Loudon Wainwright III
Birthday
1946/09/05 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Also know as
Loudon Snowden Wainwright III, Loudon Wainwright
Biography
Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He has released twenty-six studio albums, four live albums, and six compilations. Some of his best-known songs include "The Swimming Song", "Motel Blues", "The Man Who Couldn't Cry", "Dead Skunk", and "Lullaby". In 2007, he collaborated with musician Joe Henry to create the soundtrack for Judd Apatow's film Knocked Up. In addition to music, he has acted in small roles in at least eightee...Read more
Acting
(2003) Big Fish
as Beamen
(2005) Elizabethtown
as Uncle Dale
(2007) Knocked Up
as Dr. Howard
(2009) G-Force
as Grandpa Goodman
(2006) For Your Consideration
as Nominee Ben Connelly
(2005) The 40 Year Old Virgin
as Priest
(2013) Pleased to Meet Me
as Eric
(1985) The Slugger's Wife
as Gary
(2012) Sleepwalk with Me
as Uncle Max
(1989) Jacknife
as Ferretti
(2000) 28 Days
as Guitar Guy
(2004) The Aviator
as Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2
(2018) Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin
as ---
(2018) We Only Know So Much
as Theodore Copeland
(2015) True Story
as Older Man
(2016) I Had a Dream
as ---
(1972) M*A*S*H
as Capt. Calvin Spalding
(1997) Ally McBeal
as Jerome Trouper
(2001) According to Jim
as Minister
(2001) Undeclared
as Hal Karp
(2001) Grounded for Life
as ---
(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest
(2009) Parks and Recreation
as Barry
(1971) The Old Grey Whistle Test
as ---
(1975) Austin City Limits
as Self
(2018) Mosaic
as Dennis Klein
(2018) Mosaic
as Casey Delacroix / Dennis Klein
(2011) Person of Interest
as Sheriff Landry
(2023) Carol & the End of the World
as (voice)
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
(1991) Soldier Soldier
as Norman
(2015) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self