Owen Wilson is an American film actor, screenwriter and film producer, born on November 18, 1968 in Dallas, Texas, in the family of television producer Robert Wilson and photographer Laura Cunningham. Owen has two brothers - the older Andrew and the younger Luke, who also became actors. Owen differed from his brothers by his bad behavior. He constantly started fights, and he was expelled from school on the eve of final exams because he stole a textbook with answers and distributed them to the whole class. After this incident, the parents had to send their son to another school, after which Wilson studied at a military academy in New Mexico, and later entered the University of Texas at Austin.
Owen Wilson – writer and director
At university, Owen Wilson met Wes Anderson, with whom they wrote the script for the comedy Bottle Rocket (1996), found an investor and made the film. This picture also became the acting debut for Owen. The comedy received high reviews from critics and grossed a million dollars at the box office. After the successfully released film, the actor moved to Hollywood, where he rented a house with his brothers and Wes. Their duo wrote scripts and released two more successful comedies: Rushmore Academy (1998) and The Tanenbaum Family (2001). "The Family" earned Owen an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
Kate Hudson returns to being a suicidal comedian
| PHOTO: AP |
Hollywood has found a new object of gossip - this is 29-year-old actress Kate Hudson, known for the films “Can You Keep a Secret?”, “The Key to All Doors” and “Almost Famous”.
Scandals associated with the name Hudson follow one after another. The first sign was Kate's loud breakup with Owen Wilson, Hollywood's leading comedian. The actors met on the set of the film “You, Me and Dupree.” Rumors about their romance appeared in August 2006, but ten months later Kate announced that she was breaking up with Owen. For Wilson, parting with his beloved turned into a real tragedy. Deciding to commit suicide, the actor swallowed pills and then cut his wrists. At the same time, the tabloids published photographs of Kate kissing Dax Shepard, a rising Hollywood comedy star, in a supermarket. Kate was accused of hard-heartedness and cynicism, but a few days later the paparazzi presented to the public photographs of a crying Hudson, taken just at the moment when she was told the news of her ex-boyfriend's suicide attempt. According to the actress herself, she was very shocked when she learned that Owen was on the verge of death and was very worried about him. The famous comedian was saved, but after everything that happened, his affairs went from bad to worse: he was no longer invited to filming, and the actor himself tries to avoid social events, the only exception he made for the Oscar ceremony.
It would seem that the story of the beautiful romance between Kate and Owen is over, but the journalists had materials on their hands confirming that the relationship between the actors continues. Hudson was seen at Wilson's house in Malibu, and a day later the paparazzi spotted the comedian leaving the actress's house.
But a new scandal immediately followed: The New York Post
published materials from which it follows that during the year Kate secretly met with Justin Timberlake, although at that time Hollywood starlet Jessica Biel was considered the singer’s friend. Hudson herself seems tired of all the scandals and refuses to give any comments.
Kate Hudson was born into a family of comedian actors who divorced when the future star was one year old. Since childhood, she dreamed of becoming a big movie actress, although those around her did not believe that she would succeed. Having matured, Kate moved to Los Angeles, where for some time she played small roles in comedy series. Kate made her debut as a big movie actress in the film Desert Melancholy. The film “Almost Famous” brought the girl an Oscar nomination. Hudson was married to Black Crowes lead singer Chris Robinson for seven years. From this marriage, the actress gave birth to a son, Ryder Russell Robinson, who is now four years old.
Movies with Owen Wilson
After Bottle Rocket, Owen became a prominent figure in the world of cinema; he began to be invited to big-budget Hollywood films such as The Cable Guy (1996), House on the Hill (1999), Anaconda (1997), Armageddon ( 1998) and Breakfast of Champions (1999). On the set of “The Cable Guy,” Wilson met and became friends with Ben Stiller, with whom he starred in the drama “Eternal Midnight” (1998) and “Deprived of a Life” (1999).
Owen Wilson's breakthrough in his acting career was the action comedy Shanghai Noon (2000), where he starred opposite Jackie Chan. The film grossed almost $100 million worldwide, and three years later the sequel, Shanghai Knights, was released.
In 2002, Wilson starred alongside Eddie Murphy in the comedy Fool the World. In 2004, Owen played one of the main roles in the very popular comedy Starsky and Hutch, which also starred Ben Stiller. The next step on the path to world fame for Owen was his role in the comedy Wedding Crashers (2005), which grossed more than $200 million at the American box office alone. In the same year, the actor appeared in the film “The Wendell Story,” directed by his brothers from the script of his younger brother Luke. Owen has established himself as a comedic actor; he has also produced such films as “He, Me and His Friends” (2006), “Survival School” (2007), “Marley and Me” (2008), “Who Knows...” (2010) ), “The Big Year” (2011), “Miss Trouble.”
Movies
In 1994, Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson wrote and directed the short film Bottle Rocket. Friends showed the film to James Brooks, who appreciated the creativity of the young people and gave $5 million to turn the short film into a full-fledged movie. In 1996, an updated Bottle Rocket was released, only managing to make back $1 million.
