Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson

Known for
Acting
Born
July 3, 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
Norfolk, Virginia, USA

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.

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Filmography

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Karmic Knot poster

Karmic Knot

Movie · as (voice)

2026
Run Amok poster

Run Amok

Movie · as Mr. Shelby

2026
Cape Fear poster

Cape Fear

TV · as Tom Bowden · 10 eps

2026
TFI Unplugged poster

TFI Unplugged

TV · 1 ep

2025
The Conjuring: Last Rites poster

The Conjuring: Last Rites

Movie · as Ed Warren

2025
Jay Kelly poster

Jay Kelly

Movie · as Ben Alcock

2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies poster

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert poster

My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert

Movie · as Self

2024
Millers in Marriage poster

Millers in Marriage

Movie · as Scott

2024
Connor Ratliff Presents: The Acting Class poster

Connor Ratliff Presents: The Acting Class

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Insidious: The Red Door poster

Insidious: The Red Door

Movie · as Josh Lambert

2023
The Nun II poster

The Nun II

Movie · as Ed Warren

2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom poster

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Movie · as Orm

2022
Moonfall poster

Moonfall

Movie · as Brian Harper

2021
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It poster

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Movie · as Ed Warren

2021
The Joy is in the Work: Remembering Ann Reinking poster

The Joy is in the Work: Remembering Ann Reinking

Movie · as Self

2021
Show of Titles poster

Show of Titles

Movie · as "Oklahoma!" Performer

2020
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe poster

Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe

Movie · as Self

2020
The Men of Midway

The Men of Midway

Movie · as Self

2020
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission

Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission

Movie · as Self

2020
The Assistant poster

The Assistant

Movie · as Man In Elevator (uncredited)

2020
Dead Talk Live poster

Dead Talk Live

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2020
Stars in the House poster

Stars in the House

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
Annabelle Comes Home poster

Annabelle Comes Home

Movie · as Ed Warren

2019
Midway poster

Midway

Movie · as Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton

2019
In the Tall Grass poster

In the Tall Grass

Movie · as Ross Humboldt

2019
The Other Two poster

The Other Two

TV · as Patrick Wilson · 1 ep

2018
The Commuter poster

The Commuter

Movie · as Alex Murphy

2018
Aquaman poster

Aquaman

Movie · as King Orm Marius / Ocean Master

2018
Insidious: The Last Key poster

Insidious: The Last Key

Movie · as Josh Lambert (archival footage)

2018
Every Act of Life poster

Every Act of Life

Movie · as Self

2018
The Nun poster

The Nun

Movie · as Ed Warren

2018
Nightmare Cinema poster

Nightmare Cinema

Movie · as Eric Sr.

2016
The Conjuring 2 poster

The Conjuring 2

Movie · as Ed Warren

2016
The Hollow Point poster

The Hollow Point

Movie · as Wallace

2016
A Kind of Murder poster

A Kind of Murder

Movie · as Walter Stackhouse

2016
The Founder poster

The Founder

Movie · as Rollie Smith

2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice poster

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Movie · as POTUS (voice)

2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls poster

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

Movie · as Self

2015
Home Sweet Hell poster

Home Sweet Hell

Movie · as Don Champagne

2015
Zipper poster

Zipper

Movie · as Sam Ellis

2015
Bone Tomahawk poster

Bone Tomahawk

Movie · as Arthur O'Dwyer

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 2 eps

2014
Jack Strong poster

Jack Strong

Movie · as Daniel

2014
Space Station 76 poster

Space Station 76

Movie · as Captain Glenn

2014
Stretch poster

Stretch

Movie · as Stretch

2014
Let's Kill Ward's Wife poster

Let's Kill Ward's Wife

Movie · as David

2014
Big Stone Gap poster

Big Stone Gap

Movie · as Jack MacChesney

2014
Fargo poster

Fargo

TV · as Lou Solverson · 10 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

2013
Insidious: Chapter 2 poster

Insidious: Chapter 2

Movie · as Josh Lambert

2013
The Conjuring poster

The Conjuring

Movie · as Ed Warren

2013
Teen Titans Go! poster

Teen Titans Go!

TV · as Patrick Wilson (voice) · 1 ep

2012
Prometheus poster

Prometheus

Movie · as Shaw's Father

2012
Girls poster

Girls

TV · as Joshua · 1 ep

2011
The Ledge poster

The Ledge

Movie · as Joe Harris

2011
Insidious poster

Insidious

Movie · as Josh Lambert

2011
Young Adult poster

Young Adult

Movie · as Buddy Slade

2011
A Gifted Man poster

A Gifted Man

TV · as Michael Holt · 16 eps

2010
The A-Team poster

The A-Team

Movie · as Lynch

2010
Barry Munday poster

Barry Munday

Movie · as Barry Munday

2010
Morning Glory poster

Morning Glory

Movie · as Adam Bennett

2010
Life in Flight poster

Life in Flight

Movie · as Will

2010
The Switch poster

The Switch

Movie · as Roland

2009
Watchmen poster

Watchmen

Movie · as Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II

2009
Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes poster

Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes

Movie · as Self

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2008
Lakeview Terrace poster

Lakeview Terrace

Movie · as Chris Mattson

2008
Passengers poster

Passengers

Movie · as Eric

2007
Purple Violets poster

Purple Violets

Movie · as Brian Callahan

2007
Evening poster

Evening

Movie · as Harris Arden

2007
Brothers Three: An American Gothic poster

Brothers Three: An American Gothic

Movie · as Peter

2006
Little Children poster

Little Children

Movie · as Brad Adamson

2006
Hard Candy poster

Hard Candy

Movie · as Jeff Kohlver

2006
Running with Scissors poster

Running with Scissors

Movie · as Michael Shephard

2006
The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2004
The Alamo poster

The Alamo

Movie · as William Travis

2004
The Phantom of the Opera poster

The Phantom of the Opera

Movie · as Raoul

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2003
Angels in America poster

Angels in America

TV · as Joe Pitt · 6 eps

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Patrick Wilson (voice) · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep