Rainn Wilson

Rainn Wilson

Known for
Acting
Born
January 20, 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Seattle, Washington, USA

Biography

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, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Weezer: Security Threat

Weezer: Security Threat

Movie

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The Wall: A Solar Opposites Story poster

The Wall: A Solar Opposites Story

Movie · as Steve

2026
At the Sea poster

At the Sea

Movie · as George

2026
Home Delivery poster

Home Delivery

Movie · as Cheyenne

2026
Deepfaking Sam Altman poster

Deepfaking Sam Altman

Movie · as Self

2026
Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Superhero poster

Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Superhero

Movie

2026
The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World poster

The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World

Movie · as Self

2025
Code 3 poster

Code 3

Movie · as Randy

2025
Paradise Records poster

Paradise Records

Movie · as Creepy Guy

2024
Ezra poster

Ezra

Movie · as Nick

2024
Empire Waist poster

Empire Waist

Movie · as Mark Miller

2024
ILY, BYE poster

ILY, BYE

Movie · as Mr. Litchfield

2024
Hollywood's Humble Maestro: The Russell Garcia Story

Hollywood's Humble Maestro: The Russell Garcia Story

Movie · as Narrator

2024
Hitpig! poster

Hitpig!

Movie · as Leapin' Lord of the Leotard (voice)

2024
Rhett & Link's Wonderhole poster

Rhett & Link's Wonderhole

Movie · as Rainn Wilson

2024
Rhett & Link's Wonderhole poster

Rhett & Link's Wonderhole

TV · as TV's Rainn Wilson · 1 ep

2023
Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss poster

Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss

TV · as Self - Host · 5 eps

2023
Lessons in Chemistry poster

Lessons in Chemistry

TV · as Phil Lebensmal · 4 eps

2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story poster

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Movie · as Dr. Demento

2022
Jerry & Marge Go Large poster

Jerry & Marge Go Large

Movie · as Bill

2022
StoryBots: Answer Time poster

StoryBots: Answer Time

TV · 1 ep

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Dark Winds poster

Dark Winds

TV · as Dan 'Devoted Dan' DeMarco · 3 eps

2021
Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts poster

Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts

Movie · as Gary

2021
Dan Mangan is the Least Cool Thing poster

Dan Mangan is the Least Cool Thing

Movie · as Self

2021
The Choe Show poster

The Choe Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune poster

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2021
Last Meals poster

Last Meals

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Don't Tell a Soul poster

Don't Tell a Soul

Movie · as Mr. Hamby / Randy Michael Sadler

2020
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War poster

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War

Movie · as Lex Luthor (voice)

2020
Don't Look Back poster

Don't Look Back

Movie · as George Reed

2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride poster

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

TV · as Vizzini · 1 ep

2020
Utopia poster

Utopia

TV · as Michael Stearns · 8 eps

2020
Some Good News poster

Some Good News

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2020
We Are the Champions poster

We Are the Champions

TV · as Narrator · 6 eps

2020
Celebrity IOU poster

Celebrity IOU

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Solar Opposites poster

Solar Opposites

TV · as Steven (voice) · 2 eps

2019
Reign of the Supermen poster

Reign of the Supermen

Movie · as Lex Luthor (voice)

2019
The Death of Superman poster

The Death of Superman

Movie · as Lex Luthor (voice)

2019
Blackbird poster

Blackbird

Movie · as Michael

2019
Where In The Hell Is The Lavender House: The Longmont Potion Castle Story poster

Where In The Hell Is The Lavender House: The Longmont Potion Castle Story

Movie · as Self

2019
Batman: Hush poster

Batman: Hush

Movie · as Lex Luthor (voice)

2019
The Death and Return of Superman poster

The Death and Return of Superman

Movie · as Lex Luthor (voice)

2019
Laughing Matters poster

Laughing Matters

Movie · as Self

2019
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary poster

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

Movie · as Self

2019
Transparent: Musicale Finale poster

Transparent: Musicale Finale

Movie · as Arthur

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
UnMade poster

UnMade

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh poster

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2018
The Meg poster

The Meg

Movie · as Morris

2018
The Gate: Dawn of the Bahá’í Faith poster

The Gate: Dawn of the Bahá’í Faith

Movie · as Himself

2018
Explained poster

Explained

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

2018
The Rookie poster

The Rookie

TV · as Rainn Wilson · 1 ep

2018
Star Trek: Short Treks poster

Star Trek: Short Treks

TV · as Harry Mudd · 1 ep

2017
Smurfs: The Lost Village poster

Smurfs: The Lost Village

Movie · as Gargamel (voice)