The guys did not lose heart and went to Los Angeles, where they decided to seriously begin their film careers. Owen Wilson is heading to Hollywood. There, the young man was involved in comedies in supporting roles. For example, in the movie The Cable Guy, Jim Carrey hit an aspiring actor in the head with a seat.
The first steps on television and cinema did not cause a stir. But Owen quickly grew into a real star from a supporting role. The advancement of his career was facilitated by a meeting with director Ben Stiller. The actor was also invited to the projects “Anaconda”, “The Haunting of Hill House”, “Meet the Parents”. In addition, Owen appeared in the science-fiction blockbuster Armageddon.
In 2000, Owen Wilson was lucky with box-office projects - the actor starred with Jackie Chan in the comic film Shanghai Noon. By that time, viewers began to recognize the handsome blond guy. In 2001, he played the role of male model Hansel, a competitor of another world-famous handsome man, Derek (Ben Stiller), in the comedy Zoolander. This was followed by filming in the films “Shanghai Knights” and “Meet the Fockers.” Robert De Niro starred in the latter with Owen.
In 2004, filming of the action-comedy film “Killer Couple: Starsky and Hutch” was completed, directed by Todd Phillips, who cast masters of the comic genre in the roles of hapless cops: Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. The heroes of the film constantly find themselves in ridiculous situations, but together they manage to solve complicated crimes.
In 2005, the actor played the lead role in Wedding Crashers - the film secured Wilson a place among the best Hollywood comedians. The project “He, Me and His Friends” was already entirely developed for Owen. A year later, the artist appeared in the family fantasy comedy Night at the Museum, where he appeared before the audience in the image of Jedidiah. The film was successful at the box office, and three years later the second part of the story was released.
The actor tries to endow each character with lively temperament, expressiveness and charm. Owen played a lieutenant in the action film Behind Enemy Lines, a pilot-inventor in the adventure comedy Around the World in 80 Days, a petty swindler in The Big Steal, and a forty-year-old family man in Celibate Week.
In the late 2000s, the project “Survival School” with the participation of Owen Wilson became popular, in which the actor appeared in the image of deserter Bob Taylor, hired by three loser students as a bodyguard. At the same time, the screening of the family tragicomedy “Marley and Me” began, where Owen Wilson starred in a creative duet with Jennifer Aniston. Before becoming parents, a young couple decides to get a dog. But the couple comes across a harmful dog, who as a result re-educates the ambitious owners.
Wilson also participated in the filming of the films “The Big Year,” “Personnel,” “Inherent Vice,” and “Miss Trouble.” In 2020, Owen Wilson managed to change his role as a comedic performer to a dramatic one. The actor starred in the action movie “No Exit.” The film was about Americans who, for a number of reasons, ended up in an Asian country during a military coup. After the establishment of the new order, all US citizens were put on the hit list. To survive, the heroes unite in groups. Along with Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan and Lake Bell participated in the creation of the film.
A bright page in Wilson's creative career is considered to be his work as a dubbing actor. Young viewers heard the voice of the king of comedy in the animated films “Cars”, “Fantastic Mr. Fox”, “Turkeys: Back to the Future”, “Hero of the Colored City”.
Owen Wilson is also known as a screenwriter and producer. His success was brought to him by the film “The Tenenbaums,” on which Owen worked with Wes Anderson. Wilson invited his two brothers, Andrew and Luke, to join the cast. This film was the only one in the biography of the Wilsons where they shone on the screen together. The tragicomedy script brought them an Oscar nomination.
Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller
After filming together in the films Eternal Midnight and Deprived of Life, Owen and Ben created a unique comedy duo, with their participation many successful films were released. In 2006, they starred in the film “Night at the Museum,” which grossed a lot of box office; in 2009 and 2014, two sequels to the story were released. The duo of actors can also be seen in the comedies “Zoolander” (2001) and its sequel “Zoolander No. 2” (2016), “The Tenenbaums” (2001), “Killer Couple: Starsky and Hutch” (2004), “Meet the Fockers" (2004) and its sequel, "Meet the Fockers 2" (2010).
Peace of mind
Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson became one of the most spectacular couples in cinema at that time. But due to his busy acting schedule, he was not only unable to collaborate on the next script, but also devote enough time to his beloved. Wilson's roles ranged from small roles as a comedy collaborator with Anderson to significant paydays for starring roles.
At the same time, Owen Wilson developed a crush on Sheryl Crow when he was filming Minus the Boyfriend. The couple subsequently breaks up. Next, Wilson makes a close acquaintance with Francesca Versace, the young niece of Donatella Versace. But Kate Hudson, according to the actor, is his true love, which no one can replace. As the couple separates, Owen falls into a severe depression and only comes out of it after reuniting with his beloved.
