# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/loudon-wainwright-iii
# Generated: 2026-09-01T07:43:08.588Z

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name: "Loudon Wainwright III"
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description: "Loudon Snowden Wainwright III 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."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter, humorist, and actor"
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birthDate: "1946-09-05"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump