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Biography

Rainn Wilson is an American character actor who appears as mildly sociopathic Dwight Schrute on The Office (US). He also appeared as the mildly…more

Born

1/20/1968, Seattle, Washington, USA

Birth Name

Rainn Dietrich Wilson

Gender

Male

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Role
- The Office
  Dwight Schrute
  - S 8: Ep 24 Free Family Portrait Studio
    5/10/12
  - S 8: Ep 23 Turf War
    5/3/12
  - S 8: Ep 22 Fundraiser
    4/26/12
  - S 8: Ep 21 Angry Andy
    4/19/12
  - S 8: Ep 20 Welcome Party
    4/12/12
  - + 163 More Credits
- The Office
  Dwight Schrute/Samuel L. Chang
  - S 7: Ep 17 Threat Level Midnight
    2/17/11
- Teen Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 Teen Choice Awards 2008
    8/4/08
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Six Feet Under
  Arthur Martin
  - S 5: Ep 9 Ecotone
    7/31/05
  - S 4: Ep 3 Parallel Play
    6/27/04
  - S 4: Ep 2 In Case of Rapture
    6/20/04
  - S 4: Ep 1 Falling Into Place
    6/13/04
  - S 3: Ep 13 I'm Sorry, I'm Lost
    6/1/03
  - + 8 More Credits
Guest Star (33)

Role
- Sidewalks Entertainment
  Himself / Guest
  - S 21: Ep 25 Hanna, Dylan Dog, & Super
    4/28/11
- Lopez Tonight
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 72 April 4, 2011
    4/4/11
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Guest
  - S 8: Ep 120 Clive Owen/Rainn Wilson/Selena Gomez
    3/22/11
- Conan
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 18 No Time For Tetherball
    12/7/10
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 23: Ep 47 November 10, 2010
    11/10/10
  - S 21: Ep 215 July 7, 2009
    7/7/09
  - S 20: Ep 224 August 11, 2008
    8/11/08
- The Jay Leno Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 28 28
    10/21/09
- The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 38 Rainn Wilson, Rachel Maddow, Chicago
    7/29/09
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 16: Ep 172 Show #3147
    7/10/09
  - S 15: Ep 83 Show #2890
    3/17/08
- Reno 911!
  Calvin Robin Tomlinson
  - S 6: Ep 3 Digging with the Murderer
    4/15/09
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 121 Episode #2.121
    1/26/09
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
  Bobby Stoan
  - S 3: Ep 9 Larry
    9/21/08
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Self
  - S 4: Ep 171 Rainn Wilson/Cory Kahaney/The Hold Steady
    8/1/08
- MTV Movie Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 17: Ep 1 2008 MTV Movie Awards
    6/1/08
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
  Video Match Client
  - S 2: Ep 9 Pepperoni
    1/20/08
- Chelsea Lately
  Self
  - S 1: Ep 69 Episode 69
    12/12/07
- e-Talk Daily
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 5 August 17, 2007
    8/17/07
  - S 3: Ep 49 March 23, 2007
    3/23/07
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 193 Rainn Wilson; Orny Adams; The Shins
    4/13/07
  - S 15: Ep 29 Colin Farrell; Rainn Wilson; Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    7/20/06
  - S 14: Ep 172 Show #3106
    3/14/06
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Self
  - S 14: Ep 2385 Tom Arnold, Rainn Wilson, Jesse Malin
    3/19/07
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 32: Ep 14 Rainn Wilson/Arcade Fire
    2/24/07
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  himself
  - S 4: Ep 23 November 10, 2006
    11/10/06
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 12 Sir Elton John/Rainn Wilson
    9/19/06
  - S 4: Ep 5 Andre Agassi/Kim Basinger/Mike Holmes/Rainn Wilson
    9/8/06
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself
  - S 58: Ep 1 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/27/06
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 107 Terrell Owens, Rainn Wilson, Rascal Flatts
    7/17/06
- Entourage
  R.J. Spencer
  - S 2: Ep 9 I Love You Too
    7/31/05
- The Henry Rollins Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    2/4/05
- Numb3rs
  Martin Grolsch
  - S 1: Ep 3 Vector
    2/4/05
- Monk
  Walker Browning
  - S 2: Ep 3 Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame
    7/11/03
- MDs
  John Doe
  - S 1: Ep 8 Reversal of Fortune
    12/11/02
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Mr. Baltzer
  - S 4: Ep 8 Waste
    11/15/02
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  Guy in Supermarket
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Strip Strangler
    5/17/01
- Dark Angel
  Phil
  - S 1: Ep 19 I And I Am A Camera
    5/1/01
- Charmed
  Kierkan
  - S 3: Ep 9 Coyote Piper
    1/11/01
- MDs
  Joe Doe
  - S 1: Ep 9 Family Secrets
Cameo (1)

Role
- Family Guy
  Dwight Schrute
  - S 9: Ep 2 Excellence in Broadcasting
    10/3/10
Director (1)

Role
- The Office
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 12 Classy Christmas, Part 2
    12/9/10
  - S 7: Ep 11 Classy Christmas, Part 1
    12/9/10
  - S 6: Ep 24 The Cover-Up
    5/6/10

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Looking Back on The Office Season 8: C'mon Guys, It Wasn't THAT Bad

By Price Peterson, May 17, 2012

As we look back on The Office's first full Scott season without Michael Scott, we'll admit it wasn't the best. But there WERE highlights. read more
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What to Watch Tonight: Whitney, One Tree Hill, and Psych

By Price Peterson, Mar 28, 2012

Plus: Happy Endings, South Park, and Whitechapel read more

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- Rainn has been nominated for two Emmy Awards. In 2008 and 2007, he was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for The Office.
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- Rainn won 2 SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for The Office in 2007 and 2008. He also won for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Six Feet Under in 2003.
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- He used to be an acting teacher.
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- Rainn: Scotland is the Canada of England!
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- Rainn (on how he manages to play Dwight on The Office): There's like ten minutes when it's like, 'Okay, wait, who is this guy again?' And then, you know, I just put on the calculator watch and the glasses, and just be all, you know, inappropriate. And then it just works out fine.
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- Rainn (on what he did during the WGA Strike): I did a little bit of picketing. I played a lot with my three-and-a-half-year-old son, which was good... And I went to Israel and I did some writing. And I worked on my backhand with my Zen tennis coach.
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