Loudon Wainwright III

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1946-09-05 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Also Known As Loudon Snowden Wainwright III, Loudon Wainwright

Loudon Wainwright III

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 eighteen television programs and feature films, including three episodes in the third season of the series M*A*S*H.

Known For

Actor

2018
We Only Know So Much

as Theodore Copeland

2018
Mosaic

as Dennis Klein

2018
Mosaic

as Casey Delacroix / Dennis Klein

2015
True Story

as Older Man

2013
2012
Sleepwalk with Me

as Uncle Max

2011
Person of Interest

as Sheriff Landry

2009
G-Force

as Grandpa Goodman

2007
Knocked Up

as Dr. Howard

2006
For Your Consideration

as Nominee Ben Connelly

2005
Elizabethtown

as Uncle Dale

2004
The Aviator

as Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2

2003
Big Fish

as Beamen

2001
According to Jim

as Minister

2001
Undeclared

as Hal Karp

2000
28 Days

as Guitar Guy

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Musical Guest

1991
Soldier Soldier

as Norman

1989
Jacknife

as Ferretti

1985
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

1975
1972
M*A*S*H

as Capt. Calvin Spalding

Sound

2016
I Had a Dream

as Music Producer

2016
I Had a Dream

as Musician

2007
Knocked Up

as Original Music Composer