Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Wainwright III (78)

1946-09-05 | Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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.

On Movies

  • We Only Know So Much
  • I Had a Dream
  • True Story
  • Pleased to Meet Me
  • Sleepwalk with Me
  • Certainty
  • G-Force
  • Knocked Up
  • For Your Consideration
  • Elizabethtown
  • The 40 Year Old Virgin
  • The Aviator
  • Big Fish
  • 28 Days
  • Jacknife
  • The Slugger's Wife

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