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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

38

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-09-05 (79 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

Acting

Big Fish

2003

Big Fish

as

Beamen

Elizabethtown

2005

Elizabethtown

as

Uncle Dale

Knocked Up

2007

Knocked Up

as

Dr. Howard

G-Force

2009

G-Force

as

Grandpa Goodman

For Your Consideration

2006

For Your Consideration

as

Nominee Ben Connelly

Sleepwalk with Me

2012

Sleepwalk with Me

as

Uncle Max

Jacknife

1989

Jacknife

as

Ferretti

28 Days

2000

28 Days

as

Guitar Guy

The Aviator

2004

The Aviator

as

Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2

We Only Know So Much

2018

We Only Know So Much

as

Theodore Copeland

True Story

2015

True Story

as

Older Man

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

as

Capt. Calvin Spalding

Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal

as

Jerome Trouper

Undeclared

Undeclared

as

Hal Karp

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as

Self - Musical Guest

Mosaic

Mosaic

as

Dennis Klein

Mosaic

Mosaic

as

Casey Delacroix / Dennis Klein

Person of Interest

Person of Interest

as

Sheriff Landry

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as

Self - Musical Guest

Production

Crew

Directing