in bed with a room full of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 23,747 members
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  • Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Lucy Liu,  Jamie Foxx
    Director: Joseph McGinty
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu reprise their roles (as do several others) as the glamorous crimebusting trio. This time they are assigned by their reclusive boss Charlie (again voiced by John Forsythe) to find a pair of rings that have been coded to contain all the names on the FBI's ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 19,721 members
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  • The Third Wheel on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Marilyn Stanley,  Matt Damon,  Ben Affleck
    Director: Jordan Brady
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When Stanley [Luke Wilson] meets Diana [Denise Richards] at work he knows she is the woman he has been waiting for. But hapless in love Stanley needs some help to secure a date and seeks advice from his friend Mike [Ben Affleck] before asking Diana out. Stanley cannot believe his luck when the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,806 member
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  • The Royal Tenenbaums on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Danny Glover,  Ben Stiller,  Gwyneth Paltrow
    Director: Wes Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children--Chas, Richie, and Margot--they were a family of geniuses and then they separated. Chas started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have had a preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot was a playwright and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 25,959 members
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  • Legally Blonde on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Alanna Ubach,  Victor Garber,  Ali Larter
    Director: Robert Luketic
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Beverly Hills sorority queen Elle (Reese Witherspoon) is shocked when her boyfriend Warner (Matthew Davis) takes her out for a meal and then dumps her, saying that because he is about to attend Harvard Law School, he should now start dating a more serious-minded woman. Elle refuses to take this ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 14,031 members
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  • Soul Survivors on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Melissa Sagemiller,  Casey Affleck,  Eliza Dushku
    Director: Stephen Carpenter
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Driving home after a night out at a gothic rave, Cassie (Melissa Sagemiller) and boyfriend Sean (Casey Affleck) are involved in a terrible road accident, which leaves Sean dead and Melissa traumatised. Upon returning to college, Melissa's relationship with her friends Matt (Wes Bentley) and Annabel ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 1,378 member
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  • My Dog Skip on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Diane Lane,  Susan Carol Davis,  Mark Beech
    Director: Jay Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    1940s Mississippi and shy boy Willie Morris embarks on a journey with his new best friend, the family pet Skip. But Skip is no ordinary dog. Sensing Willie's shyness he takes him on an adventure which will change his life forever, helping Willie face up to the local bullies and turning them into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 747 members
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  • Committed on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Heather Graham,  Casey Affleck,  Luke Wilson
    Director: Lisa Krueger
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Romantic comedy shows the lengths people will go to for love. When Jay (Casey Affleck) leaves his wife, Jolie (Heather Graham) to 'find himself' in New York City, she begins a wild goose chase to find him. Eventually she tracks him down in the west Texas desert and is eager to prove she will do ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 559 members
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  • Kill The Man on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Phil LaMarr,  Paula Devicq,  Joshua Malina
    Director: Tom Booker,  Jon Kean
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When Stanley Simon wins $100,000 in a half time free throw contest he decides to open a copy shop with his friend. Unfortunately a large chain copy-store is across the street taking most of the business. They decide to start a war against corporate America with absurd determination and many laughs ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 130 members
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  • Rushmore on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Jason Schwartzman,  Brian Cox,  Mason Gamble
    Director: Wes Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This acclaimed comedy stars Jason Schwartzman as Max Fischer, a 10th grade pupil at Rushmore Academy. When not daydreaming, Max pours all of his energy into his beloved extra-curricular activities, often to the neglect of his studies. His determination to make a name for himself is sent into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 21,761 members
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  • Best Men on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Dean Cain,  Luke Wilson,  Sean Patrick Flanery
    Director: Tamra Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jesse Chandler (Luke Wilson) is just out of jail and ready to marry his girlfriend, Hope (Drew Barrymore). He is met by his best friends Billy (Sean Patrick Flanery), Teddy (Andy Dick) and Buzz (Dean Cain), who are due to escort Jesse to the ceremony. On the way, however, Billy decides to hold up a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 540 members
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  • Bongwater (1997)
    Starring: Luke Wilson,  Alicia Witt,  Amy Locane
    Director: Richard Sears
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    David is an aspiring artist and a pot dealer, and he falls in love with constantly smoking Serena. Serena gets jealous and goes off to New York with heroin-addicted Tommy, and David wants her back.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 7 members
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  • Bottle Rocket on DVD (1995)
    Starring: James Caan,  Luke Wilson,  Robert Musgrave
    Director: Wes Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A bright, optimistic caper comedy from first-time director Wes Anderson, Bottle Rocket focuses on a group of young Texans aspiring to become master thieves. Their leader is Dignan (Owen C. Wilson, who also co-wrote the screenplay), an upbeat if naive charmer who convinces his friends Anthony (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 11,412 members
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  • The X-Files - Essentials (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Sheila Larken,  William B. Davis,  David Duchovny
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Eight episodes from the hugely popular sci-fi series chosen by creator, Chris Carter. The episodes span the first six seasons of the series and cover a variety of paranormal and unexplained cases, including alien abductions, psychic phenomena and not-quite-human lifeforms. Episodes comprise: 'Pilot'..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 574 members
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Luke Wilson facts

5 most recent films

Meeting Evil - 2.5 stars
Enlightened - Complete Season 1 - 3.0 stars
Death at a Funeral - 3.0 stars
Battle for Terra - 3.0 stars
Death at a Funeral - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

That 70s Show - Season 6 - 4.0 stars
The X-Files - Essentials - 4.0 stars
Old School - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Rushmore - 3.5 stars
Legally Blonde - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Bongwater - 3.5 stars
Kill The Man - 2.0 stars
Soul Survivors - 2.5 stars
Committed - 2.5 stars
Alex And Emma - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Topher Grace - 9 times - show films
Shannon Elizabeth - 9 times - show films
Ashton Kutcher - 9 times - show films
Debra Jo Rupp - 9 times - show films
Mila Kunis - 9 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Trainer - 10 times - show films
Andrew Wilson - 6 times - show films
Wes Anderson - 6 times - show films
Luke W - 4 times - show films
Andrew W - 4 times - show films