
Wilson Bethel
Biography
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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Acting History
2025
UNTAMED as Shane Maguire
2025Daredevil: Born Again as Benjamin Poindexter / Bullseye
20241 in the Chamber as Chet
2023Match Me If You Can as Riley Detamore
2022Collide as Travis
2021Doors as Ricky
2019All Rise as Mark Callan
2015Blood & Oil as Finn
2015The Astronaut Wives Club as Scott Carpenter
2015Marvel's Daredevil as Benjamin 'Dex' Poindexter
2014Inherent Vice as LAPD Officer #1
2014Memory 2.0 as Henry
2014How to Get Away with Murder as Charles Mahoney
2013Cold Turkey as Hank
2013Inside the Box as Matthew Palmer
2013Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
2013Bates Motel as Taylor
2013Stupid Hype as Hype
2012Wyatt Earp's Revenge as Doc Holliday
2011Stealing Summers as Trevor
2011Hart of Dixie as Wade Kinsella
2011The Perfect Student as Trent
2008Generation Kill as Evan Stafford
2008Tunnel Rats as Corporal Dan Green
2003NCIS as John Kirby
2003The O.C. as Brad
—A Sprinkle of History as Bert Baskin
—Imperfect Women as Scott









