Loudon Wainwright III

Born: 1946-09-05, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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.

Filmography

• Person of Interest (2011)
• According to Jim (2001)
• Grounded for Life (2001)
• Soldier Soldier (1991)
• The Aviator (2004)
• The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
• Big Fish (2003)
• Carol & the End of the World (2023)
• Knocked Up (2007)
• G-Force (2009)
• Undeclared (2001)
• True Story (2015)
• 28 Days (2000)
• Elizabethtown (2005)
• Jacknife (1989)
• For Your Consideration (2006)
• The Slugger's Wife (1985)
• We Only Know So Much (2018)
• No Pay, Nudity (2016)
• Sleepwalk with Me (2012)
• The T.V. Show (1979)
• Certainty (2011)
• I Had a Dream (2016)
• Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin (2018)