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July 3, 1973 in Norfolk, Virginia
Biography:Patrick Wilson is the kind of actor whose boyishly handsome good looks make him equally effective in roles that call for characters who are vulnerable, irresponsible, and even menacing. Many moviegoers may not realize that the actor they first caught a glimpse of in a Gap commercial (opposite Claire Danes) or in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries Angels in America had been honing his craft on the stage for years: By that point Wilson had already earned back-to-back Tony nominations with roles in the Broadway version of The Full Monty and Trevor Nunn's critically acclaimed revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Wilson's roots are firmly planted in Virginia, although his family moved to Florida when his father became a television news anchor in the Tampa-St. Petersburg vicinity. An early stint in his mother's choir helped Wilson realize his love of singing early on, and it wasn't long before the... Full Biography

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