Owen Wilson: Family, age and everything you need to know about SNL host

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The new season of Saturday Night Live begins this weekend with Owen Wilson set to host the first episode of the 47th season. Last year, Wilson revealed why he’s never hosted the show before, saying: “I get really nervous with public speaking” on former SNL cast member Kevin Nealon’s YouTube series Hiking with Kevin. He continued: “I’ve never done any of those commencement addresses or Saturday Night Live just because I get too nervous.” Wilson’s breakthrough role came in 1996’s Bottle Rocket, which he wrote alongside filmmaker Wes Anderson, who was later to become one of Wilson’s most frequent artistic collaborators. Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson In 2011, Wilson earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for his turn as Gil Pender in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris and he gained further acclaim for his role in Paul Thomas Anderson’s film, Inherent Vice.