Patrick Wilson Biography

Patrick Joseph Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an American actor and singer. Wilson has spent years singing lead roles in major Broadway musicals, beginning in 1996. In 2003, he appeared in the HBO mini-series Angels in America. Wilson has appeared in feature films such as The Alamo, The Phantom of the Opera, Little Children, Watchmen, The A-Team, The Ledge, Insidious and its sequel, and The Conjuring. He starred in the CBS drama A Gifted Man, which premiered in 2011 and was cancelled in 2012.

Early life

Wilson was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He is the son of Mary Kay Wilson, a voice teacher and professional singer, and John Wilson, a news anchor for WTVT in Tampa, Florida. Wilson's brother, Mark, also works as a news anchor and reporter for WTVT. He grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Career

Circa 2000, Wilson completed work on the film My Sister's Wedding, which has never been released. He sang "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady for Julie Andrews' awards ceremony when she received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001. He won critical acclaim for his performance in Mike Nichols' 2003 drama HBO mini-series Angels in America. He received both a Golden Globe nomination and an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He played Joe Pitt, a closeted Mormon Republican.

Wilson made his first film appearance in The Alamo in 2004. In the same year, Wilson appeared in the film musical The Phantom of the Opera as Raoul. In 2006, he had his first starring film role when he was cast as Brad Adamson in Todd Field's Little Children. The same year, he appeared in the Golden Globe-nominated Running With Scissors as Michael Shephard. In 2008, he starred in Neil LaBute's Lakeview Terrace. Wilson played Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II in Zack Snyder's 2009 film adaptation of the graphic novel Watchmen, gaining 25 pounds for the role after filming flashback scenes as the slimmer Nite Owl II. This film reunited Wilson with his Little Children co-star, Jackie Earle Haley.

On October 19, 2010, in Yankee Stadium, he sang "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series between the Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees. On November 20, 2010, in Yankee Stadium, he sang the United States National Anthem before the first football game in the new stadium, played between Army and Notre Dame. Wilson played the primary antagonist Lynch in 2010's The A-Team and co-stars with Rose Byrne in James Wan's horror film Insidious.

In May 2012, Wilson gave the Keynote address for his Alma Mater, Carnegie Mellon University, in which he spoke of his memories from childhood and through his career. May 26, 2012, Wilson and his brothers, Mark and Paul, performed a benefit concert for the "Paw For Patriots" in St. Petersburg, Florida. They raised over $25,000 and enabled five soldiers to each get a companion.

Personal life

On June 18, 2005, Wilson married Polish-American actress Dagmara Dominczyk, also a Carnegie Mellon graduate (he graduated in 1995 with a drama degree; she graduated in 1998). On June 23, 2006, Dominczyk gave birth to their son, Kalin Patrick Wilson. On August 9, 2009, they welcomed their second son, Kassian McCarrell Wilson. He currently lives in Montclair, New Jersey with his family.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	My Sister's Wedding	Quinn	Unreleased
2004	The Alamo	Lieutenant Colonel William B. Travis
2004	The Phantom of the Opera	Raoul, Le Vicomte de Chagny	Nominated " Satellite Award for Best Actor " Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
2005	Hard Candy	Jeff Kohlver
2006	Little Children	Brad Adamson	Nominated " Satellite Award for Best Actor " Motion Picture Drama
2006	Running with Scissors	Michael Shephard
2007	Evening	Harris Arden
2007	Purple Violets	Brian Callahan
2007	Brothers Three: An American Gothic	Peter
2008	Life in Flight	Will Sargent
2008	Lakeview Terrace	Chris Mattson
2008	Passengers	Eric Clark
2009	Watchmen	Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
2009	Barry Munday	Barry Munday
2010	The A-Team	Agent Vance Buress / Lynch
2010	The Switch	Roland
2010	Morning Glory	Adam Bennett
2011	Insidious	Josh Lambert	Nominated " Scream Award for Best Horror Actor
2011	The Ledge	Joe
2011	Young Adult	Buddy Slade
2012	Prometheus	Shaw's father
2013	The Conjuring	Ed Warren
2013	Insidious: Chapter 2	Josh Lambert
2013	Space Station 76	Captain Glenn Terry
2014	North of Hell
2014	Stretch		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Angels in America	Joe Pitt	Nominated " Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor " Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated " Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor " Miniseries or a Movie Nominated " Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor " Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2006	Tampa Bay: Living Legacy	Narrator
2007	Gap commercial
2011"2012	A Gifted Man	Dr. Michael Holt
2013	Girls	Joshua
2013	Chelsea Lately	Himself	guest star

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Miss Saigon	Chris	Understudy
1996	Carousel	Billy Bigelow	US national tour
1999	Bright Lights, Big City	Jamie	Nominated " Drama League Award Nominated " Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
1999	Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm	Ensemble	Nominated " Drama League Award
2000	Tenderloin	Broadway Encores! concert cast
2001	The Full Monty	Jerry Lukowski	Nominated " Drama League Award Nominated " Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical Nominated " Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
2002	Oklahoma!	Curly	Nominated " Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical Nominated " Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
2006	Barefoot in the Park	Paul Bratter
2008"2009	All My Sons	Chris Keller

Audiowork/CDs

Cast recordings

• Allegro (2009) (Studio cast recording)
• Bright Lights, Big City (2005) (Studio cast recording)
• The Full Monty (2001) (Original Broadway cast recording)
• Dreamgirls In Concert (as Film Executive) (2001 concert cast recording)
• Tenderloin (2000) (Encores concert cast recording)
• Lucky in the Rain (2000) (Studio cast recording)
• Terrence Mann's Romeo & Juliet: The Musical from William Shakespeare (1999)

Soundtracks

• The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

Audiobooks

• Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway (2006) (Simon & Schuster)
• The Ruins by Scott Smith (2006) (Simon & Schuster)

Miscellaneous

• Every Day is a Holiday (2009 Christmas album) by Mary McBride
• Lucky (2004 CD) by Gary Kline
• Broadway Cares: Home for the Holidays (2001 CD)
• The Dreams in You (2001 CD)