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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-09-05 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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

Acting

2023

2018

We Only Know So Much as Theodore Copeland
Mosaic as Dennis Klein
Mosaic as Casey Delacroix / Dennis Klein

2016

2015

True Story as Older Man

2013

2012

Sleepwalk with Me as Uncle Max

2011

Certainty as Tom
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
Undeclared as Hal Karp

2000

28 Days as Guitar Guy

1997

Ally McBeal as Jerome Trouper

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

1972

M*A*S*H as Capt. Calvin Spalding

1971

Sound

2016

I Had a Dream as Music Producer
I Had a Dream as Musician

2007

Knocked Up as Original Music Composer

Writing