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Trivia
Birth name: Owen Cunningham Wilson
Date of birth: 18 November 1968
Place of birth: Dallas, Texas, USA
Nickname: O
Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
 Brother
of Luke Wilson and Andrew Wilson
Did
not graduate from The University of Texas at Austin. He is 2 courses (he
has said Math and Spanish in an interview) shy of a degree.
Cut
his chin and had to get stitches during the making of The Haunting (1999)
in the scene where his character Luke is attacking the portrait of Hugh
Crane with a candlestick.
Despite
being grateful of his success as an actor, he still considers himself a
writer at heart and wishes he devoted more time to that rather than
acting. Due to a busy schedule as an actor, he sadly had to miss
contributing to the script for Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve
Zissou (2004), despite that he co-wrote Anderson's 3 previous films.
He
is known for his improvisational abilities, which he mostly contributes to
films other than the more personal ones he does with Wes Anderson. Many of
the funniest lines in his movies are his improvisations.
Usually
declines to discuss the source of his distinctive-looking nose, which was
clearly broken at one time. The broken nose was apparently the result of a
football injury attained while on the football team in high school (all
three Wilson brothers had played high school football, the elder Andrew
with the greatest success).
Is
a member of, what the media refers to as, "The Frat Pack," along
with Will Ferrell, Jack
Black, Vince
Vaughn, Ben
Stiller, and Luke Wilson. The "Frat Pack" name in a
reference to the film, Old School (2003), featuring Vaughn, Ferrell and
Luke Wilson, due to the wide number of films featuring the six actors.
Wilson's "Frat Pack" films include The Royal Tenenbaums (2001),
The Cable Guy (1996), and Starsky & Hutch (2004).
Has
been in 8 movies with Ben
Stiller, up to this date. They are The Cable Guy (1996), Permanent
Midnight (1998), Heat Vision and Jack (1999) (TV), Meet the Parents
(2000), Zoolander (2001), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Starsky & Hutch
(2004) and Meet the Fockers (2004).
He
and his brother Luke Wilson were originally meant to play the Malloy
brothers in Ocean's Eleven (2001), but dropped out to make _Royal
Tenenbaums, The (2001) .
Shares
his birthday with David Ortiz, Chloë Sevigny and Christina Vidal
Majored
in English.
Father
was a PBS exec.
When
appearing on Australian talk show, Rove Live, he became the 1001st guest
on the show. He was appearing with Isla Fisher. Fisher walked out first
and therefore became the 1000th. Wilson received a Meat Tray.
First
"Frat Pack" member to receive an Academy Award nomination.
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