Wilson Bethel

Wilson Bethel

Stephen Wilson Bethel (born February 24, 1984) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles as Ryder Callahan on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless (2009–2011), Wade Kinsella on Hart of Dixie (2011–2015), Deputy District Attorney Mark Callan on the legal drama All Rise (2019–2023), and as 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 on-screen debut as Brad in the teen drama series The O.C., in the episode “The Telenovela.” He had guest roles in JAG, Cold Case, and NCIS and portrayed 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, 1968 Tunnel Rats, where he played the Army Special Ops soldier, Corporal Green. In 2009, he landed a recurring role as Ryder Callahan on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless.

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

In 2017, he joined the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of The Last Match, which was 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 Daredevil: Born Again (2025-present). In 2019, Bethel landed a main role on the CBS legal drama series All Rise as Deputy District Attorney Mark Callan.

Bethel was born on February 24, 1984, in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. He is the son of artist Steve Bethel and author Joyce Maynard. He married Dominican-American architect and designer Liesl Martinez-Balaguer (previously married to Matthew Paul Danison, August 2015) on November 28, 2020. Bethel is Jewish. He has one daughter.

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Inherent Vice (2014)

Comedy Drama Mystery
Los Angeles, 1970. The counterculture is curdling, Nixon is in office, and private eye Doc Sportello is neck-deep in a case that started when his ex-girlfriend walked back into his...
Score 6.5

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Daredevil: Born Again (2025)

Crime Drama
By day, Matt Murdock fights for New York's forgotten through the courts, navigating a busy law practice without the use of his sight but with senses sharp enough to read...
Score 8.2
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Marvel’s Daredevil (2015)

Action & Adventure Crime Drama
Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.
Score 8.2

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