Who are Wes Anderson's most-frequent collaborators?

Owen Wilson is the number-one collaborator of Anderson in more ways than one. He’s been in seven of Anderson’s films, but Wilson also co-wrote the first three Anderson movies. Hey, the two have been friends since college. They basically started their careers together.

If you recognize character actor Pallana, you are probably an Anderson fan. A longtime vaudeville performer and barnstormer, Pallana settled down in Texas later in life and then met Anderson and Owen Wilson at the café owned by his son Dipak. This led Pallana to appear in four of Anderson’s films before he died in 2013 at the age of 94.

First, shout out to Andrew Wilson, brother of Owen and Luke, who pops up in early Wes Anderson films as well. Luke, though, is one of the stars of “Bottle Rocket” and “The Royal Tenenbaums,” and he was also in “Rushmore.” It’s been a bit, but Luke was a key Anderson cog in the early days, so he has to make the cut.

Murray wasn’t in “Bottle Rocket,” but starting with “Rushmore” he went on quite the run. The legendary actor was in nine, yes nine, Anderson movies in a row. Now, they weren’t always big roles, and notably, he isn’t in “Asteroid City,” ending the streak.

Schwartzman owes his career to two things. One, his mom is Talia Shire. Two, Wes Anderson took a shine to him young and kept on working with him. Schwartzman broke through starring in “Rushmore,” and since then, the actor has appeared in six more Anderson movies. The cast of “Asteroid City” is absolutely stacked, and yet Schwartzman was the focal point of the first trailer!

Like Schwartzman, Huston comes from a family of Hollywood royalty (we didn’t mention Shire is Francis Ford Coppola’s sister). Huston, though, was an Oscar winner (and Morticia Addams!) before she ever stepped foot on an Anderson set. She’s been in five of Anderson’s movies, starting with a key role in “The Royal Tenenbaums.”

Dafoe can be as intense and scary as any dude on screen, and on occasion Anderson has tapped into that, though often in that heightened Anderson way where it is played for laughs. However, in movies like “The Florida Project,” Dafoe has shown he isn’t all eerie intensity. He’s actually quite funny in “The Life Aquatic,” his first Anderson role.

Goldblum is perfect for Anderson. In fact, in real life, he kind of feels like an Anderson character. He has yet to have a substantive role in one of the director’s movies, but “Asteroid City” is his fourth appearance in an Anderson film.

The youngest Best Actor winner of all time to date, Brody has perhaps not had the career some would have envisioned. Since then, the most notable thing he’s ever done is arguably getting banned from “Saturday Night Live.” He’s genuinely great in Anderson movies, though, and no director is better tuned into what he does well. Brody has five of the director’s films to his name, beginning with a starring role in “The Darjeeling Limited.”

Like Goldblum, Swinton is perfect for Anderson. She’s weird! She likes to do weird things. Swinton decked herself out in prosthetics and makeup in “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” and she gave perhaps the best turn in the episodic ensemble piece “The French Dispatch.”

Yes, Balaban is a character actor. He’s never had anything but a tertiary role in an Anderson movie. That being said, he’s been in five of Anderson’s movies in a row, and a quintet of appearances, particularly consecutively, means Balaban has to make the cut. Plus, he was good on “Seinfeld” back in the day.

Norton is, by reputation, one of the toughest actors for directors to get along with. Then again, so is Murray, and Murray was in nine Anderson movies. Heck, Anderson even got Bruce Willis to appear in “Moonrise Kingdom'' in a supporting role, and he would allegedly check out on any director he didn’t respect. This is all to say it seems Anderson earns the respect of some of the testiest personalities in Hollywood, and Norton has now appeared in five of his movies.

Keitel cut his teeth making movies with Martin Scorsese and Michael Cimino. He was in “Bad Lieutenant,” one of the grimmest movies ever made. Then, he popped up in “Moonrise Kingdom” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” in comedic roles. Anderson has made use of Keitel’s image and demeanor three times now.

McDormand has three Oscars and three Anderson appearances to her name. That’s quite a career! She had pivotal supporting roles in “Moonrise Kingdom” and “The French Dispatch,” including getting to play one of the writers with her own story section in the latter film. That put her in the mix with Swinton and Owen Wilson, both now Anderson royalty.

Another character actor, Stevens is making the cut out of quantity. He’s the most recent four-timer, with “Asteroid City” being his fourth Anderson in a row. Yeah, maybe that isn’t on the same level as playing the skateboarding villain in “Hackers,” but it’s pretty cool.

Revolori is only in three Andersons, but he is here nevertheless. One, he’s only 27. Let’s give him some time. Two, his first Anderson was “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” a movie where he is the co-lead with Ralph Fiennes. In fact, that was the young actor’s first role of any note. Anderson effectively discovered Revolori, and now he’s in the MCU.