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Also known as Rainn Dietrich Wilson, Rainnfall Heat Wave Rising Sea Levels Wilson

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer

Person · Open Library

Born
1968
Works
5

Top works

  • Soul Boom Workbook
  • The Office
  • Soul Boom
  • The bassoon king
  • SoulPancake

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1934-06-09
Active to
1984-01-21

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,071
Total plays
2,027

Rainn Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966) is an Emmy-nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor. He is known for his roles as the egomaniacal Dwight Schrute on the American television comedy The Office, the leading role in the 2008 comedy The Rocker, and assistant mortician Arthur Martin in HBO's Six Feet Under. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Rainn+Wilson">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • I am not Dwight Schrute, okay? I played a character for 200 episodes, and it was an awesome character, and he was a beet farmer. That doesn’t mean you should hand me beets or make beet jokes every time I go into Starbucks and ask if they have like a beet latte or something like that.
  • Everyone is an artist. Everyone is creative in their own way and that that creativity is a great thing. It's a human thing and it needs to be nurtured and it can help us go down life's path and help us to become deeper, richer, more satisfied human beings.

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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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Number of children
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date of birth
1966-01-20
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1997-00-00
social media followers
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birth name
Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson
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Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson
name in native language
Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson
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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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