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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 5, 1946
Place of Birth
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Also Known As
- Loudon Snowden Wainwright III
- Loudon Wainwright
Loudon Wainwright III
0.5 Popularity
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
7.5
(voice)
Carol & the End of the World
2023
6.0
Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin
2018
5.1
Theodore Copeland
We Only Know So Much
2018
6.6
Dennis Klein
Mosaic
2018
6.6
Casey Delacroix / Dennis Klein
Mosaic
2018
0.0
I Had a Dream
2016
6.3
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.3
Older Man
True Story
2015
🎬
3.1
Eric
Pleased to Meet Me
2013
6.5
Uncle Max
Sleepwalk with Me
2012
Credits
Carol & the End of the World
as (voice)
2023
7.5
Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin
2018
6.0
We Only Know So Much
as Theodore Copeland
2018
5.1
Mosaic
as Dennis Klein
2018
6.6
Mosaic
as Casey Delacroix / Dennis Klein
2018
6.6
I Had a Dream
2016
0.0
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.3
True Story
as Older Man
2015
6.3
🎬
Pleased to Meet Me
as Eric
2013
3.1
Sleepwalk with Me
as Uncle Max
2012
6.5
Person of Interest
as Sheriff Landry
2011
8.1
Certainty
as Tom
2011
0.0
G-Force
as Grandpa Goodman
2009
5.5
Parks and Recreation
as Barry
2009
8.0
Knocked Up
as Dr. Howard
2007
6.3
For Your Consideration
as Nominee Ben Connelly
2006
5.8
Elizabethtown
as Uncle Dale
2005
6.2
The 40 Year Old Virgin
as Priest
2005
6.4
The Aviator
as Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2
2004
7.2
Big Fish
as Beamen
2003
7.8
According to Jim
as Minister
2001
6.5
Undeclared
as Hal Karp
2001
7.4
Grounded for Life
2001
6.9
28 Days
as Guitar Guy
2000
6.2
Ally McBeal
as Jerome Trouper
1997
6.6
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest
1993
7.2
Soldier Soldier
as Norman
1991
6.4
Jacknife
as Ferretti
1989
6.3
The Slugger's Wife
as Gary
1985
3.4
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
6.9
Austin City Limits
as Self
1975
6.2
M*A*S*H
as Capt. Calvin Spalding
1972
7.9
The Old Grey Whistle Test
1971
7.5