Patrick Wilson has a B.F.A. in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University. His theater work has produced many nominations and awards, including: Nominated for: Best Actor in a Musical (The Full Monty) Broadway: Fascinating Rhythm (Drama League Award). Off Broadway: Bright Lights, Big City (Drama Desk Nomination, Drama League Award), Tenderloin (Encores!). National Tours: Carousel (Drama Logue Award, L.A. Ovation Nomination), Miss Saigon. Regional: Sweet Bird of Youth (La Jolla), Ciderhouse Rules (Mark Taper Forum), Romeo and Juliet: The Musical (Ordway), Lucky in the Rain (Goodspeed), Harmony (La Jolla), The Full Monty (Globe).


Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a B.F.A. in drama (1995). His father, John, and his brother Mark, are both TV anchormen at WTVT in Tampa, Florida. His mother Mary K. is a professional singer and voice teacher. Was a soloist with the Mostly Pops Orchestra and Canton Symphony Orchestra. His college roommate, Matthew Stocke, was later his understudy in The Full Monty. Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical for The Full Monty in 2001 and in 2002 for the role of Curly in Oklahoma. Brother-in-law of Marika Dominczyk, Scott Foley and Sean Foley. His grandmother Carol, resides in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Before being cast in Watchmen (2009), he auditioned for roles in two other comic book movies, Fantastic Four (2005) and Daredevil (2003). His wife, Dagmara Dominczyk, gave birth to their second son, Kassian McCarrell Wilson, on August 9th, 2009.