• Actor Rainn Wilson's starring television roles include funeral home intern Arthur Martin on the HBO series Six Feet Under and Dwight Schrute on the hit American version of The Office.

  Weezer's Rivers Cuomo collaborated with Wilson on the album Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo which was recorded in December 2008 and will be released April 28, 2009. Cuomo, Wilson and actor Jason Schwartzman are joining together on April 11, 2009 for an Alternative Radio Countdown Takeover on Sirius Radio.Rolling Stone: Rivers Cuomo Collaborates With Rainn Wilson (March 31, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Full name: Rainn Dietrich Wilson
  2. Born: January 20, 1966
  3. Birthplace: Seattle, Washington
  4. Follower of Baha'i Faith
  5. Spouse: Holiday Reinhorn
  6. Hosted the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California
  7. Collects art
  8. Has made guest appears on Monk, [[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]] and Entourage
  9. Notable film appearances: Almost Famous, Galaxy Quest, The Last Mimzy and Juno.

• Background

  Wilson attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he majored in acting. He writes a blog called "Schrute-Space" in character as Dwight Schrute on the NBC website. His wife, Holiday Reinhorn, is a fiction writer.

• Quote

  "All kinds of great stuff, but you know what, even if I knew, I would never tell you."—On what to expect from season 5 of The OfficeYouTube Video: Mahalo Daily interviews Rainn Wilson at Comic-Con (Time: 1:25)

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