Born 1946 (age 79) · Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Appears in 37 titles

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.

Filmography

Big Fish
7.8
Big Fish
2003
as Beamen
The 40 Year Old Virgin
6.4
The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005
as Priest
The Aviator
7.2
The Aviator
2004
as Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2
Knocked Up
6.3
Knocked Up
2007
as Dr. Howard
True Story
6.3
True Story
2015
as Older Man
G-Force
5.5
G-Force
2009
as Grandpa Goodman
Elizabethtown
6.2
Elizabethtown
2005
as Uncle Dale
28 Days
6.2
28 Days
2000
as Guitar Guy
Sleepwalk with Me
6.5
Sleepwalk with Me
2012
as Uncle Max
For Your Consideration
5.8
For Your Consideration
2006
as Nominee Ben Connelly
Jacknife
6.3
Jacknife
1989
as Ferretti
The Slugger's Wife
3.6
The Slugger's Wife
1985
as Gary
We Only Know So Much
5.1
We Only Know So Much
2018
as Theodore Copeland
3.1
Pleased to Meet Me
2013
as Eric
No Pay, Nudity
4.0
No Pay, Nudity
2016
as Brian Grant
I Had a Dream
I Had a Dream
2016
Certainty
Certainty
2011
as Tom
The McGarrigle Hour
1999
as self
The Videographers
as Robin