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Owen Wilson
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Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Actor, Associate Producer
Born:
November 18, 1968 in Dallas, TX
Biography:Whether he's acting or co-writing brilliantly quirky character studies with director/writing partner "Wes Anderson", Owen C. Wilson's work exudes an insouciant yet earnest charm and eccentric comic sensibility, making him one of the most promising new talents to emerge in the 1990s.

Born and reared in Dallas, Wilson raised enough hell in high school to get expelled from one institution in tenth grade, but he managed to attend college at the University of Texas in Austin and graduate in 1991. Along with his degree, Wilson's Austin years resulted in a budding partnership with a like-minded creative classmate, aspiring filmmaker "Wes Anderson". Their first film together, a short about a bookstore heist called "Bottle Rocket", played at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival, attracting the attention of producer "Polly Platt" and writer/director "James L. Brooks". With Brooks' support, Wilson and "Anderson"... Full Biography

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Owen Wilson photographed in 2005
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson attend the London premiere of "Starsky & Hutch" on March 11, 2004.
Owen Wilson photographed in 2005
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn attend the London premiere of "The Wedding Crashers" at Leicester...
Owen Wilson attends the MTV Movie Awards at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, Calif., on June 3,...
Owen Wilson photographed in 2001
Matt Dillon, Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson attend the MTV Movie Awards at Sony Pictures Studios in...
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