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Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Wainwright III

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

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
Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin poster
Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin
2018
We Only Know So Much poster
We Only Know So Much
2018 • Theodore Copeland
No Pay, Nudity poster
No Pay, Nudity
2016 • Brian Grant
I Had a Dream poster
I Had a Dream
2016
True Story poster
True Story
2015 • Older Man
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Pleased to Meet Me
2013 • Eric
Sleepwalk with Me poster
Sleepwalk with Me
2012 • Uncle Max
Certainty poster
Certainty
2011 • Tom
G-Force poster
G-Force
2009 • Grandpa Goodman
Knocked Up poster
Knocked Up
2007 • Dr. Howard
For Your Consideration poster
For Your Consideration
2006 • Nominee Ben Connelly
Elizabethtown poster
Elizabethtown
2005 • Uncle Dale
The 40 Year Old Virgin poster
The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005 • Priest
The Aviator poster
The Aviator
2004 • Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2
Big Fish poster
Big Fish
2003 • Beamen
28 Days poster
28 Days
2000 • Guitar Guy
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The McGarrigle Hour
1999 • self
One Man Guy poster
One Man Guy
1993 • Self
Jacknife poster
Jacknife
1989 • Ferretti
The Slugger's Wife poster
The Slugger's Wife
1985 • Gary
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The Videographers
— • Robin