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