Luke Wilson has established himself as one of the most versatile actors of his generation. In 1996, Wilson made his film debut in the acclaimed short Bottle Rocket, directed by Wes Anderson. After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, it attracted the attention of James L. Brooks and went on to become a full-length feature film. Wilson went on to star in more than 50 film and television projects, including two more Wes Anderson classics, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums. In 2005, Wilson wrote, starred in and co-directed (with his brother Andrew Wilson) The Wendell Baker Story, alongside Eva Mendes, Owen Wilson and Eddie Griffin.
Wilson’s credits include Old School, with Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn; the Legally Blonde franchise with Reese Witherspoon; the Charlie’s Angels franchise with Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore; Blades of Glory and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, also with Ferrell; Ivan Reitman’s My Super Ex-Girlfriend, opposite Uma Thurman; Mike Judge’s satirical Idiocracy; 3:10 to Yuma; My Dog Skip; Hoot and Neil LaBute’s Death at a Funeral. Wilson also starred in Henry Poole Is Here, which was nominated for the Humanitas Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Wilson’s television credits include co-starring with Laura Dern in Enlightened; as well as That ‘70s Show, Entourage and Comedy Central’s Drunk History.
Wilson recently co-starred in the emotionally charged comedy The Skeleton Twins, featuring Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Wilson co-directed, wrote and starred in the short film Satellite Beach, which follows the journey of the Endeavour space shuttle as it travels through the streets of Los Angeles to the California Science Center and the final move of the Atlantis space shuttle to the Kennedy Space Center. Satellite Beach won awards at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the High Desert International Film Festival and the Knoxville Film and Music Festival and was the official selection at fourteen film festivals. Wilson was also seen in Justin Reardon’s romantic comedy Playing It Cool, starring alongside Michelle Monaghan, Chris Evans and Aubrey Plaza. Additional upcoming credits include Dear Eleanor, Ride, Meadowland and Rock Dog.
Wilson was most recently seen starring in the John Crowley directed film The Goldfinch opposite Ansel Elgort and Zombieland: Double Tap with Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Jesse Eisenberg. He also costarred in Reed Morano’s Meadowland. Upcoming projects include the feature Guest of Honour, written and directed by Atom Egoyan, and 12 Mighty Orphans opposite Martin Sheen and Robert Duvall.