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Patrick Wilson

Born 1973-07-03
📍 Norfolk, Virginia, USA

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).

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Filmography 79

Cape Fear
as Tom Bowden
2026
Run Amok
as Mr. Shelby
2026
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2025
Jay Kelly
as Ben Alcock
2025
The Conjuring: Last Rites
as Ed Warren
2025
Millers in Marriage
as Scott
2024
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert
as Self
2024
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
as Orm
2023
The Nun II
as Ed Warren
2023
Insidious: The Red Door
as Josh Lambert
2023
Moonfall
as Brian Harper
2022
Show of Titles
as "Oklahoma!" Performer
2021
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
as Ed Warren
2021
The Joy is in the Work: Remembering Ann Reinking
as Self
2021
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
as Self
2020
Dead Talk Live
as Self - Guest
2020
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
The Assistant
as Man In Elevator (uncredited)
2020
Midway
as Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton
2019
In the Tall Grass
as Ross Humboldt
2019
Annabelle Comes Home
as Ed Warren
2019
The Other Two
as Patrick Wilson
2019
Aquaman
as King Orm Marius / Ocean Master
2018
The Nun
as Ed Warren
2018
Nightmare Cinema
as Eric Sr.
2018
Every Act of Life
as Self
2018
The Commuter
as Alex Murphy
2018
Insidious: The Last Key
as Josh Lambert
2018
The Hollow Point
as Wallace
2016
A Kind of Murder
as Walter Stackhouse
2016
The Founder
as Rollie Smith
2016
The Conjuring 2
as Ed Warren
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as POTUS (voice)
2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
as Self
2016
Bone Tomahawk
as Arthur O'Dwyer
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
Zipper
as Sam Ellis
2015
Home Sweet Hell
as Don Champagne
2015
Let's Kill Ward's Wife
as David
2014
Stretch
as Stretch
2014
Big Stone Gap
as Jack MacChesney
2014
Space Station 76
as Captain Glenn
2014
Fargo
as Lou Solverson
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
Jack Strong
as Daniel
2014
Insidious: Chapter 2
as Josh Lambert
2013
The Conjuring
as Ed Warren
2013
Teen Titans Go!
as Patrick Wilson (voice)
2013
Prometheus
as Shaw's Father
2012
Girls
as Joshua
2012
Young Adult
as Buddy Slade
2011
A Gifted Man
as Michael Holt
2011
The Ledge
as Joe Harris
2011
Insidious
as Josh Lambert
2011
Life in Flight
as Will
2010
Morning Glory
as Adam Bennett
2010
The Switch
as Roland
2010
The A-Team
as Lynch
2010
Barry Munday
as Barry Munday
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Watchmen
as Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
2009
Passengers
as Eric
2008
Lakeview Terrace
as Chris Mattson
2008
Evening
as Harris Arden
2007
Purple Violets
as Brian Callahan
2007
Brothers Three: An American Gothic
as Peter
2007
Running with Scissors
as Michael Shephard
2006
Little Children
as Brad Adamson
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
2006
Hard Candy
as Jeff Kohlver
2005
The Phantom of the Opera
as Raoul
2004
The Alamo
as William Travis
2004
Angels in America
as Joe Pitt
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter
1992
The Simpsons
as Patrick Wilson (voice)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
Chocolate Rain: The Tay Zonday Story
as Chad Hurley