Born Jan. 20, 1966, Seattle native Rainn Wilson attended both Tufts University and the University of Washington before studying at New York University's prestigious graduate acting program. While starting his theatrical career in New York, Wilson paid the bills by driving a moving van.In 2003, after years of smaller parts in film and TV, Wilson found his biggest role yet as Arthur, the androgynous love interest of Francis Conroy's character on "Six Feet Under." Then in 2005, Wilson found true stardom -- and a few Emmy nominations -- as America's defining dork Dwight Schrute, the obnoxious, brownnosing sales rep from the hit NBC sitcom "The Office."
Wilson's big-screen credits include My Super Ex-Girlfriend, The Last Mimzy and The Rocker.
SuperWhen his wife (Liv Tyler) falls in league with a drug dealer, average guy Frank D'Arbo (Rainn Wilson) dons the guise of a superhero, dubs himself the Crimson Bolt and tries to keep a tagalong comic-book store clerk (Ellen Page) from becoming his sidekick. But it's hard to be a superhero when all... Read More
The RockerWhen Robert "Fish" Fishman (Rainn Wilson), a washed-up drummer from a 1980s supergroup, reluctantly accepts a gig on the skins in his nephew's high school band, he discovers that his dreams of rock 'n' roll stardom haven't completely died. Can he take his new band, A.D.D., all the way to the top?... Read More
Super (2011) | R | |
The New Recruits (2010) | NR | |
Hesher (2010) | R | |
Peep World (2010) | NR | |
PG-13 | ||
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) | PG | |
NR | ||
The Rocker (2008) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
The Last Mimzy (2007) | PG | |
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) | PG-13 | |
The Office (U.S.) (2005) | TV-14 | |
Sahara (2005) | PG-13 | |
The Life Coach (2005) | NR | |
Blue in Green (2005) | NR | |
House of 1,000 Corpses (2003) | R | |
R | ||
Wheelmen (2002) | R | |
Full Frontal (2002) | R | |
America's Sweethearts (2001) | PG-13 | |
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