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Birthday: Sep 05, 1946
Place of Birth: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Loudon Wainwright III

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
Movie Cast Year
Big Fish Beamen 2003
Elizabethtown Uncle Dale 2005
Knocked Up Dr. Howard 2007
G-Force Grandpa Goodman 2009
For Your Consideration Nominee Ben Connelly 2006
The 40 Year Old Virgin Priest 2005
Pleased to Meet Me Eric 2013
The Slugger's Wife Gary 1985
Sleepwalk with Me Uncle Max 2012
Jacknife Ferretti 1989
28 Days Guitar Guy 2000
The Aviator Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2 2004
Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin 2018
We Only Know So Much Theodore Copeland 2018
True Story Older Man 2015
I Had a Dream 2016
Series Cast Year
M*A*S*H Capt. Calvin Spalding 1972
Ally McBeal 1997
According to Jim Minister 2001
Undeclared Hal Karp 2001
Grounded for Life 2001
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Musical Guest 1993
Parks and Recreation Barry 2009
The Old Grey Whistle Test 1971
Austin City Limits Self 1975
Mosaic Dennis Klein 2018
Mosaic Casey Delacroix / Dennis Klein 2018
Person of Interest Sheriff Landry 2011
Carol & the End of the World (voice) 2023
Saturday Night Live Self - Musical Guest 1975
Soldier Soldier Norman 1991
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015
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