Owen Wilson

He has a baby with his former girlfriend Jade Duell and is expecting another one with his personal trainer Caroline Lindqvist.

He was born as the middle son of advertising executive Robert Andrew Wilson and photographer Laura Cunningham. He has two brothers, Andrew and Luke who are also involved in film making. He is of Irish descent.

He went to the St. Mark’s School of Texas from where he was expelled for misbehavior. He then graduated from Thomas Jefferson School before going to the military academy in New Mexico.

He enrolled at the University of Texas to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in English. There he met Wes Anderson who became his long-term friend and business collaborator.

Along with Anderson he co-wrote the script for the film ‘Bottle Rocket’. It was based on a short film directed by Anderson a couple of years ago. The full length film was released in 1996. In spite of being a commercial failure, it got positive reviews.

Ben Stiller, a fan of the movie ‘Bottle Rocket’ offered a minor role to Owen in his directorial venture ‘The Cable Guy’ (1996) which also starred Jim Carrey.

He played the drug addict Nicky in ‘Permanent Midnight’, a comedy drama based on the eponymous book by Jerry Stahl's in 1998. The film failed at the box office in spite of being critically acclaimed.

He found his big break in 2000 when he was cast as Roy O'Bannon in the martial arts comedy ‘Shanghai Noon’. The film was a huge commercial success. He reprised this role in ‘Shanghai Knights’ in 2003.

He co-wrote the script for the comedy drama ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ (2001) which was directed by his friend Anderson. The film was a critical success and was nominated for several awards including an Academy Award for the screenplay.

His film ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ is his best known work which made him famous in Hollywood. He co-wrote and starred in the comedy drama which follows the life of three gifted siblings. The movie was ranked as the 159th greatest film ever made by the ‘Empire’ in 2008.