Andrew Wilson (actor)

Wilson is the eldest of three sons of photographer Laura Cunningham Wilson (born 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 who all attended St. Mark's School of Texas together. Wilson is of Irish descent.^[4]

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)^[5]—and other notable credits include Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Big Bounce (2004), Fever Pitch (2005), Idiocracy (2006),^[6] Church Ball (2006), Whip It! (2009), Druid Peak (2014),^[7][8] Hall Pass (2011), and Time Trap (2017).^[9] He also appeared in The Big Year (2011) alongside his brother, Owen Wilson.

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.^[10]

Wilson has one son (born 2003) with former partner Nnogo Obiamiwe.^[11][12][13]