His family is made up of his mother Laura cunnigham, a photographer and her father Robert Andrew Wilson, advertising executive and operator within a television network.
Throughout his childhood he was very attached to his brothers Luke Y Andrew and together they attended the Lamplighter School. When they reached adolescence, they all went to Saint Mark’s School of Texas from which he was expelled.
To finish her secondary studies, she went to New Mexico Military Institute, after which he urged his brothers to accompany him to Hollywood to get a career as an actor.
His beginning in the entertainment world was with the feature film “Bottle Rocket“, where he played the character Dignan and helped the director Wes anderson with the script. Shortly after, he would be his co-writer on “Rushmore”.
From that moment he began to work with a group of actors who called themselves “The Frat Pack”. These include Will ferrell, Ben stiller, Jack black, Vince vaughn And his brother Luke wilson.
Went with Ben stiller with whom he developed a great friendship and thanks to him he appeared in the film “The Cable Guy”, Sharing the scene with the great Jim Carrey and the poor and innocent Matthew broderick.
He then had some minor roles in “Anaconda“, with Jennifer Lopez ; “Armageddon“, next to Bruce Willis, Liv tyler Y Ben affleck and finally “The Haunting“, with the participation of Liam Neeson Y Catherine Zeta Jones.
After this series of feature films from the mid- ’90s, Owen reached his big starring role in the year 2000, sharing the scene with the great Jackie Chan, in the comic movie “Shanghai noon”.
Around the world this film reached a gross of approximately 100 million dollars, and his fame only rose the following year when he starred in “Zoolander” next to Ben stiller Y Will ferrell.
After having seen “Shanghai noon“, the actor Gene Hackman was very impressed by Owen’s acting ability, so he asked especially to be his stage partner in the dramatic “Behind Enemy Lines”.
Also in the 2001, the “Frat Pack”Wrote one of the most acclaimed comedies of the year:“The Royal Tenembaums”. It had an excellent cast, among them, Ben stiller, Gene Hackman, Bill murray, Anjelica huston, Gwyneth paltrow And his brother Luke wilson.
The film received a nomination for Academy Awards What Best Original Screenplay, while Owen played a drug addict who became a literary star out of nowhere.
Already in the 2002 returned to comedies for two, along with the wonderful Eddie murphy, in the remake of the television series “I spy”. Criticism itself was not very in favor of this production, but the public turned it into a box office success.
The following year he premiered again with Jackie Chan “Shanghai knights“, And this was followed by the successful”Starsky & hutch”, Sharing the poster with his great friend Ben stiller.
In the 2005, continuing with the productions of “The Frat Pack“, he joined to Vince vaughn to star in “The Wedding Crashers”That throughout the world received $ 200 million in profit.
Arrived on 2006 was part of the cast of voices of “Cars“, the movie of Disney and a short time later he starred in “You, Me and Dupree” next to Kate hudson Y Matt dillon. Towards the end of the year he also appeared in “Night at the Museum” with Ben stiller.
After “You, Me and Dupree”He started dating Kate hudson, after having gone through serious relationships with the actress Demi moore and with the singer Sheryl crow.
On May 2007 ended his relationship with Hudson, leaving him really very depressed. When he found out that she had found someone else to love, he decided to take his own life.
The August 26, 2007 your brothers Luke Y Andrew They found him lying in his apartment, dying. They immediately called 911 and hospitalized him at the Saint John’s Hospital, in the city of Santa Monica.
After his fortuitous recovery, he reappeared in public just the past 4th of October with the presentation of his latest film “The Darjeeling Limited”.