Actor profile

Rainn Wilson

20th January 1966 Seattle, Washington, USA Acting

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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Rainn Wilson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

72 Movies 64 TV Shows 136 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Superhero poster

Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Superhero 13th March 2026

At the Sea poster

At the Sea 16th February 2026 as George

Deepfaking Sam Altman poster

Deepfaking Sam Altman 16th January 2026 as Self

Code 3 poster

Code 3 12th September 2025 as Randy

Paradise Records poster

Paradise Records 6th June 2025 as Creepy Guy

Hitpig! poster

Hitpig! 1st November 2024 as Leapin' Lord of the Leotard (voice)

Empire Waist poster

Empire Waist 27th September 2024 as Mark Miller

Rhett & Link's Wonderhole poster

Rhett & Link's Wonderhole 23rd August 2024 as Rainn Wilson

Hollywood's Humble Maestro: The Russell Garcia Story 27th July 2024 as Narrator

Ezra poster

Ezra 30th May 2024 as Nick

ILY, BYE poster

ILY, BYE 20th March 2024 as Mr. Litchfield

Home Delivery poster

Home Delivery 5th February 2024 as Cheyenne

Jerry & Marge Go Large poster

Jerry & Marge Go Large 20th October 2022 as Bill

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story poster

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 8th September 2022 as Dr. Demento

Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts poster

Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts 29th September 2021 as Gary

Dan Mangan is the Least Cool Thing poster

Dan Mangan is the Least Cool Thing 12th May 2021 as Self

Don't Look Back poster

Don't Look Back 6th November 2020 as George Reed

Don't Tell a Soul poster

Don't Tell a Soul 8th September 2020 as Mr. Hamby / Randy Michael Sadler

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War poster

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War 5th May 2020 as Lex Luthor (voice)

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary poster

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary 26th November 2019 as Self

Where In The Hell Is The Lavender House: The Longmont Potion Castle Story poster

Where In The Hell Is The Lavender House: The Longmont Potion Castle Story 26th October 2019 as Self

Laughing Matters poster

Laughing Matters 10th October 2019 as Self

The Death and Return of Superman poster

The Death and Return of Superman 1st October 2019 as Lex Luthor (voice)

Transparent: Musicale Finale poster

Transparent: Musicale Finale 27th September 2019 as Arthur

Blackbird poster

Blackbird 6th September 2019 as Michael

Batman: Hush poster

Batman: Hush 19th July 2019 as Lex Luthor (voice)

Reign of the Supermen poster

Reign of the Supermen 13th January 2019 as Lex Luthor (voice)

The Death of Superman poster

The Death of Superman 13th January 2019 as Lex Luthor (voice)

The Meg poster

The Meg 9th August 2018 as Morris

The Gate: Dawn of the Bahá’í Faith poster

The Gate: Dawn of the Bahá’í Faith 9th May 2018 as Himself

Permanent poster

Permanent 15th December 2017 as Jim Dixon

Thom Pain poster

Thom Pain 1st November 2017 as Thom Pain

Shimmer Lake poster

Shimmer Lake 9th June 2017 as Andy Sikes

Smurfs: The Lost Village poster

Smurfs: The Lost Village 23rd March 2017 as Gargamel (voice)

Army of One poster

Army of One 4th November 2016 as Agent Simons

The Boy poster

The Boy 14th August 2015 as William Colby

Uncanny poster

Uncanny 31st January 2015 as Castle

Cooties poster

Cooties 10th October 2014 as Wade

Good Samaritan poster

Good Samaritan 28th July 2014 as George Reed

Annoying Orange: Movie Fruitacular poster

Annoying Orange: Movie Fruitacular 21st January 2014 as Dr. Po

The Stream poster

The Stream 18th October 2013 as Adult Ernest

Here Comes the Night Time poster

Here Comes the Night Time 29th September 2013 as Carl the Roadie

The Office Retrospective poster

The Office Retrospective 16th May 2013 as Self

Monsters vs Aliens Stories poster

Monsters vs Aliens Stories 1st January 2013

The Office: Secret Santa Pack poster

The Office: Secret Santa Pack 16th October 2012 as Dwight Schrute

Few Options poster

Few Options 1st July 2011 as Cousin Don

Fight for Your Right Revisited poster

Fight for Your Right Revisited 22nd April 2011 as Church Goer

Super poster

Super 26th November 2010 as Frank Darbo

Peep World poster

Peep World 15th September 2010 as Joel

Hesher poster

Hesher 22nd January 2010 as Paul Forney

Still on the Road poster

Still on the Road 3rd January 2010 as Self

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen poster

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 19th June 2009 as Professor Colan

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space poster

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space 1st April 2009 as Wicked Jack (voice)

Monsters vs Aliens poster

Monsters vs Aliens 19th March 2009 as Gallaxhar (voice)

