Rainn Wilson

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Biography

Rainn Wilson lives in Los Angeles with his wife, fiction writer 'Holiday Reinhorn' . Rainn is a member of the Baha'i Faith.

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·producer·director
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 20 January 1966
  • Place of birth
  • Seattle
  • Residence
  • Los Angeles
  • Spouses
  • Holiday Reinhorn
  • Education
  • University of Washington·New York University Tisch School of the Arts·Tufts University
  • Knows language
  • English language

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Rainn writes the blogs for his character Dwight Schrute on the website for his show "The Office" .

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 Days Journey Into Night at the Arena Stage and performed at the Guthrie and other theatrical venues as well.

Originally came to Los Angeles with a theater piece entitled The New Bozena, a show he created off-Broadway.

Deadpan character actor famous for his geeky, bespectacled loser, most notably on TV and, more recently, film.

MFA in Acting - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

He was born at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle.

Son Walter McKenzie born in 2004.

Rainn is the co-creator and host of SoulPancake.com, a website that links spirituality and creativity and chews on lifes big questions.

He is a passionate hobby chess player.

Quotes

If it’s a pure expression of yourself no matter what it is or what medium, it’s going to shine. It’s going to resonate. You could look inside of yourself and you could have a canvas and you could paint a dot in it, but if that is where your creative purpose is taking you then it needs to be that dot.

The greatest thing ever in the history of the world and of all of human endeavor from time immemorial is stories.

I think God has a tremendous sense of humor.

My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet. .

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