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Owen is left handed.
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At the end of August 2007, Owen was hospitalized after attempting to commit suicide.
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On February 18, 2007, Owen met up with
Kate Hudson on the Gold Coast in Queensland, where
Kate is finishing up filming
Fool's Gold. Owen angrily swore and jostled a photographer as the pair left a cinema complex at Pacific Fair shopping centre.
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Owen owns an Australian Cattle dog named Garcia. He brings Garcia to his film sets and the dog became fast friends with his movie co-stars Jacky Chan (in
Shanghai Noon) and
Vince Vaughn(in
Wedding Crashers).
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Owen was the best man at his older brother Andrew's wedding.
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Owen is a fan of the Football Association's Chelsea FC.
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Owen is of Irish descent.
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Owen's nickname is "O."
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Owen was a presenter at the 2006 Academy Awards.
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Owen is a big fan of Winston Churchill.
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Owen has described himself as "moody."
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Owen has never taken any acting classes.
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Owen admitted to having a crush on Jane Seymour, his Wedding Crashers co-star.
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Owen, his brother
Luke Wilson, and Wes Anderson used to live in the same house together. Now
Luke and Owen live in California and Wes lives in New York.
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Owen co-write the script for the movie Rushmore, with Wes Anderson.
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Owen won the MTV Movie Award's ' Best Kiss' for Starsky & Hutch, in 2004.
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Owen's recent box-office hit, Wedding Crashers, is now available on DVD. There is an unrated version; they've called it "Uncorked."
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Owen loves watersports like bodysurfing and swimming.
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Owen loves the movies Punch Drunk Love, Breathless, and Scarface.
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It was Owen's decision to go to military school.
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Owen had always said that he'd never wear sunglasses indoors, but now he does. Guess Hollywood got to him!
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Owen had his first crush on his father's secretary, a woman named Jackie.
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Owen's favorite type of car is a Cadillac.
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In The Royal Tenenbaums, Owen goes to a wedding an Indian paint design on his face, just like in Zoolander where his character had a picture taken, wearing the exact same Indian paint design.
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Owen received much deserved attention in the cult indie film
Bottle Rocket. He wrote the film, and starred in it with his brother
Luke Wilson.
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Owen is good friends with famed director Wes Craven. They have worked together on several movies, including Owen's first, Bottle Rocket.
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Owen's crooked nose, which has been broken multiple times, is his trademark.
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Owen was not baptized as a child, but he became Catholic later on, as an adult. He is currently a practicing Catholic.
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Owen was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Original Screenplay" for his hit The Royal Tenenbaums.
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In 10th grade, Owen was expelled from high school because he was caught stealing his teacher's textbook in order to help him finish his math homework faster.
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During the filiming of The Haunting, Owen had to get stiches for a cut on his chin.
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Owen was nominated "Stoner of the Year" by High Times Magazine in 2004.
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Owen's height is 5' 11".
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Owen's salaries:
Starsky & Hutch $10,000,000
Behind Enemy Lines $3,000,000
Zoolander $2,000,000
Shanghai Noon $4,000,000
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Owen graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with an English degree.