Owen Wilson's personal life
On the set of the film “He, Me and His Friends,” Oeun began a relationship with his partner Kate Hudson. In 2007, it became known that because of a quarrel with Kate, Wilson tried to commit suicide by drinking sleeping pills and opening his veins. In 2008, they resumed their relationship, but finally separated after a couple of months. In 2010, Owen began dating Rachel McAdams, with whom he worked on Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, but the relationship quickly ended. In January 2011, the actor and his new girlfriend Jade Duell announced that they were expecting their first child. Their son was born in January 2011, the boy was named Robert Ford. Three years later, Owen became a father for the second time: His personal trainer Caroline Lindquist gave birth to his son.
Everything you didn't know about Owen Wilson
Lifestyle
5 4916
November 17, 2014
Owen Wilson , turns forty-six years old . He acts in films, writes scripts for films (and they say books too), and even conducted several interviews with his friends and colleagues for the Interwiew publication. Add to this raising two children and think: “How can you manage to do everything?” It turns out that you can, and besides, Wilson is not going to stop. And while he is traveling around the world presenting his new film called “Guilty Without Love” directed by Peter Bogdanovich, we will tell you a few more interesting facts about him.
He loves to improvise
The funniest Owen Wilson is the Owen Wilson of improv. He rarely does this when it comes to dramatic images, but if it is a comedy, then every director should expect a little catch. But in fact, many of the funniest moments in his films were pure improvisation.
His brothers are also actors
Luke and Andrew Wilson also act in films, but the opportunity to see the three of them on camera is extremely rare - only in such almost family projects as “The Tenenbaums” or “Bottle Rocket” at the beginning of the careers of each of the brothers.
He has great friends
Since his days at the University of Austin, our hero has been friends with independent director Wes Andersen, whose credits include such films as “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Moonrise Kingdom.” Student communication quickly grew into fruitful collaboration - Owen appeared in almost every Andersen film, especially in the early days. Another old friend of the actor is none other than Ben Stiller. In many ways, it was he who opened Wilson to a “wide audience.” Together they played in more than ten films, including Zoolander, Meet the Parents, Killer Couple: Starsky and Hutch and in each of the three parts of Night at the Museum.
The nose is like a business card
The actor admits that the nose incident happened back in high school when he was playing football. The nose was broken twice, but the future star refused any plastic surgery. And we agree with him: it definitely has its own unique charm.
Once tried to commit suicide
In late August 2007, Owen was rushed to hospital for an apparent suicide attempt. The true reason for this act was kept secret, but Hollywood insiders quickly unraveled all of Wilson's motives. The reason is a painful break with Kate Hudson, whom the actor met in 2006 on the set of the film “Me, Him and His Friends.” Due to Wilson's serious health condition, he even had to abandon filming in Ben Stiller's new project, Tropic Tropics. By the way, this incident did not stop Owen from dating the Hollywood actress one more time.
He is a writer at heart
Owen loves acting, but he loves writing even more. He still considers himself a real writer at heart, but the abundance of roles does not allow him to take it seriously. So far, he has three scripts for Wes Andersen films.
He's on the Frat Pack team.
When several people film together for a long time, it does not go unnoticed. Well, in the last fifteen years a whole collection of films featuring the same actors has been released. Western media quickly took notice and dubbed the group the "Frat Pack". In addition to Owen Wilson, it includes his brother Luke, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn, Jack Black and Will Ferrell.
In addition to success in his acting career, let's wish the star of "Midnight in Paris" to become a writer not only on the screen and one day publish his first book. I wonder what it will be about?
Unwanted child
According to court documents, Wilson insisted on DNA testing after learning that his ex-girlfriend Varuni Vongsvirats was pregnant. Varuni, with whom he dated on and off for five years, filed a paternity claim in May 2018, almost six months before Laila was born.
In response to the petition, Wilson responded "no" when asked if he wanted visitation rights with the child. The actor said that he is not sure whether he is his father. It was impossible to carry out the test before the baby was born, so the matter was postponed for several months.
Flamingos populated Mumbai with thousands of people during quarantine (video)
Is it worth riding a bicycle during a pandemic: doctors' opinion
There is even a sauna: a couple with two dogs moved into a mobile home. Photo
Baby is a copy of dad
Varuni started a separate page on social networks for her daughter. There she left a comment addressed to Wilson. “How can you play the role of a father in a movie if you have never even expressed a desire to see your own daughter? You should meet her, she is beautiful, she looks exactly like you,” she said when asked if she had a message for the actor.
A schoolgirl did an experiment with a watermelon for school, but there was an embarrassment (video)
When I feel very bad, I remember a prayer to the Mother of God: it helps
Come join us at the “pool”! We made a convenient bathing tray for birds in the garden
Varuni regularly shares photos of her daughter on Instagram and responds to approving comments from her followers. They hope that Owen will eventually want to see his daughter and that they just need to wait. Lila is Wilson's third child. Despite the lack of contact with his daughter, the actor closely communicates with his two sons and their mothers.
