Trivia

Younger brother of Owen Wilson and Andrew Wilson.

As a child, formed a yard care business called 'The Lawn Rangers' with one of his older brothers.

Owen and Luke's father was the first to bring Monty Python's Flying Circus to American TV where he managed KERA, a PBS station, in Dallas, TX.

Although often associated with Texas, where he was born and grew up, both of his parents were Irish-American Massachusetts natives who moved to Texas due to his father's work.

He and his brother Owen Wilson were originally meant to play the Malloy brothers in Ocean's Eleven (2001), but dropped out to make The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).

At Occidental College, Luke was at first more interested in the school's athletics department than in Drama or Theatre. He excelled at track and field, but eventually gave up sports after taking a drama class.

Is a member of, what the media refers to as, "The Frat Pack," along with Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Steve Carell, and Ben Stiller. The "Frat Pack" name is a reference to the film, Old School (2003), featuring Vaughn, Ferrell and Luke Wilson, due to the wide number of films featuring the seven actors. Wilson's "Frat Pack" films include Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), The Wendell Baker Story (2005), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).

Has three nephews; Joseph Wilson (b. 2003), via brother Andrew Wilson, and Finn and Ford Wilson (b. 2011), via brother Owen Wilson.

Attended the all-boys St. Mark's School of Dallas, also attended by Tommy Lee Jones and Stephen Dignan, where he holds top five all-time records in the 400m and 800m.

Is of Irish descent.

Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame during their awards ceremony on March 12, 2015 in Austin, Texas.

Father was a PBS executive.

As of 2008, the only member of the Frat Pack to not have won an MTV Movie Award.

Member of Bel Air Country Club.

Starring in an aggressive television advertising campaign on the part of AT&T to counteract Verizon's previous TV campaign. (2010)

Born on the same date as Alfonso Ribeiro.

Nephew of Joe Wilson.