Actor info
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Name :
Patrick Wilson
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Born :
July 3, 1973 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA (53 years old)
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
64 films (2004–2026)
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Also known as :
Patrick Joseph Wilson
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Biography
Patrick Joseph Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an American actor, director, and singer. He began his career in 1995, starring in Broadway musicals. He is a two-time Tony Award nominee for his roles in The Full Monty (2000–2001) and Oklahoma! (2002). He co-starred in the acclaimed HBO miniseries Angels in America (2003), for which he was nominated for both the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. Wilson has also appeared in films such as The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Hard Candy (2005), Little Children (2006), Watchmen (2009), Insidious (2010), The A-Team (2010), Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), and as demonologist Ed Warren in the Conjuring Universe (2013–present). He has earned a reputation as a "scream king" due to his frequent casting in horror films. On television, Wilson starred in the CBS drama series A Gifted Man (2011–2012) and as Lou Solverson in the second season of FX's anthology series Fargo (2015), for which he received a second Golden Globe Award nomination. In the DC Extended Universe, he portrayed Orm Marius / Ocean Master in the superhero film Aquaman (2018) and voiced the U.S. President in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Patrick Wilson (American actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Notable films
- The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) as Ed Warren
- Bone Tomahawk (2015) as Arthur O'Dwyer
- The Conjuring (2013) as Ed Warren
- Prometheus (2012) as Shaw's Father
- Watchmen (2009) as Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
