owen thomas wexford

full name  owen thomas wexford birthdate / age  january 20th, 1980 (35) birthplace  toronto, on current residence  telluride, co occupation  actor status  you're a stone fox miscellaneous  agnostic / aquarius /  ESFP
   biography
 "I'm not sure why I ever expected better from you" is the most hurtful thing anyone has ever said to Owen Wexford. It came from his mother, who has since apologized, and then apologized again and again. She has been forgiven. It is quite understandable to him how the events of his early adulthood would cause anyone to lose their remaining faith in him. Broke at 21 and living in the sportscar, the price of which was responsible for his eviction, and subsequent occupancy of his car, Owen was a spectacular failure.

 His parents were good ones, ones that could provide more and more of it than most others were able. They were caring, nurturing, and encouraging of his many endeavors. All they hoped in return was that he would get a degree and behave in a way that would make them proud; essentially, just not grow up be a useless rich kid shithead. And he almost managed to. The problem (other than an alarmingly early and severe diagnosis of ADHD, as is always the case with these types), his parents would surmise, was that they had been too encouraging of this acting thing they thought he'd have grown out of by high school. He didn't.

 Though teachers may have hated him, Owen was the kind of kid parents loved. Chatty, charming, and and unfailingly polite, he had the air of a politician about him early on. His parents had raised him well. He was respectful to his elders, he was never mean to girls or little siblings, and once, when the neighborhood psycho was terrorizing a cat, Owen snuck up behind him with a stick and switched him so hard in the calves that he pissed himself. Everyone knew him, most liked him, and when he got older and his star rose, citizens of his city and country felt proud to call him one of their own. These days, he is the embodiment of humble Canadian celebrity one would imagine would always have laughs and a cold beer ready for you and your buddies. It just took some time and life experience to get there.

 At ten years old, little Owen's career began when he landed a spot on Are You Afraid Of The Dark?, which filmed locally. Suddenly, he was the coolest motherfucker in middle school, and he acted like it. Two years later, his character's story had come to an end, but his harmless-but-infuriating classroom antics hadn't. When Disney was calling, his school's faculty begged him to answer. Anything to get this proto-Bieber asshole out the door.

 In between positions anyway, Owen's father agreed to take two years off to supervise his son in Orlando. A professor by trade, he kept Owen's correspondence schooling on track. Perhaps a little too on track. Perhaps a little dictatorly for a free spirit who just wanted to enjoy spending sunny winter days (something completely foreign to him as a Canadian) hanging around a pool with Britney Spears. This caused a friction between them which had never been there before. Owen and the doctor severed their professional relationship before his senior year, at which time he announced he would be returning to Canada, but not to finish his schooling - to shoot a show about a high school on a cruise ship, in fact. It was as ridiculous as it sounds, but at eighteen, he was free to be ridiculous. He'd never seen anyone so furious.

 He moved to LA that year, making ends meet however he could. Now that he was legally allowed to be cute, this was Abercrombie & Fitch ads and completely shit roles about cool mean football players with few (though noteworthy) exceptions. Nobody remembered the latter. He became crippled by typecasting to the extent that he was openly scoffed at when he went to auditions for more diverse roles, and eventually, his agents stopped sending him to them. It was getting embarrassing.

 Being too handsome to be taken seriously is a wonderful problem to have, but it wasn't fulfilling or paying the bills. Owen floundered for a while, and he got a little bitter about it all. Around this time was the infamous Y2K Jag incident. His performance in Life As A House, which had required a drastic alteration of his appearance, had been nominated for Golden Globe and SAG Awards. He'd thought he'd finally made it, but he was young and thin-skinned and unprepared for the onslaught of shit talk about the "undeserving pretty boy" who "probably sucked a dude off" to get it. So he was mad and kinda drunk and bought a car, which realistically, he wouldn't be able to afford for several years. He sold it a weekend later to get a new place. Life As A Car. Dude, Where's My House?

 He kept on for several more years. By 2006, when nobody had seen Brick, but were still making jokes about Pearl Harbor, he felt that he couldn't do so any longer. He was a good kid. Misguided, stupid, and hubristic, yes, but good. The dumb things he did never hurt anyone, and his only real offense was being too sheltered to realize how good he'd had it. Now, though, in his mid-twenties, when his siblings and high school friends were getting promotions and advanced degrees, did he realize how badly he'd fucked up. He was a joke, and, worst of all, one with a punch line that nobody had ever heard of. With what he had left, he went traveling before making his humble way home.

 During his travels, he'd met his idol, actor Cal Valentino. It was he whose levity and good humor put an end to his twentysomething backpacking white boy angst. He recognized his talent (he'd seen Brick! In theaters!), and encouraged him to keep going forth. And also, to get over himself. He kept traveling for a while in the hopes of achieving that. The two kept in touch.

