Patrick Wilson
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
ALL ABOUT PATRICK WILSON
Full Name: Patrick Joseph Wilson
Date of Birth: 3 July 1973
Place of Birth: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Dagmara Dominczyk (18 June 2005 - present) 1 child
Family: Father, John Wilson. works in Tampa, Florida - Mother, Mary K Wilson - Sister-in-law, Marika Dominczyk - Son, Kalin Patrick Wilson. born June 23, 2006; mother is Dagmara Dominczyk
Fan Mail: Patrick Wilson
Creative Artists Agency
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
USA
Bio:
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Patrick Wilson grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida, where his father worked as a TV anchorman. Although he didn’t study singing with his voice teacher mom, Patrick sang with the choir she directed when he was in his teens. Active in sports as well, singing came first for Patrick and he often missed games due to singing engagements. He went on to study at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, winning the Charles Willard Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Music Theater before earning his B.F.A. in Drama.
He appeared in regional productions of Sweet Bird of Youth, Romeo and Juliet: The Musical and Lucky in the Rain; Off-Broadway in Bright Lights, Big City (for which he received a Drama Desk nomination and a Drama League Award) and in national touring company productions of Carousel (winning a Drama-Logue Award) and Miss Saigon. Patrick received another Drama League Award for his Broadway debut in Fascinating Rhythm and two Tony Award nominations for Leading Actor in a Musical for his starring roles in the Broadway productions of The Full Monty (2001) and Oklahoma (2002).
Wilson made his film acting debut in the low budget My Sister’s Wedding (2001), followed by a role in the video release Dark Stories: Tales from Beyond the Grave (2001). He received nominations from both the Emmy awards and the Golden Globes for his supporting work as Joe Pitt in the acclaimed mini-series Angels in America (2003), directed by Mike Nichols and starring Al Pacino and Meryl Streep.
He then played William Travis in The Alamo (2004) starring Dennis Quaid and Billy Bob Thornton before landing the much-coveted role of Raoul in the movie version of the hit Broadway musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera (2004). During filming, the playwright dubbed him “The Impossibly Perfect Patrick Wilson” because he not only sang and acted with expertise, but he performed most of his stunts himself as well.
Having conquered Broadway, Wilson is content to now be a part of the movie business. While living in a small apartment in New York, he missed the warm Floridian weather and open spaces that he grew up with, and feels much more content in Los Angeles. In 2005, he played the lead role as Jeff in the movie Hard Candy, about a man who meets a young teenage girl on the Internet. He also co-starred opposite Kate Winslet in the drama Little Children, for which he won a 2006 Young Hollywood Award.
Married in 2005, Wilson has one child with his wife, actress Dagmara Dominczyk.
Trivia:
Patrick has a “Bacon Number” of 3.
He was in Broken English with Temuera Morrison,
Temuera was in Vertical Limit with David Hayman,
David was in Where the Truth Lies with Kevin Bacon.
When former Shortland Street actor Jesse Peach directed a production of the play Equus for The Auckland Theatre Company, he asked specific actors to play each role, since he felt that holding open auditions would leave him with less skillful actors. Patrick was one of the actors he asked personally to be in his production, and he agreed, playing the role of Mr Strang.
While working as a police officer in the early eighties, Patrick was called upon to face rioters at a football match when the Springboks, the South African squad, was in Auckland for a series. One of the rioters was his own brother Bernard, but fortunately the two brothers didn’t meet during the clash.
Patrick is one of only a handful of actors to have major guest starring roles in all five Pacific Renaissance shows- Hercules, Xena, Cleopatra 2525, Jack of All Trades, and Young Hercules.
Patrick has some agricultural skills, including sheep shearing.
Patrick has done some radio work for Auckland Classic Hits 97FM and Newstalk ZB.
Eric does public speaking seminars. His topic is corporate training in “The Change Dynamic”.
