Rainn Wilson's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Office Dwight Schr… Henry's Film Corner Rainn Wilson

Main Movie Roles 2009 - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009 - Monsters vs. Aliens 2008 - The Rocker 2007 - The Last Mimzy 2007 - Juno 2006 - My Super Ex-Girlfriend 2005 - Sahara 2003 - How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass 2003 - House of 1000 Corpses 2002 - Full Frontal 2001 - America's Sweethearts 2000 - Almost Famous 1999 - Galaxy Quest

BIOGRAPHY:

Rainn Wilson lives in Los Angeles with his wife, fiction writer Holiday Reinhorn (Big Cats), and his son, Walter McKenzie Wilson who was born in 2004. He grew up in Seattle, Washington but graduated from New Trier H.S. in Winnetka, Illinois. After attending both Tufts University and the University of Washington, Rainn studied acting at NYU's graduate acting program and spent years doing theater both on and off-Broadway, on tours with the Acting Company and in region theatre including The Guthrie and Arena Stage.

Rainn co-created and directed The New Bozena, a sketch comedy and post-modern clown show which performed in New York and ended up doing a pilot presentation at Fox TV. He made his directorial debut with a short film based on the show.

After many years of working in TV and film, his breakthrough role happened, as Arthur, the odd love interest to the much older Frances Conroy on "Six Feet Under" (2001). His favorite role to date, however, is Bill Harris in the film, How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003).

Rainn is a member of the Baha'i Faith.


TRIVIA:

• Originally came to Los Angeles with a theater piece entitled The New Bozena, a show he created off-Broadway.
• Rainn is the co-creator and host of SoulPancake.com, a website that links spirituality and creativity and 'chews on life's big questions'.
• Deadpan character actor famous for his geeky, bespectacled loser, most notably on TV and, more recently, film.
• Played clarinet and bassoon in the high school band.
• Got his start in theater as a member of the Acting Company and remained for several years. Appeared in Long Day's Journey Into Night at the Arena Stage and performed at the Guthrie and other theatrical venues as well.
• He was born at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle.
• Son Walter McKenzie born in 2004.
• Rainn writes the blogs for his character Dwight Schrute on the website for his show _"The Office" (2005)_ (qv).