A late Wilmington actor is set to make his final screen appearance in a new show coming to Netflix.
Paul Teal, who died of cancer in November 2024 at the age of 35, plays Pastor Pete in six episodes of Charlotte-shot thriller series “The Hunting Wives,” which debuts on Netflix on Monday, July 21.
Teal performed in dozens of shows for multiple Wilmington theater companies over the years, including Opera House Theatre Co., Thalian Association Community Theatre and Techmoja Dance and Theater Co., among others.
He also had an active career as a film and TV actor, appearing in Max’s “The Staircase,” AMC’s “The Walking Dead” and Netflix’s “Outer Banks,” as well as in multiple high-profile, Wilmington-shot productions, including Showtime series “George and Tammy” and the Hallmark Channel’s “USS Christmas.”
Paul Teal attends the Wilmington Theater Awards at Thalian Hall on January 29, 2016.
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Teal was best known for appearing in long-running, Wilmington-shot drama “One Tree Hill.” During a multi-episode arc in the show’s seventh season, which aired in 2010, he played a closeted rock star.
When Teal died in 2024, his passing prompted stories by multiple international news outlets.
“The Hunting Wives” shot its eight episodes in the Charlotte area during the first half of 2024. It’s based on a 2021 mystery thriller novel by May Cobb about a young woman from Boston who moves to Texas and becomes involved with a group of married women who like to drink, do drugs, shoot shotguns and have sex with people who aren’t their husbands. When a teenage girl is found shot to death, everyone becomes a suspect.
The cast of the show includes Brittany Snow, Malin Akerman, Dermot Mulroney and Jaime Ray Newman.
In addition to Teal, also appearing in the show are former Wilmington actor Jason Davis, as well as Emmett Moss, the young son of former Wilmington actors Cullen and Madison Moss.
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