Patrick’s theatre credits include:
(2007) Equus “Mr Strang”, Eden Playhouse, dir. Jesse Peach
(2006) Hitchcock Blonde “Hitchcock”, Fortune Theatre, dir. David Lawrence
(2006) Weighing In “Ronald”, Centrepoint Theatre, dir. Simon Ferry
(2005) Spreading Out “Colin”, Fortune Theatre, dir. Janice Finn
(2003) The Bach “Simon”, Auckand Theatre Company, dir. Danny Mulheron
(2003) Control Freaks “Carl Willard”, dir. Celia Nicholson
(2003) The Sore Footed Man, “Odysseus”, dir. Vadim Ledogorov
(2003) Twelve Angry Men, “Court Clerk”, Auckland Theatre Company, dir. Simon Prast
(2003) The Cherry Orchard, dir. Vadim Ledogorov
(2003) The Changeling “Jasperino”, Watershed Theatre
(2003) Arsenic and Old Lace “Officer Brophy”, Downstage Theatre
(2003) Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Downstage Theatre
(2003) Glengary Glenross “Det. Baylen”, Downstage Theatre
(2003) Once in a Lifetime “George Lewis”, dir. Tim Reynolds
(2003) Blood Wedding, “The Father”, dir. Lisa Dorian
(2003) Antony and Cleopatra “Antony”, dir. Nicholas Davey
(2003) What the Butler Saw “Dr. Prentice”, dir. R. Ronerts
(2003) Sauce for the Goose “Jean”, dir. Gilian Roberts
(2003) As You Like It, various roles, dir. Patrick Wilde
(2003) Confusions, “Harry Compton”, dir. Patrick Wilde
(2003) As You Like It, “Jacques”, dir. Nicholas Davey
(2003) Living Quarters “Father Tom Carty”, dir. Graham Watts
(2003) Rose “Jim Beam”, dir.Kate Crutchley
Patrick’s acting skills include stage combat, mask work, singing baritone, and speaking in various British and American accents.
Patrick has been a member of the Loop Group for the shows Power Rangers and Cleopatra 2525.
Patrick is an avid sportsman, and enjoys rugby, cricket, squash, cycling, and bungee jumping. He is also a qualified marksman with a pistol and rifle.
One of the most challenging aspects of being on Spin Doctors for Patrick was that they received each week’s script on Sunday night, and then began shooting the very next day, giving him very little time to learn his lines. He says that he could pretty much plan on not getting any sleep until they wrapped the episode’s shoot by late Tuesday afternoon. The main reason the actors had so little time with the scripts is that each episode was aimed at a very specific person/group in the NZ news, and the show’s lawyers needed make sure that their subject matter would not get the show sued.
When Patrick decided to take up acting, he traveled to London, England, so that if he failed, he wouldn’t do it in front of anyone he knew. Fortunately, he was successful, and has since gotten several major roles in New Zealand television shows such as Mercy Peak and Spin Doctors, as well as the US shows Hercules, Xena, and Cleopatra 2525.
Patrick is 6′0″ tall, with brown hair and blue eyes.
Patrick is represented professionally by the firm Kathryn Rawlings Actors.
Quotes:
“Six years ago, when I moved [to New York], I said the only things I wanted to do was originate the lead in a show, and if it was a musical, then do the recording, and get nominated for a Tony. So now that I’ve done all that, I don’t know what I’m going to do. Maybe I should dream higher.”
[on his 2003 resolution] “To be in a movie or a play which doesn’t require me to take off my clothes. Unless, of course, I don’t get another job… In which case I’ll be half-naked and whole-heartedly depressed for the rest of my career.”
“I would never ‘abandon’ Broadway. I do want to expand my horizons and do more film work, but I’m interested in good roles, wherever they may be. I will always come back, even if I went to LA for a job. I refuse to acknowledge the gap between theater and film. I want to do both. On both coasts. So I will…unless I never get a job again, in which case I’ll go back to my first career choice: chimney sweep.”
[on his character Col. William Travis in The Alamo (2004)] “He’s painted as this big, swashbuckling kind of hero, but Travis didn’t consider himself a hero. For Travis, he always thought a leader was someone who puts on fancy clothes. He finally figures out who he is in his last days.”
“The two times I performed at the White House, for the Kennedy Center Honors, I was made fun of. The first time, in 2001, I wore a nice Gucci suit and tie, which cost more than my rent. And when I met President Bush, he said, ‘Thanks for dressing up.’ Everybody else was in a traditional tux. It was really funny. I totally got mocked by the President. Then the next year, I had on a black suit with a tuxedo shirt and a great light-blue straight tie. It was just a little different. But Colin Powell said, ‘Hey, next time wear a bow tie.’”
Filmoraphy:
Patrick Wilson Filmography as an Actor:
2009 Barry Munday
2009 Watchmen
2009 The Undeniable Charm of Sloppy Unruh
2009 Passengers
2008 Lakeview Terrace
2008 Life in Flight
2007 Evening
2007 Purple Violets
2007 Brothers Three: An American Gothic
2006 Little Children
2006 Running with Scissors
2005 Hard Candy
2004 The Phantom of the Opera
2004 The Alamo
2003 Angels in America - TV
2001 My Sister’s Wedding
Discography:
The Full Monty
Tenderloin
Lucky in the Rain
Broadway Cares Home For The Holidays
Carols For A Cure 2001
The Phantom of the Opera
Bright Lights, Big City
