Rainn Wilson mini-bio: Rainn Wilson lives in Los Angeles with his wife, fiction writer Holiday Reinhorn (Big Cats), and his son, Walter Mckenzie Wilson who was born in 2004. He grew up in Seattle, Washington but graduated High School from New Trier H.S. in Winnetka, Illinois. After attending both Tufts U. and the University of Washington, Rainn studied acting at NYU's graduate acting program and spent years doing theater both On and Off-Broadway, on tours (the Acting Company) and in the regions (The Guthrie, Arena Stage). Rainn co-created and directed The New Bozena, a sketch comedy and post-modern clown show which performed in New York and ended up doing a pilot presentation at Fox TV. He made his directorial debut with a short film based on the show. After many years of working in TV and Film, he became best known for playing Arthur, the odd love interest to Francis Conroy on "Six Feet Under" (2001). His favorite role, however, is Bill Harris in the film, How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003). Rainn is a member of the Baha'i Faith.
His most well known is playing Dwight on the television series "The Office". His other film roles include America's Sweethearts, House of 1000 Corpses, Sahara, Blue in Green, The Last Mimzy, The Rocker and Monsters vs Aliens. His upcoming movies include a small role in Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen and Peep World.
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