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Rainn Wilson
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American actor, comedian, producer, and writer
Film & TV
Seattle, Washington, USA
Rainn Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966) is an American actor and comedian. He is primarily known for his role as the egomaniacal Dwight Schrute on the American version of the television comedy The Office. He has also directed two episodes of The Office: the sixth season's "The Cover-Up" and the seventh season's "Classy Christmas". Description above from the Wikipedia article Rainn Wilson,…
Known for
- At the Sea — George2026
- Home Delivery — Cheyenne2026
- Deepfaking Sam Altman — Self2026
- Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Superhero2026
- Code 3 — Randy2025
- Paradise Records — Creepy Guy2025
- Ezra — Nick2024
- Empire Waist — Mark Miller2024
- ILY, BYE — Mr. Litchfield2024
- Hollywood's Humble Maestro: The Russell Garcia Story — Narrator2024
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Key facts
- Born
- Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson , ( 1966-01-20 ) January 20, 1966 (age 60) , Seattle , Washington, U.S.
- Other name
- Rainnfall Heat Wave Rising Sea Levels Wilson (social media)
- Education
- University of Washington ( BFA ) New York University ( MFA )
- Occupations
- Actor comedian podcaster producer writer
- Years active
- 1993–present
- Spouse
- Holiday Reinhorn ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1995 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Wilson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Seattle
- Occupation
- director
- Political party
- independent voter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Baháʼí Faith
- Image
- Rainn Wilson 2011 Shankbone 2.JPG
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Sisters
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- date of birth
- 1966-01-20
- Commons category
- Rainn Wilson
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- social media followers
- 4414695
- birth name
- Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson
- name
- Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson
- name in native language
- Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson
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Encyclopedic overview
Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966) is an American actor. He starred as Dwight Schrute on NBC's American adaptation of The Office from 2005 to 2013, and received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the role.
Wilson began acting at the University of Washington. Following his 1986 graduation, he worked in theatre in New York City. He made his film debut in Galaxy Quest (1999), followed by supporting parts in Almost Famous (2000), Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal (2002), and House of 1000 Corpses (2003). He also had a recurring part as Arthur Martin in the HBO series Six Feet Under from 2003 to 2005.
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