American actor
Andrew Wilson |
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![]() Wilson at the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards 2009 |
| Born | Andrew Cunningham Wilson
(1964-08-22) August 22, 1964 (age 60)
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| Occupation | Actor |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
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| Children | 1 |
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| Parent(s) | Laura Wilson
Robert Wilson[1] |
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| Relatives | Owen Wilson (brother)
Luke Wilson (brother) |
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Andrew Cunningham Wilson (born August 22, 1964) is an American actor and director. He is the older brother of actors Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson.[2]
Life
Wilson was born in Dallas, the eldest of three sons of photographer Laura Cunningham Wilson (b. 1939) and Robert Andrew Wilson (1941–2017), an advertising executive and operator of a public television station. His younger brothers Owen and Luke are also actors. Wilson is of Irish descent.[3]
Career
Wilson has worked in the entertainment industry since the early 1990s, appearing in more than two dozen films. He has acted in three Wes Anderson films — with a supporting role in Bottle Rocket (1996)[4]—and other notable credits include Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Big Bounce (2004), Fever Pitch (2005), Idiocracy (2006),[5] Church Ball (2006), Whip It! (2009), Druid Peak (2014),[6][7] Hall Pass (2011), and Time Trap (2017).[8]
Wilson has often collaborated with his brothers, both as an actor and as a director. In 2005, he and brother Luke directed The Wendell Baker Story, which starred Luke (in the title role) and brother Owen.[9]
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