Rainn Wilson, an American actor, comedian and author, began his acting career in theater and received three Helen Hayes Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his work on the arena stage. In 1997, he transitioned to the big screen, first appearing in an episode of To Live a Life and later in a supporting role in the 2000 TV movie, The Expendables.
He landed his most notable role as Dwight Schrute on NBC’s American version of the comedy sitcom. The Office Rainn was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series three years in a row for his performance on the sitcom.
Rainn Wilson Bio (Age)
The talented actor/comedian was born Rainn Dietrich Wilson on January 20, 1966 at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Washington and is of Norwegian descent.
He studied at Kellogg Middle School before moving on to Shorecrest High School, both in Shoreline, Washington. At Shorecrest High he was a member of the school band and played the clarinet and bassoon. Before graduating, his family moved to Wilmette, Illinois to serve at the Bahá’í National Center. There he continued his schooling at New Trier High School, from which he later graduated.
Moving forward, Rain Wilson enrolled in the University of Washington in Seattle and graduated in 1986 with a BA in Acting. He continued his acting program at New York University’s Tisch School of Arts, graduating with a Masters of Fine Arts degree in acting. A member of The Acting Company in New York, he appeared in theatrical productions and also drove a moving truck in another to support himself.
Wealth (income and earnings)
With an estimated net worth of $14 million, the entertainer certainly has a good life. Besides acting, which is his main source of income, Rain Wilson also makes money from other ventures. He is the founder of the website and YouTube channel SoulPancake. As of March 15, 2019, the YouTube channel has more than 3 million subscribers and more than 522 views.
As a writer, he co-wrote the books SoulPancake: Munch on Life’s Big Questions and also credited a humorous memoir entitled The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Bullshit (2015).
religion
Rainn was raised in the Baha’i Faith, a religious group whose beliefs address essential issues such as the harmony between religion and science, the importance of education, the unity of God and religion, basic gender equality, and many others. According to the actor, this belief helps to see the world as one family and not get caught up in the traps of political, social, and economic belief systems that tend to lead you astray.
Although Rainn was born into the Baha’i faith, Wison retired from it at age 21 while attending drama school in New York. Speaking to Baha’i News in the US in 2007, he explained that he was in a rebellious phase at the time and needed to embark on a spiritual journey to truly understand his faith. At the end of the journey of individual truth-finding ten years later, Wilson’s insights led him back to the Bahá’í perspective and freed him from years of alcohol and drug abuse.
The actor’s wife, who when they married, joined the faith in 2004, and Wilson said he never pressured her. According to him, she became interested in the religion after she began taking Ruhi courses (a curriculum based on the Baha’i scriptures) in the LA area.
Family – wife and son
The actor tied the knot with writer HolidayReinhorn in 1951 in a Baha’i ceremony held on Washington’s Kalama River. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Holiday, an Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate, is known for her short stories including: Big Cats , published in 2005.
Rain Wilson and his wife met at the University of Washington, in an acting class, and after marrying, they waited nine years before having their first child, a son named Walter McKenzie Wilson, in 2004. The couple have two homes—one outside of Sisters, Oregon and one in Los Angeles.
In addition to his wife and son, the actor’s immediate family includes 3 pit bulls (Oona, Pilot and Diamond), 2 pigs (Snorty and Amy) and a zonkey named Derek.
His other family members include his parents; Shay Cooper (mother) and Robert G. Wilson (father). His mother was an actress/yoga teacher while his father, a business consultant, was also an artist and writer who is credited with the novel. Tentacles of the Dawn . Although born in the US, Wilson relocated to Nicaragua with his father and stepmother Kristin when he was only three years old, but they later moved back to Seattle after his father divorced his stepmother.
Height
The tan Rainn Wilson is of reasonable height, although it is not immediately noticeable at first glance. He is 188 cm tall and weighs 84 kg. He also has blue eyes.
In October 2017, The Office star announced that he and his wife were adopting a new eating habit — eating vegan for just a month, to give the digestive system a break from handling animals and animal products. He made the announcement on Instagram, assuring his fans that he won’t be one of those vegans who always talks about how they’re vegan.
