Rainn Dietrich Wilson, born on January 20th 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'. In addition to his starring role on The Office, Wilson appeared as the eccentric Arthur Martin on HBO's 'Six Feet Under'. He has also appeared in 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit', 'CSI', 'NUMB3RS' and 'Entourage'. His film credits include 'Almost Famous', 'America's Sweethearts', 'Galaxy Quest', 'House of 1000 Corpses', 'Sahara', 'The Last Mimzy', 'Juno' and 'My Super Ex-Girlfriend'. Wilson starred in the Fox Atomic comedy 'The Rocker', released on August 20th 2008. His 2009 films include 'Bonzai Shadowhands', which he co-wrote and co-produced; the DreamWorks Animation film 'Monsters vs. Aliens', for which he voiced the villainous alien overlord Gallaxhar and 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen', in which he played a university professor.