Aquaman 2: Who is playing Orm, the DC superhero’s former rival and brother?

Five years after the first film, which grossed $1.15 billion, Aquaman and the Lost King allows us to find the superhero who became the King of Atlantis at the end of the first feature film. And if you’ve forgotten how Aquaman ended, fear not, we’ve recapped it all for you right here!

In this sequel, still directed by James Wan, Aquaman, despite himself, must join forces with his half-brother Orm, the former king of Atlantis who was his nemesis, to fight Black Manta. A chance for superhero interpreter Jason Momoa to answer Patrick Wilson, who also reprises his role. Before blockbusters, this 50-year-old actor made a name for himself in American independent cinema and then in horror films. returned on his journey.

Debut on stage and in indie cinema

After studying at Carnegie Mellon University, Patrick Wilson made his debut on the stage Full Monty and Oklahoma. The two plays marked the beginning of his artistic recognition, and his performances earned him several nominations for Tony Awards, Drama Desk Awards and Drama League Awards.

Patrick Wilson played his first role in the independent film “My Sister’s Wedding”. But this feature film did not have much success. The actor then moved on to the small screen in Angels in America, directed by Mike Nichols, in which he plays a gay man struggling to come to terms with himself. A role that earned him Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations.

In 2003, for his second film role, Patrick Wilson shared the bill with the big names of American cinema, as he starred alongside Dennis Quaid and Billy Bob Thornton in The Alamo. But it was with his participation in Joel Schumacher’s Phantom of the Opera that the actor began to meet the audience.

In the background of all registers, the actor named Hard Candy, which was a huge success at the Sundance festival and where he fell into the shoes of a pedophile photographer opposite Elliott Page. With Little Children, the actor is in a drama starring Jennifer Connelly and Kate Winslet. The accuracy of his interpretation in this disturbing film is a turning point in the actor’s career, which is next seen in Neil LaBute’s psychological thriller, where, amid the usual racism, he finds himself with his neighbor Samuel L. Jackson.

A terrible turn

Eclectic, Patrick Wilson has moved between big budget films (Watchmen – The Guardians, The A-Team, Prometheus), dramatic comedies (Morning Glory, Young Adult) and genre films since 2009. It was in this last register that the actor’s career flourished thanks to a meeting with James Wan. This horror prodigy led him to Insidious (2010) and its sequel (in which the family collides with demons), as well as Conjuring: The Warren Files (2013). The feature film, inspired by real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, was a success and spawned the highest-grossing horror franchise of all time, including spin-offs Annabelle and The Nun.

In parallel with this success, the actor appeared in a number of plays that remained unreleased in France (Stretch, Jack Strong, The Dangerous Housewife, Weapons of the Desert…). We also catch glimpses of him on TV, during an episode of Girls, or in the credits of The Gifted Man – about an egocentric neurosurgeon who interacts with the ghost of his wife – and in Season 2 of Fargo.

In the late 2010s, it returned to blockbusters thanks to two filmmakers, Zack Snyder (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) and James Wan, as well as a specialist in the genre: Roland Emmerich. The German director will direct him in the war film Midway (2019) and the sci-fi film Moonfall (2022).

This year, Patrick Wilson moved on to direct Insidious: The Red Door, the fifth installment in the franchise and the third installment dedicated to the Lambert family. For the occasion, he reunited with his co-stars from the first two films, Ty Simpkins, Rose Byrne and Andrew Astor. The actor is not done with horror: we will soon find him in The Conjuring: Last Rites.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, in theaters December 20.