Loudon Wainwright III

1946-09-05

•Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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 Movies

7.8

Big Fish

2003-12-25

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall ...

6.2

Elizabethtown

2005-10-14

Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make...

6.3

Knocked Up

2007-06-01

A slacker and a career-driven woman accidentally conceive a child after a one-night stand. As they t...

5.5

G-Force

2009-07-24

A team of trained secret agent animals, guinea pigs Darwin, Hurley, Juarez, Blaster, mole Speckles, ...

5.8

For Your Consideration

2006-11-17

The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the p...

6.4

The 40 Year Old Virgin

2005-08-11

Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics...

3.4

The Slugger's Wife

1985-03-29

Darryl Palmer is a major league baseball player who meets and pursues an attractive singer. After so...

6.5

Sleepwalk with Me

2012-08-24

A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, ...

Known For TV Shows

7.9

M*A*S*H

1972-09-17

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help ...

6.6

Ally McBeal

1997-09-08

Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves ...

6.5

According to Jim

2001-10-03

According to Jim is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role as a...

7.4

Undeclared

2001-09-25

College freshman Steve Karp, his girlfriend and their fellow dorm-mates embark on one the greatest e...

6.9

Grounded for Life

2001-01-10

Right out of high school, Sean Finnerty got his girlfriend Claudia pregnant. Now she’s his wife, and...

7.2

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993-09-13

Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far ...

8.0

Parks and Recreation

2009-04-09

In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat i...

7.5

The Old Grey Whistle Test

1971-09-21

The Old Grey Whistle Test is an influential BBC2 television music show that ran from 1971 to 1987. I...

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