 Valentino wrote a part based on him in his upcoming film, Tropic Thunder. He'd never imagined that he'd also ask him to play that part, but he did, and doing so set a precedent for the rest of his career. He thrived in comedy, which, having forced himself into roles that didn't fit him, he'd never known. Ironically, being funny got him taken seriously. On the heels of this was a record year with 127 Hours, Crazy Stupid Love, and The Ides of March. His stunt at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards set back some of the progress he'd made in becoming a Real Actor (tm), but he has become a household name nonetheless, finding success in comedy and drama - wherever he can find it, really. These days, he is considered to be likeable, charming, and humble by audiences. Growing up has done wonders for him.

 In 2014, he left Los Angeles for a secluded ranch property outside Telluride, Colorado. Having achieved meme status, going places without getting mobbed was becoming an issue, and the Hollywood lifestyle wasn't for him anymore. On the ranch, he spends his time hiking, biking, fishing, and woodworking alongside his two dogs and the pregnant cat who recently wandered onto his property and won't leave.

   film
???? 23 Jump Street
... Jenko/producer 2016 The Big Short
... Greg Lippmann 2016 Untitled Oliver Stone Project
... Edward Snowden 2015 The Little Prince
... The Fox (voice) 2015 Untitled Christmas Eve Project
... Joseph Gordon-Levitt's role 2015 The Revenant
... John Fitzgerald 2015 Jurassic World
... Owen 2014 Into The Woods
... Cinderella's prince 2014 Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
... Johnny 2014 22 Jump Street
... Jenko/producer 2013 Her
... Paul 2013 Side Effects
... Martin Taylor 2013 Gangster Squad
... Sgt. Jerry Wooters 2012 The Hunger Games
... Seneca Crane 2012 21 Jump Street
... Jenko/executive producer 2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love
... Jacob Palmer 2011 The Ides Of March
... Stephen Meyers 2010 127 Hours
... Aron Ralston 2010 Inception
... Arthur 2009 (500) Days of Summer
... Tom Hansen 2008 Pineapple Express
... Saul Silver 2008 Tropic Thunder
... Kevin Sandusky 2006 The Wicker Man
... Bar Guy #1 2006 Tristan + Isolde
... Tristan 2005 Brick
... Brendan 2005 Wedding Crashers
... Todd Cleary 2004 The Village
... Christop Crane 2003 Shattered Glass
... Stephen Glass 2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
... Tom Sawyer 2003 Freaky Friday
... Jake 2002 A Walk To Remember
... Landon Carter 2002 The Rules of Attraction
... Sean Bateman 2001 Life As A House
... Sam Monroe 2001 Pearl Harbor
... Capt. Danny Walker 2001 Ghost World
... Josh 2000 Dude, Where's My Car?
... Jesse Montgomery III 2000 Whatever It Takes
... Ryan 2000 Dracula 2000
... JT 1999 The Virgin Suicides
... Trip Fontaine 1999 10 Things I Hate About You
... Joey Donner
   television 2013 The Mindy Project
... Dr. Paul Leotard (2 episodes) 2011 83rd Annual Academy Awards
... Host 2011 Man Vs. Wild
... Jake Gyllenhaal's appearance 2010 30 Rock
... James Franco's role (1 episode) 2009 Community
... Vaughn (4 episodes) 1999-00 Freaks and Geeks
... Daniel Desario 1997-98 Breaker High
... Sean Hanlon 1993-95 The All New Mickey Mouse Club
... Ryan Gosling's claim 1991-93 Are You Afraid Of The Dark?
... David
   music videos 2012 The Shoes - Time To Dance
... Director/Jake Gyllenhaal's role (link) 2010 Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
... Jake Gyllenhaal's role (link)
   web 2013 Bound 3
... Kanye West (link) 2012 Drunk History Christmas
... Pa Christmas (link)
   facts
• In November 2013, hepresented Canada and Australia in Walking With The Wounded's South Pole Allied Race alongside Prince Harry and Alexander Skarsgard.

• Has auditioned for and lost out on just about every superhero movie made in this millenium.

• Appeared on Abercrombie & Fitch shopping bags in 1999, and has only started to laugh with everyone at his embarassing early modeling career recently.

• Roomed in LA with his best friend and frequent collaborator, Brett Cohen from 1998 until 2006.

• Is still not clear as to why he, a Canadian actor who was struggling to perfect a general American accent, was ever cast as Tom Sawyer. But that happened.

• It took him fifteen years to express to Amelia Sheinfeld the feelings he'd had for her since The Virgin Suicides. In May 2014, they officially became a couple while shooting their next film together.

   family

MOTHER  Laura, 68
FATHER  Thomas, 65
SISTER  Catherine, 37
BROTHER  Andrew, 33
BROTHER  Paul, 31
SISTER  Maureen, 26

   storylines
played by jake gyllenhaal • wexford @ sundance • est, 18+ writer, ooc when necessary. • 3rd person, storybook, threading only. • original codingedits