Rainn Wilson

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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".

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Known For

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Professor Colan

The Meg

Morris

Juno

Rollo

The Office

Dwight Schrute

Monsters vs Aliens

Gallaxhar (voice)

Family Guy

Dwight Schrute (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Mr. Baltzer

The Rookie

Rainn Wilson

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Superhero MOVIE	Self
2026	At the Sea MOVIE	George
2026	Deepfaking Sam Altman MOVIE	Self
2025	Code 3 MOVIE	Randy
2025	Paradise Records MOVIE	Creepy Guy
2024	Hitpig! MOVIE	Leapin' Lord of the Leotard (voice)
2024	Empire Waist MOVIE	Mark Miller
2024	Rhett & Link's Wonderhole TV	TV's Rainn Wilson
2024	Hollywood's Humble Maestro: The Russell Garcia Story MOVIE	Narrator
2024	Ezra MOVIE	Nick
2024	ILY, BYE MOVIE	Mr. Litchfield
2024	Home Delivery MOVIE	Cheyenne
2023	Lessons in Chemistry TV	Phil Lebensmal
2023	Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss TV	Self - Host
2022	StoryBots: Answer Time TV	Self
2022	Jerry & Marge Go Large MOVIE	Bill
2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show TV	Self
2022	Weird: The Al Yankovic Story MOVIE	Dr. Demento
2022	Dark Winds TV	Dan 'Devoted Dan' DeMarco
2021	Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts MOVIE	Gary
2021	The Choe Show TV	Self
2021	Dan Mangan is the Least Cool Thing MOVIE	Self
2021	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune TV	Self - Contestant
2020	We Are the Champions TV	Narrator
2020	Don't Look Back MOVIE	George Reed
2020	Utopia TV	Michael Stearns
2020	Don't Tell a Soul MOVIE	Mr. Hamby / Randy Michael Sadler
2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride TV	Vizzini
2020	Solar Opposites TV	Steven (voice)
2020	Justice League Dark: Apokolips War MOVIE	Lex Luthor (voice)
2020	Celebrity IOU TV	Self
2020	Some Good News TV	Self
2019	Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary MOVIE	Self
2019	Where In The Hell Is The Lavender House: The Longmont Potion Castle Story MOVIE	Self
2019	Laughing Matters MOVIE	Self
2019	The Death and Return of Superman MOVIE	Lex Luthor (voice)
2019	Transparent: Musicale Finale MOVIE	Arthur
2019	A Little Late with Lilly Singh TV	Self
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show TV	Self
2019	Blackbird MOVIE	Michael
2019	Batman: Hush MOVIE	Lex Luthor (voice)
2019	UnMade TV	Himself
2019	Reign of the Supermen MOVIE	Lex Luthor (voice)
2018	The Rookie TV	Rainn Wilson
2018	Star Trek: Short Treks TV	Harry Mudd
2018	The Meg MOVIE	Morris
2018	The Death of Superman MOVIE	Lex Luthor (voice)
2018	Explained TV	Narrator (voice)
2018	The Gate: Dawn of the Bahá’í Faith MOVIE	Himself
2017	Permanent MOVIE	Jim Dixon
2017	Thom Pain MOVIE	Thom Pain
2017	Star Trek: Discovery TV	Harry Mudd
2017	Room 104 TV	Jim
2017	Shimmer Lake MOVIE	Andy Sikes
2017	Smurfs: The Lost Village MOVIE	Gargamel (voice)
2016	Army of One MOVIE	Agent Simons
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV	Self
2015	The Boy MOVIE	William Colby
2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden TV	Self
2015	Uncanny MOVIE	Castle
2015	Backstrom TV	Det. Lt. Backstrom
2014	Cooties MOVIE	Wade
2014	Transparent TV	Arthur
2014	Good Samaritan MOVIE	George Reed
2014	Running Wild with Bear Grylls TV	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers TV	Self - Guest
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self
2014	Annoying Orange: Movie Fruitacular MOVIE	Dr. Po
2013	The Stream MOVIE	Adult Ernest
2013	Acting Disruptive TV	Self
2013	Here Comes the Night Time MOVIE	Carl the Roadie
2013	Mom TV	Trevor
2013	The Office Retrospective MOVIE	Self
2013	Monsters vs Aliens Stories MOVIE	Self
2012	The Office: Secret Santa Pack MOVIE	Dwight Schrute
2012	Comedy Bang! Bang! TV	Self
2012	Good Mythical Morning TV	Self
2011	Threat Level Midnight MOVIE	Samuel
2011	Few Options MOVIE	Cousin Don
2011	Fight for Your Right Revisited MOVIE	Church Goer
2010	Super MOVIE	Frank Darbo
2010	Conan TV	Self
2010	Peep World MOVIE	Joel
2010	Hesher MOVIE	Paul Forney
2010	Still on the Road MOVIE	Self
2009	The Jay Leno Show TV	Self
2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen MOVIE	Professor Colan
2009	The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
2009	Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space MOVIE	Wicked Jack (voice)
2009	Monsters vs Aliens MOVIE	Gallaxhar (voice)
2008	The Rocker MOVIE	Robert 'Fish' Fishman
2008	VH1 Rock Honors: The Who MOVIE	Self
2007	Juno MOVIE	Rollo
2007	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! TV	Cinco Spokesman
2007	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! TV	Video Match Client
2007	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! TV	Blind Man
2007	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! TV	Bobby Stoan
2007	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! TV	Bobby Stoan (uncredited)
2007	The Last Mimzy MOVIE	Larry White
2006	The Megan Mullally Show TV	Self - Guest
2006	My Super Ex-Girlfriend MOVIE	Vaughn Haige
2006	VH1 Rock Honors TV	Self
2005	The Life Coach MOVIE	Dr. Watson Newmark
2005	Six Feet Under: In Memoriam MOVIE	Himself
2005	Wheelmen MOVIE	Barny
2005	Sahara MOVIE	Rudi Gunn
2005	The Office TV	Dwight Schrute
2005	Numb3rs TV	Martin Grolsch
2004	Entourage TV	R.J. Spencer
2004	Baadasssss! MOVIE	Bill Harris
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV	Self
2003	Reno 911! TV	Calvin Robin Tomlinson
2003	DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection TV	Wicked Jack (voice)
2003	House of 1000 Corpses MOVIE	Bill Hudley
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self - Guest
2002	MDs TV	John Doe
2002	Full Frontal MOVIE	First Fired Employee
2002	Monk TV	Self
2002	Monk TV	Walker Browning
2001	America's Sweethearts MOVIE	Dave O'Hanlon
2001	Six Feet Under TV	Arthur Martin
2001	When Billie Beat Bobby MOVIE	Dennis Van De Meer
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV	Guy in Supermarket
2000	Dark Angel TV	Phil
2000	Almost Famous MOVIE	David Felton
1999	Galaxy Quest MOVIE	Lahnk
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Mr. Baltzer
1999	Family Guy TV	Dwight Schrute (voice)
1998	Charmed TV	Kierkan
1996	MURDER and murder MOVIE	George
1996	The Daily Show TV	Self
1995	Road Rules TV	The Road Master
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1992	MTV Movie & TV Awards TV	Self - Presenter
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV	Self
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV	Self - Guest
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
1975	People's Choice Awards TV	Self - Presenter
1952	Today TV	Self

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