---
name: "Wilson Bethel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wilson-bethel"
fi1m_id: "wilson-bethel"
imdb_id: "nm1569067"
tmdb_id: 85779
wikidata_id: "Q527771"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 February 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-03T21:15:46.398863+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Wilson Bethel

## Identity

Wilson Bethel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wilson-bethel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wilson-bethel
- **IMDb ID:** nm1569067
- **TMDB ID:** 85779
- **Wikidata ID:** Q527771
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Bethel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q527771, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1569067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85779

Actor. Born 24 February 1984 in Hillsboro, New Hampshire, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 February 1984, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, USA
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Also known as:** ウィルソン・ベセル, 윌슨 베설, วิลสัน บิเธล
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 66 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 75 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Action & Adventure 3, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Comedy 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $15m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Bethel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q527771, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1569067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85779

## Coming up

- *A Sprinkle of History* (2027-12-24), as Bert Baskin

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Daredevil: Born Again*](https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*UNTAMED*](https://film.one/tv/untamed.md) (58)

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## Fi1m on Wilson Bethel

> Wilson Bethel makes menace convincing through precise movement and ordinary human habits. We rate him most as Bullseye, where both matter, though the programmes around him do not always reward that attention.

Watch what Wilson Bethel does with an ordinary chore. In the third series of *Daredevil* (2018), Benjamin Poindexter vacuuming his flat gives a troubled antagonist a habit we can recognise. It helps us understand him without asking us to excuse him. Bethel brings the same care to Bullseye's throwing movements, using his tennis experience to make the action physically precise. Those details are useful in a part that could easily become nothing but threats and violence.

Poindexter marks a useful turn in a career built largely on television. *Generation Kill* (2008) preceded the wider notice he found as Wade Kinsella in *Hart of Dixie* (2011–2015). Mark Callan in *All Rise* (2019–2023) fits the recurring legal and law-enforcement work. The return to Poindexter in *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025) gives us the clearest reason to seek him out: a part that makes good use of his physical skill.

*Daredevil: Born Again* gives that skill a useful setting, even when the writing settles for the familiar. We winced at the fights because the blows still look as though they hurt. Bethel's precision belongs in a series that takes such care over the impact of violence. Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio remain our chief reasons to recommend it, with Bethel's action work a further reason to stay. The uneven pacing is a problem none of the actors can solve by working harder.

*UNTAMED* (2025), in which he plays Shane Maguire, is harder to recommend. Eric Bana and Lily Santiago make an engaging investigative pair, but the mystery depends on familiar detours and forced turns. The Yosemite scenery makes a stronger impression than the case, and Bethel's presence does not change our mixed verdict. For Bethel in action, choose *Daredevil: Born Again*, with some patience for the plotting.

## Biography

Wilson Bethel is an American actor. He made his screen debut as Brad in an episode of the teen drama series *The O.C.* (2003). Subsequent guest appearances included *JAG*, *Cold Case* and *NCIS*, and he portrayed Corporal Evan 'Q-Tip' Stafford in the miniseries *Generation Kill* (2008).

