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Also Known As	Owen Cunningham Wilson
Born	November 18, 1968 (age 57) • Dallas • Texas • (Birthday in 5 days)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"No Escape" (2015) • "The Wendell Baker Story" (2005) • "The Hero of Color City" (2014) • "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" (2009) • "Permanent Midnight" (1998) • "Lost in London" (2017) • "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" (2014) • "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004) • "Meet the Parents" (2000) • "Breakfast of Champions" (1999) • "Drillbit Taylor" (2008) • "Shanghai Noon" (2000) • "Drunk History" (2013) • "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (2009) • "Midnight in Paris" (2011) • "Documentary Now!" (2019) • "Behind Enemy Lines" (2001) • "Marmaduke" (2010) • "Wedding Crashers" (2005) • "I Spy" (2002) • "Are You Here" (2013) • "Hall Pass" (2011) • "Free Birds" (2013) • "Around the World in 80 Days" (2004) • "How Do You Know" (2010) • "Tales from Radiator Springs" (2014–2017) • "The Haunting" (1999) • "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (2014) • "King of the Hill" (2001) • "The Minus Man" (1999) • "Cars 2" (2011) • "Shanghai Knights" (2003) • "Inherent Vice" (2014) • "Masterminds" (2016) • "Little Fockers" (2010) • "The Royal Tenenbaums" (2001) • "Cars 3" (2017) • "The Internship" (2013) • "Starsky & Hutch" (2004) • "Marley & Me" (2008) • "Zoolander 2" (2016) • "You, Me and Dupree" (2006) • "The Big Bounce" (2004) • "The Darjeeling Limited" (2007) • "Father Figures" (2017) • "Meet the Fockers" (2004) • "Cars" (2006) • "Armageddon" (1998) • "Wonder" (2017) • "Anaconda" (1997) • "The Cable Guy" (1996) • "The Big Year" (2011) • "Zoolander" (2001) • "She's Funny That Way" (2014) • "Bottle Rocket" (1996)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"Rushmore" (1998) • "Bottle Rocket" (1996) • "The Royal Tenenbaums" (2001)

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Owen Wilson was born on November 18, 1968.

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Owen Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Owen Wilson as John Beckwith in a tuxedo, seated and turning to look over his shoulder, with Vince Vaughn and others blurred in the background at a formal event in Wedding Crashers.

Owen Wilson as Dignan in Bottle Rocket stands in a green field wearing ear protection and fires a pistol, with smoke visible from the gun.

Jackie Chan as Chon and Owen Wilson as Roy stand smiling in Victorian-era costumes in a busy outdoor market scene from the film Shanghai Knights, with people gathered behind them.

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Owen Wilson sits at the edge of a bed looking surprised while Rachel McAdams lies behind him, propped on her elbow, in a warmly lit bedroom scene from Midnight in Paris.

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