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Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Wainwright III

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 05, 1946 (78)
Birthplace Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Popularity 3 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 S ... kunk", 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

Filmography

We Only Know So Much

We Only Know So Much

2018

as Theodore Copeland

True Story

True Story

2015

as Older Man

Pleased to Meet Me

Pleased to Meet Me

2013

as Eric

Sleepwalk with Me

Sleepwalk with Me

2012

as Uncle Max

G-Force

G-Force

2009

as Grandpa Goodman

Knocked Up

Knocked Up

2007

as Dr. Howard

For Your Consideration

For Your Consideration

2006

as Nominee Ben Connelly

Elizabethtown

Elizabethtown

2005

as Uncle Dale

The 40 Year Old Virgin

The 40 Year Old Virgin

2005

as Priest

The Aviator

The Aviator

2004

as Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2

Big Fish

Big Fish

2003

as Beamen

28 Days

28 Days

2000

as Guitar Guy

Jacknife

Jacknife

1989

as Ferretti

The Slugger's Wife

The Slugger's Wife

1985

as Gary

Knocked Up

Knocked Up

2007

Original Music Composer

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Undeclared

as Hal Karp

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Sep 25, 2001

M*A*S*H

as Capt. Calvin Spalding

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 17, 1972

Carol & the End of the World

as (voice)

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 15, 2023

Ally McBeal

as Jerome Trouper

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 08, 1997

Parks and Recreation

as Barry

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 09, 2009

Mosaic

as Dennis Klein

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 22, 2018

According to Jim

as Minister

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 2001

Mosaic

as Casey Delacroix / Dennis Klein

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 2018

Person of Interest

as Sheriff Landry

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2011

Soldier Soldier

as Norman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 10, 1991

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Musical Guest

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 13, 1993

Grounded for Life

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 2001

The Old Grey Whistle Test

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1971

Austin City Limits

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1975

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 1975

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2015

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