Patrick Wilson was born in Virginia but spent most of his early years growing up in St. Petersburg, Florida. His mother is a singer and voice teacher, and his father is a TV anchor in Florida. Wilson is also a singer/songwriter of his own music and received his BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University.
Wilson first made his mark on New York audiences in the Off Broadway musical adaptation Bright Lights, Big City, for which he earned a Drama Desk Nomination and a Drama League Award. Wilson also won a Drama League Award for his performance in the Broadway musical Fascinating Rhythm, a revue of George and Ira Gershwin songs.

Wilson was nominated for a second consecutive Tony Award for best lead actor in a musical for his portrayal of Curly in the Broadway musical revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein II’s Oklahoma! Before Oklahoma! he portrayed Jerry Lukowski in the Broadway musical The Full Monty. This role gained him numerous award nominations, including a Tony nomination for Leading Actor in a Musical, Drama Desk Nomination, Drama League Award, and an Outer Critic’s Circle Nomination.

Wilson’s film career includes a starring role in the Mike Nichols HBO series Angels in America, a role that garnered him a Golden Globe nomination. Angels in America, based on a play by Tony Kushner and also starring Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Mary Louise Parker and Emma Thompson, received the Golden Globe for Best Miniseries in 2004. After his performance in this award winning miniseries, Wilson starred opposite Jason Patric, Dennis Quaid and Billy Bob Thornton in The Alamo, directed by John Lee Hancock. He can more recently be seen playing the role of Raoul de Chagny in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. Wilson recently completed work in Los Angeles on the indie film Hard Candy for director David Slade.