
Loudon Wainwright III
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2023
Carol & the End of the World as (voice)
2018Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin
2018We Only Know So Much as Theodore Copeland
2018Mosaic as Dennis Klein
2018Mosaic as Casey Delacroix / Dennis Klein
2016No Pay, Nudity as Brian Grant
2016I Had a Dream
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015True Story as Older Man
2013Pleased to Meet Me as Eric
2012Sleepwalk with Me as Uncle Max
2011Person of Interest as Sheriff Landry
2011Certainty as Tom
2009G-Force as Grandpa Goodman
2009Parks and Recreation as Barry
2007Knocked Up as Dr. Howard
2006For Your Consideration as Nominee Ben Connelly
2005Elizabethtown as Uncle Dale
2005The 40 Year Old Virgin as Priest
2004The Aviator as Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2
2003Big Fish as Beamen
2001According to Jim as Minister
2001Undeclared as Hal Karp
2001Grounded for Life
200028 Days as Guitar Guy
1999The McGarrigle Hour as self
1997Ally McBeal as Jerome Trouper
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Musical Guest
1993One Man Guy as Self
1991Soldier Soldier as Norman
1989Jacknife as Ferretti
1985The Slugger's Wife as Gary
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
1975Austin City Limits as Self
1972M*A*S*H as Capt. Calvin Spalding
1971The Old Grey Whistle Test
—The Videographers as Robin









