Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events Patrick Wilson will play the lead in Fargo: Season 2, and will star alongside Ted Danson, Jean Smart, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Nick Offerman. Patrick Joseph Wilson was born in Norfolk, Virginia and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, the son of Mary Kathryn (Burton), a voice teacher and professional singer, and John Franklin Wilson, a news anchor. in Drama from Carnegie-Mellon University. Wilson has a B.F.A. Patrick Joseph Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an American actor and singer. He portrayed Lou Solverson in Season 2 of Fargo. Patrick Wilson had the same reaction most of us did when he heard that FX was making a TV series based on the film Fargo.. “Like everybody else I … His theater work has produced many nominations and awards. Patrick Wilson, Actor: The Phantom of the Opera. Fargo (TV Series 2014– ) Patrick Wilson as Lou Solverson.