Born and raised in Texas

Co-wrote and co-starred with older brother Andrew and younger brother Luke in the short film "Bottle Rocket," directed by college pal Wes Anderson

Co-starred (with brother Luke) and co-scripted (with Anderson) the feature version of "Bottle Rocket"

Had small role in Ben Stiller's "The Cable Guy"

Acted in the Amazonian action thriller "Anaconda"

Served as associate producer of Brooks' Oscar-nominated "As Good As It Gets"

Appeared as one of the oil drillers sent to outer space to stop an oncoming asteroid in "Armageddon"

Played small supporting role in "Permanent Midnight," starring Ben Stiller

With Anderson, co-wrote and produced the comedy-drama "Rushmore," starring Bill Murray

Played a charming serial killer in "The Minus Man"

Co-starred with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Lili Taylor in the remake "The Haunting"

Featured in Alan Rudolph's poorly received "Breakfast of Champions"

Starred with Jackie Chan in the Old West-set buddy actioner "Shanghai Noon"

Featured in Jay Roach's black comedy "Meet the Parents," starring Stiller and Robert De Niro

Reteamed with Ben Stiller to play a vacuous male Model rival to Stiller's titular "Zoolander"

Starred opposite Gene Hackman in the war-themed drama "Behind Enemy Lines"

With Anderson, penned the screenplay for "The Royal Tenenbaums"; also co-starred with Luke Wilson and Ben Stiller

Paired with Eddie Murphy for the feature adaptation of the action comedy "I Spy"

Reteamed with Chan in the sequel "Shanghai Knights"

Starred as a con man in the comedy "The Big Bounce" with Morgan Freeman

Cast alongside Ben Stiller as Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson in the big screen version of the 1970s cop series "Starsky and Hutch"

Cast as Wilbur Wright in the Disney live action feature "Around the World in 80 Days"

Co-starred in Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" with Bill Murray and Cate Blanchett

Set to star opposite Vince Vaughn in "Wedding Crashers" about two friends who crash weddings to pick up women

Voiced Lightning McQueen in the animated feature "Cars"

Cast as Matt Dillon's best man in the comedy "You, Me and Dupree"

Re-teamed with Ben Stiller in the action-adventure-comedy "Night at the Museum"

Co-starred with brother Luke in "The Wendell Baker Story," a film co-directed by brothers Luke and Andrew Wilson; also penned by Luke

Reunited with director Wes Anderson on "The Darjeeling Limited"

Played a bodyguard for hire in the comedy, "Drillbit Taylor"

Set to star opposite Jennifer Aniston in "Marley & Me" (lensed 2008)