Loudon Wainwright III
- Born
- September 5, 1946 · Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Actor
- music_department
- Composer
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.
Filmography · 13 credits
- 2018We Only Know So Much · Actor (Theodore Copeland)
- 2018Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin · Composer
- 2018Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin · Writer
- 2018Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin · Self (Self)
- 2012Sleepwalk with Me · Actor (Uncle Max)
- 2011Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna · Self (Self)
- 2010High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project · Composer
- 2007Knocked Up · Composer
- 2006The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose · Self (Self)
- 2005Elizabethtown · Actor (Uncle Dale)
- 2005Ever Since I Stole the Blues · Actor
- 1985The Slugger's Wife · Actor (Gary)
- —The Videographers · Actor (Robin)