2017
Permanent poster

Permanent

Movie · as Jim Dixon

2017
Shimmer Lake poster

Shimmer Lake

Movie · as Andy Sikes

2017
Thom Pain poster

Thom Pain

Movie · as Thom Pain

2017
Room 104 poster

Room 104

TV · as Jim · 1 ep

2017
Star Trek: Discovery poster

Star Trek: Discovery

TV · as Harry Mudd · 2 eps

2016
Army of One poster

Army of One

Movie · as Agent Simons

2015
Uncanny poster

Uncanny

Movie · as Castle

2015
The Boy poster

The Boy

Movie · as William Colby

2015
Backstrom poster

Backstrom

TV · as Det. Lt. Backstrom · 13 eps

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Cooties poster

Cooties

Movie · as Wade

2014
Good Samaritan poster

Good Samaritan

Movie · as George Reed

2014
Annoying Orange: Movie Fruitacular poster

Annoying Orange: Movie Fruitacular

Movie · as Dr. Po

2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls poster

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Transparent poster

Transparent

TV · as Arthur · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
The Stream poster

The Stream

Movie · as Adult Ernest

2013
Monsters vs Aliens Stories poster

Monsters vs Aliens Stories

Movie

2013
The Office Retrospective poster

The Office Retrospective

Movie · as Self

2013
Here Comes the Night Time poster

Here Comes the Night Time

Movie · as Carl the Roadie

2013
Acting Disruptive poster

Acting Disruptive

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Mom poster

Mom

TV · as Trevor · 9 eps

2012
The Office: Secret Santa Pack poster

The Office: Secret Santa Pack

Movie · as Dwight Schrute

2012
Good Mythical Morning poster

Good Mythical Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Comedy Bang! Bang! poster

Comedy Bang! Bang!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited poster

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Movie · as Church Goer

2011
Few Options poster

Few Options

Movie · as Cousin Don

2011
A Look Behind the Scenes: Super

A Look Behind the Scenes: Super

Movie · as Self

2010
Hesher poster

Hesher

Movie · as Paul Forney

2010
Super poster

Super

Movie · as Frank Darbo

2010
Peep World poster

Peep World

Movie · as Joel

2010
Still on the Road poster

Still on the Road

Movie · as Self

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Adventure Time poster

Adventure Time

TV · as Peace Master (voice) · 1 ep

2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen poster

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Movie · as Professor Colan

2009
Monsters vs Aliens poster

Monsters vs Aliens

Movie · as Gallaxhar (voice)

2009
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space poster

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

Movie · as Wicked Jack (voice)

2009
The Jay Leno Show poster

The Jay Leno Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
The Rocker poster

The Rocker

Movie · as Fish

2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who poster

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

Movie · as Self

2007
The Last Mimzy poster

The Last Mimzy

Movie · as Larry White

2007
Juno poster

Juno

Movie · as Rollo

2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! poster

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

TV · as Cinco Spokesman, Video Match Client, Blind Man, Bobby Stoan, Bobby Stoan (uncredited) · 1 ep

2006
My Super Ex-Girlfriend poster

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

Movie · as Vaughn Haige

2006
VH1 Rock Honors poster

VH1 Rock Honors

TV · 1 ep

2006
The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
The Life Coach poster

The Life Coach

Movie · as Dr. Watson Newmark

2005
Sahara poster

Sahara

Movie · as Rudi Gunn

2005
Wheelmen poster

Wheelmen

Movie · as Barny

2005
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam poster

Six Feet Under: In Memoriam

Movie · as Himself

2005
The Office poster

The Office

TV · as Dwight Schrute · 186 eps

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Martin Grolsch · 1 ep

2004
Baadasssss! poster

Baadasssss!

Movie · as Bill Harris

2004
Entourage poster

Entourage

TV · as R.J. Spencer · 1 ep

2003
House of 1000 Corpses poster

House of 1000 Corpses

Movie · as Bill Hudley

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection poster

DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection

TV · as Wicked Jack (voice) · 1 ep

2003
Reno 911! poster

Reno 911!

TV · as Calvin Robin Tomlinson · 1 ep

2002
Full Frontal poster

Full Frontal

Movie · as First Fired Employee

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as Walker Browning

2002
MDs poster

MDs

TV · as John Doe · 2 eps

2001
America's Sweethearts poster

America's Sweethearts

Movie · as Dave O'Hanlon

2001
When Billie Beat Bobby poster

When Billie Beat Bobby

Movie · as Dennis Van De Meer

2001
Six Feet Under poster

Six Feet Under

TV · as Arthur Martin · 13 eps

2000
Almost Famous poster

Almost Famous

Movie · as David Felton

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Guy in Supermarket · 1 ep

2000
Dark Angel poster

Dark Angel

TV · as Phil · 1 ep

1999
Galaxy Quest poster

Galaxy Quest

Movie · as Lahnk

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Dwight Schrute (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Mr. Baltzer · 1 ep

1998
Charmed poster

Charmed

TV · as Kierkan · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
MURDER and murder poster

MURDER and murder

Movie · as George

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Road Rules poster

Road Rules

TV · as The Road Master · 23 eps

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 4 eps

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep