Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson
Wilson in November 2010
Born	Patrick Joseph Wilson (1973-07-03) July 3, 1973 (age 38) Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, singer
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Dagmara Dominczyk (2005–present); 2 children

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 more than 18 feature films, including The Alamo, The Phantom of the Opera with Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler, 2006's Little Children (opposite Kate Winslet), the 2009 film Watchmen, the 2010 film The A-Team, the 2011 film The Ledge, and Insidious among others. He has been nominated for several acting awards.

He starred in the CBS drama A Gifted Man, which began in fall 2011. In May 2012, the show was cancelled.

Personal life

Wilson was born in Norfolk, Virginia to Mary K. Wilson, a voice teacher and professional singer, and John Wilson, who works as news anchor for Fox affiliate WTVT in Tampa, Florida. John Wilson was news anchor at WAVY TV in Portsmouth, Virginia when Patrick was born. Patrick's brother, Mark, works at WTVT in Tampa, as a news anchor and reporter.^[1][2]

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).^[3] 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. The family currently lives in Montclair, NJ.

Career

Circa 2000, Wilson completed work on the film My Sister's Wedding, unreleased as of at least 2004.^[4]

Wilson 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 the sexually confused Joe Pitt, a Mormon Republican.

He next appeared in The Alamo in 2004. In the same year, Wilson appeared in the film musical The Phantom of the Opera.^[5] He starred as "Raoul" (Christine's childhood friend and love interest), singing alongside Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum. In 2006, he had his first star-billing film role when he was cast as Brad Adamson in Todd Field's Little Children opposite Kate Winslet. The same year, he appeared in the Golden Globe-nominated Running With Scissors as Michael Shephard.^[6]

In 2008, he starred in Neil LaBute's Lakeview Terrace, as Chris Mattson, opposite Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington and Jay Hernandez.

Wilson played Nite Owl II/Dan Dreiberg in Zack Snyder's 2009 film adaptation of the graphic novel Watchmen. For this role he had to gain 25 pounds^[7] after filming flashback scenes as the slimmer Nite Owl II. This film reunited Wilson with his Little Children co-star, Jackie Earle Haley.

He played the primary antagonist Lynch in 2010's The A-Team and co-stars with Rose Byrne in James Wan's horror film Insidious.^[8]

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.

Theatre credits

• Miss Saigon (Chris understudy)
• Carousel 1996 (National Tour – Billy Bigelow)
• Bright Lights, Big City 1999 (Off-Broadway – Jamie) (Drama League Award)
• Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm 1999 (Broadway – Ensemble) (Drama League Award)
• Tenderloin 2000 (Broadway Encores! Concert Cast)
• The Full Monty 2001 (Broadway – Jerry Lukowski) (Tony Award Nomination, Drama League Award)
• Oklahoma! (revival) 2002 (Broadway – Curly) (Tony Award nomination)
• Barefoot in the Park (revival) 2006 (Broadway – Paul Bratter)
• All My Sons (revival) 2008 (Broadway – Chris Keller; limited run 10/16/08-1/11/09)

Filmography

Commercials and television work

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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.

In 2004 he was a hockey player in Miracle

In 2006, Wilson narrated a PBS documentary Tampa Bay: Living Legacy, a one-hour film about Florida's largest open-water estuary. It aired in November 2006 in the Florida area.

In March 2007, Wilson appeared with his Evening costar Claire Danes in a television commercial for Gap in which the pair dances to the song "Anything You Can Do" from the musical Annie Get Your Gun.

In August 2007, Wilson appeared in an advertising campaign for "Broadway Across America", the theatrical brand of LiveNation, that was returning to St. Petersburg, Florida, following a decade-long absence. The campaign included a television commercial and associated billboards.

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.

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, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical

Audio Books

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

References

External links

• Patrick Wilson at the Internet Movie Database
• Patrick Wilson at the Internet Off-Broadway Database