- Teams up with real life pal Ben Stiller once again in the big-screen version of famous television show from the '70s Starsky and Hutch. (March 4, 2004)
- Is in discussions to enroll in DATE SCHOOL opposite Drew Barrymore at DreamWorks Pictures. (October 20, 2003)
- THE BIG BOUNCE, a big-budget film starring Owen Wilson and Morgan Freeman, has suspended its Oahu shoot after director George Armitage was struck by an intestinal ailment -- Armitage has decided to travel to Los Angeles to seek medical treatment from his personal physician. (December 26, 2002)
- Considered as a reckless, profane Navy pilot shot down over war-torn Bosnia by Scott O'Grady, the straight-laced U.S Air Force pilot, whose played by Wilson in BEHIND ENEMY LINES.
- Is left-handed.
- Cut his chin and had to get stitches during the making of THE HAUNTING (1999) in the scene where his character Luke is attacking the portrait of Hugh Crane with a candlestick.
- Movie siblings Owen and Luke Wilson had a nasty childhood accident with a pellet gun - which crops up in their new movie.
- He and Ben Stiller wrote David Bowie's scene as judge of the walk-off into the script without knowing for sure whether he would agree to it.
- He and Wilson, Luke were to play the brothers Virgil and Turk in OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2001), but dropped out to film THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (2001).
- Nominated for Best On-Screen Team at MTV Movie Awards for STARSKY & HUTCH (2004) - shared with Ben Stiller
- Nominated for Best On-Screen Team at MTV Movie Awards for SHANGHAI KNIGHTS (2003) - shared with Jackie Chan
- Nominated for Best On-Screen Team at MTV Movie Awards for ZOOLANDER (2002) - shared with Ben Stiller
- Nominated for Best Screenplay - Original at BAFTA Awards for THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (2002)
- Nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen at Academy Awards for THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (2002)
Quotes- About how a lot of his characters end up dying: "It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I'm usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it."
- On the bathtub scene in SHANGHAI NOON: "Being in a bathtub with Jackie Chan, I don't know, it has a way of bonding you I'll tell you that. I don't know if there are some weird undertones. It was like we had met in Los Angeles and we didn't have that much to say to each other but after that bathtub scene we were great friends. What it really was was that when we'd play off each other it really was fun. We really did become friends."
Awards- MTV Movie Awards: Best Kiss, STARSKY & HUTCH (2004) - shared with Carmen Electra, Amy Smart
- Lone Star Film & Television Awards: Best Screenplay, RUSHMORE (1999)
- Lone Star Film & Television Awards: Special Award - Debut of the Year, BOTTLE ROCKET (1996)
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