The 10 Actors Wes Anderson Uses the Most

Lots of directors have a particular actor they work with a lot, but Wes Anderson has a whole stable of them. Bill Murray has played a professor and an underseas explorer, Luke Wilson has been a tennis pro and an OR doctor, and Jason Schwartzman has portrayed a lovesick teen and a scout master. In celebration of the upcoming release of The Grand Budapest Hotel, we're looking back at all the familiar faces from the director's movies.

01
Bill Murray

Bill Murray

With seven film collaborations, Murray and Anderson are one of the greatest actor-director teams in Hollywood. Starting with Rushmore, Murray has had parts in The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Moonrise Kingdom. Plus, we get to see him again in The Grand Budapest Hotel.

02
Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson

Behind Bill Murray, Wilson is the runner-up for most collaborations with the director. The two met in college and cowrote Bottle Rocket, which was also Wilson's first film role ever. Since then, he's had parts in The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

03
Jason Schwartzman

Jason Schwartzman

Schwartzman has been in a number of collaborations with Anderson, including the actor's very first film role as Max Fischer in 1998's Rushmore. Since then, he's had parts in The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, and the upcoming The Grand Budapest Hotel.

04
Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston

Huston's most memorable Anderson role is probably the matriarch in The Royal Tenenbaums. Since then, she's starred in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou as Eleanor Zissou and The Darjeeling Limited as Sister Patricia Whitman.

05
Luke Wilson

Luke Wilson

Luke Wilson starred in Anderson's first film project, 1996's Bottle Rocket. He also had a smaller part in Rushmore ("These are OR scrubs," anyone?) and he portrayed tennis pro Richie in The Royal Tenenbaums.

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06
Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

Brody has had roles in a total of three Anderson movies, including Peter in The Darjeeling Limited and the voice of Field Mouse in Fantastic Mr. Fox. He plays the evil Dmitri in The Grand Budapest Hotel.

07
Edward Norton

Edward Norton

Norton joined the Anderson universe in 2012's Moonrise Kingdom as Scout Master Ward. He's returning for The Grand Budapest Hotel as Henckels, the police chief.

08
Jeff Goldblum
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Searchlight Pictures

Jeff Goldblum

Anderson fans might remember Goldblum as Alistair from The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, and he'll reappear as Deputy Kovacs, the executor of Madame D.'s will in The Grand Budapest Hotel.

09
Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton joined Anderson's club as a social services worker in Moonrise Kingdom, and she's returning as the ill-fated Madame D. in The Grand Budapest Hotel.

10
Willem Dafoe
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Searchlight Pictures

Willem Dafoe

Dafoe first appeared as Klaus in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. Years later, he lent his voice to Fantastic Mr. Fox as Rat, and he appears in The Grand Budapest Hotel as the cold-blooded villain, Jopling.