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Luke Wilson

Biography

Luke Wilson is an American actor who has worked often with director Wes Anderson and who is associated with the comedy group the Frat Pack. Born in Dallas, he became interested in acting at Occidental College and got his start in the 1994 short Bottle Rocket, co-written by his brother Owen and Anderson, which was remade as a feature in 1996. He went on to appear in Anderson's Rushmore (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), and in Frat Pack comedies including Old School (2003) and The Wendell Baker Story (2005), which he co-directed. Other credits range from Blue Streak (1999) and My Dog Skip (2000) to The Skeleton Twins (2014) and Meadowland (2015), alongside Legally Blonde (2001), Idiocracy (2006) and You Kill Me (2007). On television, he played Casey Kelso on That '70s Show from 2002 to 2005, Levi Callow on Enlightened from 2011 to 2013, and Pat Dugan on Stargirl from 2020 to 2022.

55years old

Turns 56 on September 21in 342 days

  • Born Dallas
  • Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
  • Luke Cunningham Wilson (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
66
Career span
28 years1996 to 2024

Genres

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Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Old School2003 Comedyas Mitch

    IMDb rating 7.0258K votes

  2. Idiocracy2006 Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fias Joe Bauers

    IMDb rating 6.5222K votes

  3. Legally Blonde2001as Emmett

    IMDb rating 6.5293K votes

  4. The Royal Tenenbaums2001as Richie Tenenbaum

    IMDb rating 7.6339K votes

  5. Bottle Rocket1996as Anthony Adams

    IMDb rating 6.989K votes

  6. Vacancy2007as David Fox

    IMDb rating 6.2114K votes

  7. Blue Streak1999as Carlson

    IMDb rating 6.494K votes

  8. My Super Ex-Girlfriend2006as Matt Saunders

    IMDb rating 5.270K votes

Most often with

Wes Anderson directed three of these films, McG two and Ty Roberts two. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Luke Wilson's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.7 billion

40 of the 66 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 66 films: 40 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 14 figure not found.

  • 40Worldwide figure
  • 5US gross only
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 14Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 73% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Charlie's Angels2000as Pete Komisky
    $264M15.9% of the total
  2. 2
    $259M15.6% of the total
  3. 3
    Legally Blonde2001as Emmett
    $142M8.5% of the total
  4. 4
    $125M7.5% of the total
  5. 5
    Zombieland: Double Tap2019as Albuquerque
    $123M7.4% of the total
  6. 6
    Blue Streak1999as Carlson
    $118M7.1% of the total
  7. 7
    The Family Stone2005as Ben Stone
    $93M5.6% of the total
  8. 8
    Old School2003as Mitch
    $87M5.2% of the total
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), $71.4 millionMy Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), $61.1 millionConcussion (2015), $50.4 millionDeath at a Funeral (2010), $49.1 millionHorizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024), $38.7 millionMy Dog Skip (2000), $35.5 millionVacancy (2007), $35.3 millionRock Dog (2016), $23.3 millionRushmore (1998), $17.1 millionAlex & Emma (2003), $15.4 millionHome Fries (1998), $10.4 millionHoot (2006), $8.2 millionBattle for Terra (2007), $6.1 millionThe Skeleton Twins (2014), $5.3 millionSoul Survivors (2001), $4.3 millionYou Kill Me (2007), $3.7 million

$449 millionfrom the other 32 films with a worldwide figure, 27% of the total