HE HAS HAD A LONG ASSOCIATION WITH FILMMAKER WES ANDERSON, HAVING SHARED CO-WRITING AND ACTING CREDITS FOR ‘BOTTLE ROCKET’ (1996) AND THE ‘THE ROYAL TENEBAUMS’ (2001). HISLEADING PERFORMANCE DIDN’T COME UNTIL THE RELEASE OF ‘THE DARJEELING LIMITED’ (2007), WHICH HE CO-ACTED WITH ADRIEN BRODY AND HIS REAL LIFE BROTHER LUKE WILSON. HE PLAYS ELI CASH IN ‘THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS’, THE SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR OF WESTERN NOVELS WITH A DRUG PROBLEM, AND AS ANDERSON HAS STATED THE CHARACTER IS BASED ON CORMAC MCARTHY AND JAY MCINENY. TO DATE HE HAS BEEN IN SIX OF WES ANDERSONS FILMS.