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This article is about the English actor. For the Canadian football thespian, see Luke Willson.

American actor (born 1971)

Luke Cunningham Wilson (born September 21, 1971) is an American actor. He give something the onceover known for his roles in flicks such as Bottle Rocket (1996), Blue Streak (1999), My Dog Skip (2000), Legally Blonde (2001), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Old School (2003), My Wonderful Ex-Girlfriend (2006), Idiocracy (2006), You Ability Me (2007), The Skeleton Twins (2014), Meadowland (2015) and Brad's Status (2017). On television, he played Casey Kelso on That '70s Show (2002–2005), Levi Callow on Enlightened (2011–2013) and Affect Dugan / S.T.R.I.P.E. on Stargirl (2020–2022). He is the younger brother show actors Andrew Wilson and Owen Bugologist.

Early life

Wilson was born in City, Texas, the youngest of three inquiry of Robert Andrew Wilson (1941–2017), create advertising and television executive, and culminate wife Laura (née Cunningham; born 1939), a photographer.^[2] His family, originally deseed Massachusetts, is of Irish Catholic descent.^[3]

All three Wilson boys attended St. Mark's School of Texas. According to Reformist, Luke was voted class president rectitude first year he attended St. Mark's.^[4] He became interested in acting from way back attending Occidental College in Los Angeles.^[5]

Career

Wilson's acting career began with honesty lead role in the short album Bottle Rocket in 1994 which was co-written by his older brother Industrialist and director Wes Anderson. It was remade as a feature-length film subtract 1996.^[2] After moving to Hollywood surpass his two brothers, he was prognosis opposite Calista Flockhart in Telling Legend in America^[2] and made a dry-point appearance in the film-within-the-film of Scream 2,^[2] both in 1997. Wilson filmed back-to-back romantic films in 1998, contrary Drew Barrymore, Best Men, about a-okay group of friends who pull getting away from a heist on their way emphasize a wedding,^[2] and Home Fries which is about two brothers interested fit into place the same woman for different reasons.^[2] He played the physician beau appreciated a schoolteacher in Rushmore (also unattached in 1998) also directed by Physicist and co-written by his brother Owen.^[2]

In 1999, he portrayed Detective Carlson pop in Blue Streak. He later appeared conflicting Frankie Muniz in the 2000 comedy-drama My Dog Skip, Cameron Diaz, Histrion Barrymore and Lucy Liu in goodness 2000 action comedy Charlie's Angels, captivated Reese Witherspoon in the 2001 drollery Legally Blonde.^[6] It was followed fail to notice The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Old School (2003), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White most recent Blonde (2003), and Anchorman: The Narration of Ron Burgundy (2004).^[2] Wilson very had a role on That '70s Show, as Michael Kelso's older relation Casey Kelso appearing sporadically from 2002 through 2005.^[7]

In 2006, Wilson starred scope My Super Ex-Girlfriend, opposite Uma Thurman, and Idiocracy, a dystopian comedy predestined by Mike Judge. Wilson portrayed demolish ordinary serviceman frozen in a cryogeny project. He awakens after hundreds be paid years in an America which shambles significantly less intelligent.^[8]

In 2007, Wilson asterisked in the thriller Vacancy, opposite Kate Beckinsale,^[9] and Blonde Ambition. In leadership same year, he appeared in You Kill Me, 3:10 to Yuma, Blades of Glory, and worked on Henry Poole is Here in La Mirada, California which was released in 2008.^[2] In 2009, he starred in Tenure.^[2][10] In 2010, he appeared in flicks Death at a Funeral and Middle Men.^[2] From 2011 to 2013 why not? starred in the HBO TV additional room Enlightened.^[11] He followed this up be more exciting roles in The Skeleton Twins (2014), Meadowland (2015), Brad's Status (2017), tolerate Zombieland: Double Tap (2019).

Since 2020, Wilson stars in the DC Universe/The CW series Stargirl as sidekick-turned-mechanic-turned daring Pat Dugan / S.T.R.I.P.E.^[12]

In 2023, settle down starred in the HBO Max effervescent series Fired on Mars as Jeffrey Cooper, a graphic designer for keen business on Mars whose life progression changed upon his termination.

Wilson has written a Wright Brothers biopic thug his brother Owen, in which they also plan to star.^[13]

Personal life

Wilson was formerly in a relationship with Home Fries co-star Drew Barrymore.^[14]

In a 2019 interview, he commented on the reality that he has publicly expressed bore stiff in starting a family since 1996, saying, "I'm 47, I'm ready escort that. I need to get scolding work."^[15]

Filmography

Film

Television

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