The Rocker poster

The Rocker 20th August 2008 as Robert 'Fish' Fishman

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who poster

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who 17th July 2008 as Self

Juno poster

Juno 5th December 2007 as Rollo

The Last Mimzy poster

The Last Mimzy 9th February 2007 as Larry White

My Super Ex-Girlfriend poster

My Super Ex-Girlfriend 20th July 2006 as Vaughn Haige

The Life Coach poster

The Life Coach 29th November 2005 as Dr. Watson Newmark

Six Feet Under: In Memoriam poster

Six Feet Under: In Memoriam 25th October 2005 as Himself

Wheelmen poster

Wheelmen 3rd June 2005 as Barny

Sahara poster

Sahara 6th April 2005 as Rudi Gunn

Baadasssss! poster

Baadasssss! 28th May 2004 as Bill Harris

House of 1000 Corpses poster

House of 1000 Corpses 11th April 2003 as Bill Hudley

Full Frontal poster

Full Frontal 2nd August 2002 as First Fired Employee

America's Sweethearts poster

America's Sweethearts 17th July 2001 as Dave O'Hanlon

When Billie Beat Bobby poster

When Billie Beat Bobby 16th April 2001 as Dennis Van De Meer

Almost Famous poster

Almost Famous 15th September 2000 as David Felton

Galaxy Quest poster

Galaxy Quest 25th December 1999 as Lahnk

MURDER and murder poster

MURDER and murder 10th September 1996 as George

Weezer: Security Threat

Rhett & Link's Wonderhole poster

Rhett & Link's Wonderhole 23rd August 2024 as TV's Rainn Wilson

Lessons in Chemistry poster

Lessons in Chemistry 12th October 2023 as Phil Lebensmal

Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss poster

Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss 18th May 2023 as Self - Host

StoryBots: Answer Time poster

StoryBots: Answer Time 21st November 2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show 12th September 2022 as Self

Dark Winds poster

Dark Winds 12th June 2022 as Dan 'Devoted Dan' DeMarco

The Choe Show poster

The Choe Show 25th June 2021 as Self

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune poster

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune 7th January 2021 as Self - Contestant

We Are the Champions poster

We Are the Champions 17th November 2020 as Narrator

Utopia poster

Utopia 25th September 2020 as Michael Stearns

Home Movie: The Princess Bride poster

Home Movie: The Princess Bride 29th June 2020 as Vizzini

Solar Opposites poster

Solar Opposites 8th May 2020 as Steven (voice)

Celebrity IOU poster

Celebrity IOU 13th April 2020 as Self

Some Good News poster

Some Good News 29th March 2020 as Self

A Little Late with Lilly Singh poster

A Little Late with Lilly Singh 16th September 2019 as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self

UnMade poster

UnMade 16th January 2019 as Himself

The Rookie poster

The Rookie 16th October 2018 as Rainn Wilson

Star Trek: Short Treks poster

Star Trek: Short Treks 3rd October 2018 as Harry Mudd

Explained poster

Explained 23rd May 2018 as Narrator (voice)

Star Trek: Discovery poster

Star Trek: Discovery 24th September 2017 as Harry Mudd

Room 104 poster

Room 104 28th July 2017 as Jim

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden 23rd March 2015 as Self

Backstrom poster

Backstrom 22nd January 2015 as Det. Lt. Backstrom

Transparent poster

Transparent 26th September 2014 as Arthur

Running Wild with Bear Grylls poster

Running Wild with Bear Grylls 28th July 2014 as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self

Acting Disruptive poster

Acting Disruptive 8th October 2013 as Self

Mom poster

Mom 23rd September 2013 as Trevor

Comedy Bang! Bang! poster

Comedy Bang! Bang! 8th June 2012 as Self

Good Mythical Morning poster

Good Mythical Morning 9th January 2012 as Self

Conan poster

Conan 8th November 2010 as Self

The Jay Leno Show poster

The Jay Leno Show 14th September 2009 as Self

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien 1st June 2009 as Self - Guest

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! poster

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! 11th February 2007 as Bobby Stoan (uncredited)

The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show 18th September 2006 as Self - Guest

VH1 Rock Honors poster

VH1 Rock Honors 31st May 2006

The Office poster

The Office 24th March 2005 as Dwight Schrute

Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs 23rd January 2005 as Martin Grolsch

Entourage poster

Entourage 18th July 2004 as R.J. Spencer

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8th September 2003 as Self

Reno 911! poster

Reno 911! 23rd July 2003 as Calvin Robin Tomlinson

DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection poster

DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection 23rd May 2003 as Wicked Jack (voice)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

MDs poster

MDs 25th September 2002 as John Doe

Monk poster

Monk 12th July 2002 as Walker Browning

Six Feet Under poster

Six Feet Under 3rd June 2001 as Arthur Martin

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 6th October 2000 as Guy in Supermarket

Dark Angel poster

Dark Angel 3rd October 2000 as Phil

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 20th September 1999 as Mr. Baltzer

Family Guy poster

Family Guy 31st January 1999 as Dwight Schrute (voice)

Charmed poster

Charmed 7th October 1998 as Kierkan

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996 as Self

Road Rules poster

Road Rules 19th July 1995 as The Road Master

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self - Guest

MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards 10th June 1992 as Self - Presenter

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 25th May 1992

LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5th September 1988 as Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self - Host

People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards 4th March 1975 as Self - Presenter

Today poster

Today 14th January 1952 as Self