Paul Wilson

Born in Richmond, Virginia, Paul made his professional stage debut at nine years old as the lead in 'Gian Carlo Menotti' (qv)'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' (qv) and 'Roy Scheider' (qv). While visiting his brother 'Patrick Wilson' (qv) on the set of _Angels in America (2003)_ (qv), director 'Mike Nichols' (qv) thought it would be "fun" for Paul to appear with his brother. On working with 'Mike Nichols' (qv) Paul said," It was a master class in acting, directing and filmmaking in one week with him." Paul served as producer on his first documentary movie Inside the Handy Writer's Colony, which subsequently aired on PBS. Wilson was a founding member of the Sunscreen Film Festival in St. Petersburg, Florida and is president and CEO of Wilson Media, a full service entertainment communications firm he founded in 2000. He's written and directed hundreds of television commercials and arranged jingles and music, performing with both of his brothers in their band, The Wilson Van, featuring middle brother Mark Wilson on lead guitar with youngest brother 'Patrick Wilson' (qv) on drums. 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' (qv) with his brother, 'Patrick Wilson' (qv) who, along with 'Ashley Judd' (qv), and 'Whoopi Goldberg' (qv), starred in 'Adriana Trigiani' (qv)'s motion picture _Big Stone Gap (2014)_ (qv) in 2015. The movie was Trigiani's big screen adaptation of her eponymous NY Times best-selling novel. _Big Stone Gap (2014)_ (qv) was shot entirely in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, where Paul and Patrick's father, John Wilson was born and raised. Patrick and 'Paul Wilson' (qv) stayed in their father's childhood home during production on Wilson Road. In 2020, Paul will be seen again on screen opposite his brother Patrick in the third installment of 'James Wan' (qv)'s Conjuring series as the beleaguered father Carl Glatzel in _The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)_ (qv) and two of 'Daniel Myrick' (qv)'s highly anticipated movies _Skyman (2020)_ (qv) and _Black Veil_ (qv)::Anonymous