Wilson Bethel — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

Stephen Wilson Bethel (born February 24, 1984) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles as Ryder Callahan in the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless (2009–2011), Wade Kinsella in the series Hart of Dixie (2011–2015), Deputy District Attorney Mark Callan in the legal drama All Rise (2019–2023), and Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter / Bullseye in the third season of the Netflix original series Daredevil (2018) and its upcoming standalone sequel Daredevil: Born Again (2025) on Disney+. He is also the star and creator of the web series Stupid Hype on the CW's online platform CWD (CW Digital Studio).

Bethel made his screen debut as Brad in the teen drama series The O.C. in the episode "The Telenovela." He had guest roles in the series JAG, Rush, and NCIS, and also played Corporal Evan "Q-Tip" Stafford in the Emmy-nominated miniseries Generation Kill, starring Alexander Skarsgård. Bethel made his film debut in the 2008 Vietnam War film Tunnel Rats, in which he played Army Special Forces soldier Corporal Green. In 2009, he was cast in the recurring role of Ryder Callahan in the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless.

In The CW's comedy-drama series Hart of Dixie, Bethel played Wade Kinsella, the "bad boy" neighbor of the series' main character, Zoe Hart. Production on the show began in early 2011, and it premiered on September 26, 2011. The series ended on May 7, 2015, after four seasons. BuddyTV ranked him 14th on its list of "TV's 50 Sexiest Men of 2011"; in 2012, he ranked 2nd on the same list. He appeared in four episodes of the ABC legal thriller How to Get Away with Murder as Charles Mahoney.

In 2017, he joined the Roundabout Theatre Company production The Last Match, set in the world of professional tennis. In 2018, he joined the cast of Daredevil as Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter, also known as Bullseye, and will reprise the role in the series Daredevil: Born Again (2025–present). In 2019, Bethel was cast in the lead role of the CBS legal drama All Rise as Deputy District Attorney Mark Callan.

Filmography

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2025 Daredevil: Born Again Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter / Benjamin Poindexter / Bullseye

Interesting facts

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Full name - Stephen Wilson Bethel.
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Wilson was born to Stephen Bethel and Joyce Maynard; his father is an artist and his mother is a writer and screenwriter. He has older siblings, sister Audrey Bethel and brother Charlie Bethel, and a younger half-brother on his father's side, Taj Estey-Bethel. His maternal grandfather, Max Maynard, was a painter born in India to English missionary parents, and his maternal grandmother, Fredelle (Bruser) Maynard, was a journalist born in Canada to a Jewish family, Boris Bruser and Rona Slobinsky, who had emigrated from Russia.