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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.
As actor
Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin
We Only Know So Much
I Had a Dream
No Pay, Nudity
True Story
Pleased to Meet Me
Sleepwalk with Me
Certainty
G-Force
Knocked Up
For Your Consideration
Elizabethtown
The 40 Year Old Virgin
The Aviator
Big Fish
28 Days
The McGarrigle Hour
One Man Guy
Jacknife
The Slugger's Wife
The T.V. Show
The Videographers