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Mark Connelly Wilson

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  • Actor
  • Music Department
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Mark Connelly Wilson as "Merlin The Wise"
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Mark Connelly Wilson is an actor, filmmaker, editor, and award winning director, magician, musician, and music composer with many years experience creating and producing audio and video content for multimedia, radio, television, and film. As a performer, Mark has appeared in films, on television, multimedia presentations, and on the stage - as an actor, magician, and as a musician. Past credits include award winning software titles and films, videos, radio spots, parody videos, and television shows, including the Emmy-award winning series on PBS "Daytripper". Mark has taught video production and editing in the department of Radio, Television, and Film - and advanced music composition and desktop music production in the department of Music Business and Performance at Austin Community College. In addition to his musical accomplishments, Mark has been performing magic since his childhood He was the 2010 - 2012 president of the local Austin chapter of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, and since 2009 when he won the role of "Merlin The Wise" at Sherwood Forest Faire, each year he continues to entertain the thousands of attendees to the festival with his own unique style of magic, music, and comedy.
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    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Joe Kent, Ryon Marshall, Delbert Stanley, Randy Bolgren, Theresa Mills, Destiny Hallman, Daniel Frieszell Jr., Noah Gee, Ziggy Gee, Tyln Gee, Elisa Elena Ruiz, Carlos Diaz, De Ann Cherice Christensen, Phoenix Martin, Asher Followell, Amanda Smith, Matthew Hurd, Mayte' Gutierrez, Maylen Gutierrez, Maddie Marchiori, Don Head, Doug Crownover, Macy Marchiori, Linus Crownover, Matthew Elkins, Zachary Gossett, Mark Connelly Wilson, Zach Ball, Angelo Dylen, Leland Prater, Darla Pelton-Perez, Sean Bridges, John Hall, CJ Morrison, Bradford T Roberts, Wanda Cramer, Genaro T. Perez, Leonard Morrison, Dean Christensen, Jodi, and Weldon Oliver in Touched (2023)
    Touched
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2023
    Mike Gassaway, Lee Dawn Hershey, and Sebastian Cummings in God Made Man
    God Made Man
    • Mr. Mason, Masked Santa
      Virgin Cheerleaders in Chains (2018)
      Virgin Cheerleaders in Chains
      3.7
      • Composer
      • 2018
      Gypsy Moon (2024)
      Gypsy Moon
      3.3
      • Composer
      • 2024

      Credits

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      Composer



      • Vampire Cowboy - Redemption
        • Composer
        • Pre-production
        • TV Movie



      • Gypsy Moon (2024)
        Gypsy Moon
        3.3
        • composer
        • 2024
      • Joe Kent, Ryon Marshall, Delbert Stanley, Randy Bolgren, Theresa Mills, Destiny Hallman, Daniel Frieszell Jr., Noah Gee, Ziggy Gee, Tyln Gee, Elisa Elena Ruiz, Carlos Diaz, De Ann Cherice Christensen, Phoenix Martin, Asher Followell, Amanda Smith, Matthew Hurd, Mayte' Gutierrez, Maylen Gutierrez, Maddie Marchiori, Don Head, Doug Crownover, Macy Marchiori, Linus Crownover, Matthew Elkins, Zachary Gossett, Mark Connelly Wilson, Zach Ball, Angelo Dylen, Leland Prater, Darla Pelton-Perez, Sean Bridges, John Hall, CJ Morrison, Bradford T Roberts, Wanda Cramer, Genaro T. Perez, Leonard Morrison, Dean Christensen, Jodi, and Weldon Oliver in Touched (2023)
        Touched
        Short
        • composer
        • 2023
      • Spryaig (2018)
        Spryaig
        Short
        • Composer
        • 2018
      • Virgin Cheerleaders in Chains (2018)
        Virgin Cheerleaders in Chains
        3.7
        • Composer
        • 2018
      • Peggy Schott and James Lee Burke in Waiting (2017)
        Waiting
        Short
        • Composer
        • 2017
      • Braver Than You Believe (2015)
        Braver Than You Believe
        Short
        • Composer
        • 2015
      • Love in the Sixties (2014)
        Love in the Sixties
        • Composer
        • 2014
      • Some QB That I Used to Know: Gotye Parody
        Video
        • Composer
        • 2012
      • Make a Wish
        7.8
        Short
        • Composer
        • 2010
      • Wish Makers of West Hollywood (2010)
        Wish Makers of West Hollywood
        4.3
        Short
        • Composer
        • 2010
      • Santry Rush and John Ramsey in Play Land (2009)
        Play Land
        9.1
        Short
        • Composer
        • 2009
      • Eric Krug and John Ramsey in The Biggest Weakness (2009)
        The Biggest Weakness
        7.7
        Short
        • Composer (as Mark Wilson)
        • 2009
      • Rosanna Pilcher and Jordan T. Maxwell in Playing Chicken: The Movie (2006)
        Playing Chicken: The Movie
        7.6
        Short
        • Composer
        • 2006
      • The Road to Peace: Israelis and Palestinians
        • Composer
        • 1996
      • Wishbone and the Amazing Odyssey
        Video Game
        • Composer
        • 1996

