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Loudon Wainwright III

Acting

Born September 5, 1946 · Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Also known as Loudon Snowden Wainwright III · Loudon Wainwright

Biography

Loudon Snowden Wainwright III 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.

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Filmography29 titles

Person of Interest

2011as Sheriff Landry

Parks and Recreation

2009as Barry

M*A*S*H

1972as Capt. Calvin Spalding

Big Fish

2003as Beamen

Carol & the End of the World

2023as (voice)

The Aviator

2004as Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2

Diary of a Young Comic

1979Music

Soldier Soldier

1991as Norman

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Musical Guest

Grounded for Life

2001as Dr. Weidlinger

Mosaic

2018as Casey Delacroix / Dennis Klein

Sleepwalk with Me

2012as Uncle Max

According to Jim

2001as Minister

Ally McBeal

1997as Jerome Trouper

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

2005as Priest

Jacknife

1989as Ferretti

True Story

2015as Older Man

Knocked Up

2007as Dr. Howard

Austin City Limits

1975as Self

Elizabethtown

2005as Uncle Dale

28 Days

2000as Guitar Guy

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self

Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin

2018Music, Writer

For Your Consideration

2006as Nominee Ben Connelly

G-Force

2009as Grandpa Goodman

We Only Know So Much

2018as Theodore Copeland

No Pay, Nudity

2016as Brian Grant

The Slugger's Wife

1985as Gary

Certainty

2011as Tom