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Born in Dallas, TX. Self-proclaimed troublemaker Owen Wilson grew up in Texas with his mother, Laura, a photographer; his father, an ad exec; and his brothers, Andrew Wilson III (the eldest) and Luke (the youngest). Expelled from St. Mark's Academy in Dallas in the tenth grade, Wilson finished his sophomore year at Thomas Jefferson School and then headed to a military academy in New Mexico. He then attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he met his future mentor and friend, Wes Anderson. Anderson and Wilson wrote a screenplay - BOTTLE ROCKET (1996) and sent it to their family friend screenwriter Kit Carson, who sent it to producer Polly Platt, who gave it to James L. Brooks, who gave the Texans $5 million dollars to make it into a feature film. Despite critical praise, 'Rocket' only grossed one million dollars. After making the film, Wilson moved to Hollywood, setting up house with his two brothers and Anderson. Fairly quickly, Owen found himself acting in a series of big budget films that scraped the bottom of the critical barrel, such as the dreadful THE CABLE GUY (1996), THE HAUNTING (1999), ANACONDA (1997) and BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS (1999). This led to more work in slightly better fare, such as SHANGHAI NOON (2000), MEET THE PARENTS (2000) and BEHIND ENEMY LINES (2001). He's known not only for his nose, which has been broken several times, but also for his 'free wheeling ways' with a script. He cowrote the film THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (2001) with his oft partner Wes Anderson. He has been romantically linked with singer Sheryl Crow. Other notable screen credits include NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2: ESCAPE FROM THE SMITHSONIAN (2009), MARLEY & ME and DRILLBIT TAYLOR (both 2008), THE DARJEELING LIMITED (2007), NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (uncredited), YOU, ME AND DUPRESS and CARS (voice) (all 2006), WEDDING CRASHERS and THE WENDELL BAKER STORY (both 2005), MEET THE FOCKERS, THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, STARSKY & HUTCH and THE BIG BOUNCE (all 2004), SHANGHAI KNIGHTS (2003), I SPY (2002), ZOOLANDER (2001), THE MINUS MAN (1999), RUSHMORE (1998, also written by), PERMANENT MIDNIGHT (1998) and ARMAGEDDON (1998).  Nominated for Achievement in Writing (Screenplay written directly for the screen) 2001: THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (w. Wes Anderson) 1 nomination