      Actor



      • Vampire Cowboy - Redemption
        • Littleton Bailey
        • Pre-production
        • TV Movie
      • The Killer Pizza Man
        • Pre-production
      • Myth Among Legends
        • Odin
        • Ingolf
        • Completed
        • Short
      • MILF Massacre
        • Pre-production
      • God Made Man
        • Mr. Mason, Masked Santa
        • Post-production



      • Gypsy Moon (2024)
        Gypsy Moon
        3.3
        • Gypsy Elder 1
        • 2024
      • The Failing Light (2021)
        The Failing Light
        Short
        • Turin
        • 2021
      • Tony Gibson, Rich Redmond, Les Best, John Hall, Desiree Coss, and CJ Morrison in Fox & the Bounty (2021)
        Fox & the Bounty
        • Jimbo Johnson
        • 2021
      • Doug Underwood and Jason Leal in Spindletop: The Beginning (2020)
        Spindletop: The Beginning
        9.1
        Short
        • Bartender (as Mark Willson)
        • 2020
      • Lindsey Lemke in Cecilia (2018)
        Cecilia
        7.7
        Short
        • Odius
        • 2018
      • Good Luck Mart (2015)
        Good Luck Mart
        Short
        • Mysterious Scottish Man
        • 2015
      • Land of Leopold (2014)
        Land of Leopold
        5.8
        • Ron
        • 2014
      • Balls Out (2014)
        Balls Out
        4.3
        • Merlin the Wise
        • 2014
      • Disenchanted (2013)
        Disenchanted
        TV Series
        • Merlin The Wise - (Wizard overseeing Joust) (uncredited)
        • 2013
      • One of the last promotional posters for season one of Once You Leave. The poster is of the lead, Kayla Marshall and is pulled from episode 1.09: sunset
        Once You Leave
        8.4
        TV Series
        • Ronnie Caulters (as Mark Wilson)
        • 2011
      • Mark Connelly Wilson in Dark Light (2006)
        Dark Light
        Short
        • Adrien Sortilege (as Mark Wilson)
        • 2006
      • Wishbone and the Amazing Odyssey
        Video Game
        • Crewman #6 (voice, as Mark Wilson)
        • 1996

      Music Department



      • God Made Man
        • additional music
        • Post-production



      • Gypsy Moon (2024)
        Gypsy Moon
        3.3
        • music producer
        • theme music composer
        • 2024
      • Butchers Bluff (2023)
        Butchers Bluff
        4.2
        • additional music
        • 2023
      • Spryaig (2018)
        Spryaig
        Short
        • musician
        • 2018
      • Bunny & Non-Bunnyness (2015)
        Bunny & Non-Bunnyness
        Short
        • composer: theme music
        • 2015
      • The Man Who Never Cried (2011)
        The Man Who Never Cried
        7.6
        Short
        • composer: additional music
        • 2011
      • Daniel Mecey, Linsey Thut, Todd White, Kellie Baldwin, Curtis Locklear, Tosha Galvan, Karey Cannon, Cassie Craig, Travis Crow, Caleb Marsh, Greg Armstrong, Nate Locklear, Chet Garner, Rodd Simonsen, Richard Lozano, John Mark Clawson, Jolie Sikes, Amie Sikes, Branndon Bargo, Andrew Twenter, Lindsey DeMoss, and Sullivan Rauzi in Return to Waco, TX (2019)
        The Daytripper
        8.1
        TV Series
        • original music
        • 2010
      • I Love You, Will Smith
        8.0
        Short
        • music
        • 2010
      • Santry Rush and John Ramsey in Play Land (2009)
        Play Land
        9.1
        Short
        • music supervisor
        • 2009

      Videos1

      Land of Leopold
      Trailer 2:10
      Land of Leopold

      Personal details

      • Alternative names
        • Mark Willson
      • Height
        • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)

      Did you know

      • Trivia
        In 2025 Mark appeared as the wizard "Merlin" performing magic on camera in the music video for "Mary Poppins" which featured the Canadian artist known as BBNO$. As of June 2026 the video had been viewed 3.7 million times.
      • Nickname
        • Merlin The Wise

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