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Owen Wilson

Born in Dallas, Texas, on November 18, 1968, Owen Cunningham Wilson is the middle sibling of three brothers: Andrew, the eldest, and Luke, the baby of the family. The three were each other's best friends and wreaked a lot of havoc on the household run by mother Laura, a photographer, and father Robert, an advertising executive.

owen wilson's early days

Though the three Wilson brothers were considered troublemakers, Owen admits that he was the worst one and caused his father a lot of embarrassment. His behavior came to a head in the 10th grade at St. Marks School of Texas, when, after stealing his teacher's textbook in an attempt to help him finish his math homework quicker, he was expelled.

owen wilson meets wes anderson

After finishing his secondary studies at another nearby high school, Wilson went on to a military academy in New Mexico and then returned to the Lone Star State to study at the University of Texas at Austin. It was there that he met his close friend and mentor (and future director), Wes Anderson. Both possessed an innate ability to write and soon enough they penned a short screenplay, Bottle Rocket, which they sent to a family friend who was working on a career as a screenwriter. The script ended up in the hands of famed director/writer/producer James L. Brooks, who gave Wilson and Anderson $5 million to produce a full-length feature.

owen wilson releases bottle rocket

Debuting at the Sundance Film Festival, Bottle Rocket was released in 1996 and featured the acting debut of Owen and Luke Wilson. Though the film enjoyed only limited success, it helped springboard the middle Wilson to bigger things, including appearances in The Cable Guy, Anaconda and Armageddon in 1996, '97 and '98, respectively.

owen wilson in cable guy

While on the set of The Cable Guy, Wilson befriended fellow funnyman Ben Stiller, director of the Jim Carrey vehicle. The two would work on many projects together thereafter, including Permanent Midnight in 1998. Owen Wilson also had an uncredited role in Wes Anderson's Rushmore, which was written by Wilson and Anderson. In 1999, Wilson landed the lead role in the film The Minus Man, an excellent independent thriller that costarred singer Sheryl Crow. The two became good friends and began dating, though the relationship was rocky and did not last very long.

owen in zoolander and meet the parents

In 2000, Owen Wilson teamed up with Jackie Chan to make the action-packed buddy flick, Shanghai Noon. The duo later reprised their roles for the sequel, Shanghai Knights, released in 2003. In between the first and second installments, Wilson emerged as a consistently hilarious and versatile actor, joining Stiller once again for Meet the Parents, Zoolander and The Royal Tenenbaums, a star-studded film that Wilson also cowrote. Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson received a Best Screenplay Oscar nomination for Tenenbaums.

owen wilson in starsky & hutch

Big-budget films like I Spy, with Eddie Murphy, and Behind Enemy Lines (proving Wilson could also tackle drama) with Gene Hackman, also appear on Wilson's resume -- a resume that is filling up more and more as Wilson kicks his career into high gear. He appeared in five films in 2004, including two more with Stiller -- Meet the Fockers and Starsky & Hutch -- and one directed and cowritten by Anderson, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zisso.

owen wilson in wedding crashers

The year 2005 is just as busy for Wilson, as he stars with Vince Vaughn in the summer comedy Wedding Crashers, as well as in the "Luke/Andrew Wilson project" (the brothers served as directors while Luke wrote the screenplay), The Wendell Baker Story. The torrid pace continues in 2006 as Owen is set to star in five more movies, including the comedies Outsourced (again with Vince Vaughn) and Date School.