In 2010, he received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for his role as Michael in Lucinda Coxon's play Happy Now?.
Born and raised in Fairhope, Alabama, Wilson became interested in acting while studying at Troy State University.
Other Broadway credits include A Steady Rain, Festen, Henry IV, and Long Day's Journey into Night.
Off-Broadway, he appeared in All-American at LCT 3; The Bear at HERE; Offices and The Voysey Inheritance at Atlantic Theater; Race at Jewish Rep; Stop Kiss, The Cripple of Inishmaan and The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Public Theater.
He also appeared in nine episodes of the sixth season of the American television drama series Homeland.