Rainn Wilson

Rainn Wilson (April 2011)

Rainn Wilson (2008)

Rainn Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966 in Seattle , Washington ) is an American actor .

Life

He grew up in Seattle , Washington state . There he went to Central Middle School and then to Shorecrest High School in Shoreline . When his parents moved to Willmette , Illinois , to work on the House of Worship at the Baha'i National Center , he attended New Trier High School. He comes from a Baha'i family and also belongs to the faith. He is committed to helping the Baha'i persecuted in Iran . He received theater training from Tufts University in Massachusetts and the University of Washington . He then graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts in New York City .

Wilson has been married to the writer Holiday Reinhorn since 1995. He met her in college acting class and has had a son with her since 2004.

Career

He is known for his role in the US version of the series Das Büro and the lead role in the movie The Rocker - Voll der (S) Hit from 2008. Between 2007 and 2009, he was in three times for the part of Dwight Schrute in Das Büro Episode nominated for an Emmy .

Filmography (selection)

Movies

• 1999: Galaxy Quest - Planlessly through space (Galaxy Quest)
• 2000: Almost Famous - Almost Famous (Almost Famous)
• 2001: America's Sweethearts
• 2002: Full Frontal (Full Frontal)
• 2003: House of 1000 Corpses (House of 1000 Corpses)
• 2005: Sahara - Adventure in the desert (Sahara)
• 2006: Die Super-Ex (My Super Ex-Girlfriend)
• 2007: Juno
• 2007: Mimzy - My Friend from the Future (The Last Mimzy)
• 2008: The Rocker - Voll der (S) Hit (The Rocker)
• 2009: Monsters vs. Aliens (voice)
• 2009: Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen
• 2010: Super - Shut Up, Crime! (Great)
• 2010: Peep World
• 2011: Hesher
• 2013: The Stream
• 2014: Cooties
• 2015: Uncanny
• 2015: The Boy
• 2016: Army of One
• 2017: The Smurfs - The Lost Village ( Smurfs: The Lost Village , voice)
• 2017: Shimmer Lake
• 2018: Meg (The Meg)
• 2020: Don't Tell a Soul

Series

• 1997: Love, Lie, Passion (One Life to Live)
• 2001: Charmed (Charmed)
• 2001: Dark Angel
• 2001: CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
• 2002: Law & Order: New York (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
• 2003: Monk
• 2003–2005: Six Feet Under - People always die (Six Feet Under)
• 2005: Numbers - The Logic of Crime (NUMB3RS)
• 2005: Entourage
• 2005-2013: The Office (The Office)
• 2006: The Office: The Accountants (web series)
• 2009: Reno 911!
• 2014: Backstrom
• 2016: Roadies
• 2017: Star Trek: Discovery
• 2019: Star Trek: Short Treks (1 episode)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Terry Estudillo: From Shorecrest "loser" to "The Office" poser. The Seattle Times, May 22, 2006, accessed September 16, 2009 . 
2. ↑ Did being of the Baha'i faith help you understand the spirituality? As a Baha'i, I believe in all the spiritual beliefs: Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity. Time , March 8, 2007, accessed September 16, 2009 . 
3. ↑ Commentary: Stop religious persecution in Iran. Cable News Network , February 17, 2009; accessed March 1, 2010 . 
4. ^ Rainn Wilson Book: Office Actor Releases Soul Pancake . thedailybeast.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 25, 2011. 

Web links

Commons : Rainn Wilson  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rainn Wilson at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Rainn Wilson at the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• Biography ( memento of February 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on moviesection.de