| What's going on here? Flixster members are collaborating to create the definitive resource for Luke Wilson information on the Internet. We're adding all the images, info, and ideas that best tell this actor's unique story. To add your knowledge of Luke Wilson, just log in and click the EasyEdit button at the top of the wiki pages. (Click here for help.) | Luke Wilson mini-bio: Luke Wilson's acting career began with the lead role in the film Bottle Rocket in 1994. It which was co-written by Wilson's older brother Owen and director/friend Wes Anderson. Bottle Rocket was later made into a feature-length film, in 1996. After moving to Hollywood with his two older brothers, he was cast opposite of Calista Flockhart in Telling Lies in America and made a cameo appearance in the film-within-the-film of Scream 2, both in 1997. Wilson filmed back-to-back romantic films opposite of Drew Barrymore, Best Men and Home Fries. Best Men is about a group of friends who pull off a heist on their way to a wedding, and Home Fries is about two brothers interested in the same woman for very different reasons. Wilson remained in demand, playing the doctor beau of a schoolteacher in Rushmore again working with director Anderson and co-writer brother Owen.
Luke had a starring role opposite of Reese Witherspoon in the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde. After this film it elevated him to a major name in Hollywood. He followed up with up hits like Old School and The Royal Tenenbaums. Wilson also made a notable role in the television show That '70s Show, as Michael Kelso's (Ashton Kutcher) charming and athletic brother Casey Kelso. He appeared on the show from 2002 through 2005.
In 2006, Wilson starred in Idiocracy, Mike Judge's first film since 1999's Office Space. Wilson portrayed an especially ordinary serviceman who is chosen for a cryogenics project. He awakes hundreds of years in the future where America is significantly less intelligent. The film was initially dropped by Fox Studios, but re-distributed in 2006.
In early 2007 Wilson took on a more serious role opposite Kate Beckinsale in the horror thriller film Vacancy. In July 2007, he worked on Henry Poole is Here in La Mirada, California.
Luke Wilson's next upcoming film is for 2009. Luke plays as Jack Harris in the film Middle Men, alongside James Caan and Kelsey Grammer. Middle Men is about the Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.
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