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Nominated for the Stellae Award for Best Actor at the 2014 Pan Pacific Film Festival, Richard E. Wilson received critical acclaim for his performance in the lead role of Henry Dean in the feature film, Noble Fir (2014). Critics wrote: Henry Dean is "played with stunning sensitivity and insight" (The Independent Critic), "Wilson is thoroughly remarkable" (Influx Magazine), and "Brilliantly played by Richard E. Wilson" (Christian Review).

Wilson grew up in the Kansas City area (Overland Park, KS) and credits his parents, C. Emmett Wilson and Vonnie Wilson, with imputing the empathy required to portray various roles. He has lived in five different regions in the U.S., as well as Tokyo and northern Japan. Wilson lives and works mostly in Los Angeles, California.

Wilson's most recent work is in Kain to Aberu (2016) (Japan), The Colors of Emily (2017), and Blue Call (2021). He appeared in The Vancouver Asahi (2014) ("The Vancouver Asahi"), a major Japanese film directed by Japan Academy Award winning Yuya Ishii, and Mission Improbable (2016).

In earlier years, Wilson had aspirations as a soccer player and before that as a tennis player, so he continues to stay active. He worked as a civil engineer before moving to Japan to teach English in universities. He began his acting career there, in the footsteps of his daughters. In Wilson's first film, Uchu Kyodai (Space Brothers - 2012), filmed in Japan, he appears as a NASA staff member. He also appears in The Good Book (2014) as The Preacher. Wilson has appeared in several national commercials in Japan, including COCO Juku language schools (with over 900,000 views on Youtube after TV airing was completed). Wilson is recognizable across Japan as the CEO in a series of 9 Daikin air conditioner commercials that were broadcast nationally from 2013 to 2015.

Wilson resides and works in Los Angeles, and frequently travels to Tokyo.

Richard E. Wilson as undercover detective

Worked as a civil engineer in Washington state and Texas before teaching English in Japan.

Daughters are accomplished singers. Kiko Wilson is also award winning actress; Meg Wilson works as fashion model and competed for Miss Universe Japan 2022 - 2nd runner-up.

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