Bethel is known for recurring and main roles including Ryder Callahan on the soap opera *The Young and the Restless* (2009–2011), Wade Kinsella on *Hart of Dixie* (2011–2015), and Mark Callan on *All Rise* (2019–2023). He played Benjamin 'Dex' Poindexter / Bullseye in the third season of *Daredevil* (2018) and reprised the role in *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025–present). In 2025 he appeared as Shane Maguire in the series *UNTAMED*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025), Fi1m 74, as Benjamin Poindexter / Bullseye — [page](https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again.md)
- *UNTAMED* (2025), Fi1m 58, as Shane Maguire — [page](https://film.one/tv/untamed.md)
- *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), Fi1m 78, as Benjamin 'Dex' Poindexter — [page](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md)
- *Inherent Vice* (2014), Fi1m 78, as LAPD Officer #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/inherent-vice.md)
- *Generation Kill* (2008), Fi1m 84, as Evan Stafford — [page](https://film.one/tv/generation-kill.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Sprinkle of History* (2027), as Bert Baskin
- *Imperfect Women* (2026), series, as Scott Reed
- *UNTAMED* (2025), series, as Shane Maguire — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/untamed.md)
- *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025), series, as Benjamin Poindexter / Bullseye — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again.md)
- *1 in the Chamber* (2024), as Chet
- *Match Me If You Can* (2023), as Riley Detamore
- *Collide* (2022), as Travis
- *Doors* (2021), as Ricky
- *All Rise* (2019), series, as Mark Callan · Director
- *Blood & Oil* (2015), series, as Finn
- *The Astronaut Wives Club* (2015), series, as Scott Carpenter
- *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), series, as Benjamin 'Dex' Poindexter — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md)
- *Inherent Vice* (2014), as LAPD Officer #1 — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/inherent-vice.md)
- *Memory 2.0* (2014), as Henry · Writer
- *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014), series, as Charles Mahoney
- *L.A. Rangers* (2014), series, as Parker · Creator
- *Cold Turkey* (2013), as Hank
- *Stupid Hype* (2013), as Hype · Writer
- *Inside the Box* (2013), as Matthew Palmer
- *Bates Motel* (2013), series, as Taylor
- *Stupid Hype* (2013), series, as Hype · Producer, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Wyatt Earp's Revenge* (2012), as Doc Holliday
- *Stealing Summers* (2011), as Trevor
- *Hart of Dixie* (2011), series, as Wade Kinsella
- *The Perfect Student* (2011), as Trent
- *Generation Kill* (2008), series, as Evan Stafford — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/generation-kill.md)
- *Tunnel Rats* (2008), as Corporal Dan Green
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as John Kirby — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *The O.C.* (2003), series, as Brad

## Gallery

- ![Wilson Bethel](https://film.one/media/person/43429/gallery-104404f71c93.jpg) Wilson Bethel — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Wilson_Bethel_-_Los_Angeles_Comic_Con_2025.jpg/1280px-Wilson_Bethel_-_Los_Angeles_Comic_Con_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Wilson Bethel at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/43429/gallery-14e8493b990c.jpg) Wilson Bethel at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Wilson_Bethel_%2853784891780%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Wilson Bethel at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/43429/gallery-b20c12417fe2.jpg) Wilson Bethel at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024 — John Manard @wanderingdorkphotography for Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Wilson_Bethel_%2853800223828%29.jpg/1280px-Wilson_Bethel_%2853800223828%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Wilson Bethel at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/43429/gallery-330cf8110d12.jpg) Wilson Bethel at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024 — John Manard @wanderingdorkphotography for Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Wilson_Bethel_%2853800465221%29.jpg/1280px-Wilson_Bethel_%2853800465221%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Wilson Bethel](https://film.one/media/person/43429/gallery-08abcf2309a4.jpg) Wilson Bethel — Image via TMDB
- ![Wilson Bethel](https://film.one/media/person/43429/gallery-42580ed66706.jpg) Wilson Bethel — Image via TMDB
- ![Wilson Bethel](https://film.one/media/person/43429/gallery-1f19c05966c7.jpg) Wilson Bethel — Image via TMDB
- ![Wilson Bethel at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/43429/gallery-b59d9b4f1647.jpg) Wilson Bethel at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Wilson_Bethel_%2853982692361%29.jpg/1280px-Wilson_Bethel_%2853982692361%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Wilson Bethel at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/43429/gallery-4238d21cfc67.jpg) Wilson Bethel at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024 — John Manard for Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Wilson_Bethel_%2854008938139%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Wilson Bethel](https://film.one/media/person/43429/gallery-a0bbebd53e12.jpg) Wilson Bethel — Image via TMDB
- ![Wilson Bethel](https://film.one/media/person/43429/gallery-17ed96d3c6d8.jpg) Wilson Bethel — Image via TMDB
- ![Wilson Bethel](https://film.one/media/person/43429/gallery-3db15c095a51.jpg) Wilson Bethel — Image via TMDB

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