Born in Richmond, Virginia, Paul made his professional stage debut at nine years old as the lead in Gian Carlo Menotti's opera Amahl and the Night Visitors. He studied Shakespeare and acting in London and later at Florida State University, and at the University of South Florida where he graduated with superior academic achievement from the College of Fine Arts in 1993. He spent two seasons acting with the famed regional Equity (AEA) theatre group, American Stage in their Shakespeare in the Park performances of Much Ado About Nothing and The Merry Wives of Windsor. He made his first feature film appearance in Citizen Verdict (2003) starring with Armand Assante and Roy Scheider. While visiting his brother Patrick Wilson on the set of Angels in America (2003), director Mike Nichols thought it would be "fun" for Paul to appear with his brother. On working with Mike Nichols Paul said," It was a master class in acting, directing and filmmaking in one week with him." Paul is president and CEO of Lonesome Pine Pictures with several projects in development. He also manages his media and marketing company, Wilson Media, which he founded in 2000. With his brothers in their band The Wilson Van, featuring middle brother Mark Wilson on lead guitar with youngest brother Patrick Wilson on drums, Paul is the lead singer. The Wilson Van only performs for charity and in only 10 concerts, the brothers' band has raised more than $250,000 for Florida-based charities. Paul is also 20-year featured vocalist with Florida orchestras performing Frank Sinatra hits and big band standards. He appeared opposite Jenna Elfman with his brother, Patrick Wilson who, along with Ashley Judd, and Whoopi Goldberg, starred in Adriana Trigiani's motion picture Big Stone Gap (2014) in 2015. The movie was Trigiani's big screen adaptation of her eponymous NY Times best-selling novel. Big Stone Gap (2014) was shot entirely in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, where Paul and Patrick's father, John Wilson was born and raised. Patrick and Paul Wilson stayed in their father's childhood home during production on Wilson Road. In 2021, Paul appeared again on screen opposite his brother Patrick in the third installment of James Wan's Conjuring series as the beleaguered father Carl Glatzel in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) and will portray President Richard M. Nixon in Showtime's TV series The First Lady (2022).
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Biography from IMDb.
- Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Actor and producer
- 4 on MovieCove
What are Paul Wilson's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Paul Wilson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Paul Wilson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
4 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Deer Camp '86(2022)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
A New Lease on Christmas(2021)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Skyman(2019)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Career shape
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles from 2019 to 2023.
How do Paul Wilson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 27th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 16th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 4 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 51/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 23. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Paul Wilson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Paul Wilson's MovieCove titles; Vincent De Paul shares the most, 2.
- Vincent De PaulShared titles: R.A.D.A.R.: The Adventures of the Bionic Dog (2023), A New Lease on Christmas (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Vincent De Paul
