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He is best known for his role as dwight schrute on the nbc sitcom the office, for which he earned three consecutive emmy award nominations for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series. Check out rainn s print materials that you can download, print, and distribute for free. Rainn wilson and his wife, holiday reinhorn, are the founders of lide haiti. Persson, this drama centers on detective everett backstrom, a grumpy and sometimes offensive detective who heads up the serious crimes unit in portland, ore. Backstrom, the new fox series starring rainn wilson. The companys filing status is listed as active and its file number is 38547097. Rainn wilson won acclaim by playing the oddly endearing oddball dwight schrute for nine seasons on the office, starring his good friend steve carell. Rainn is most widely recognized as dwight from the office but he also starred in movies like juno, super, monsters vs aliens, transformers.
Everett backstrom, an alcoholic and smoker who is in failing health, but takes on cases in special circumstances. Powells books suspends event programming through april 2020 following governor kate brown s announcement of new rules to slow the spread of covid19 and our own commitment to ensure the safety of our employees and customers, powells is cancelling all author events, book clubs, and other scheduled gatherings at each of our store locations through the end of april 2020. Rainn wilson biography childhood, life achievements. The series is set in portland, oregon, and filmed in vancouver, british columbia. Each person represents a different way that theyre changing the world but they all have one thing in commonthey give a damn and have chosen to not be silent about things that matter. Rainn wilson returns to tv in fox crime series backstrom alicia rancilio january 21, 2015 gmt new york ap rainn wilson knows hell be remembered as dwight schrute, the odd, overly confident character lacking social graces that he played on nbcs the office for nine seasons. For reference, the clips i share from my conversations with bucky buchstaber, rainn wilson, brit gilmore, timothy sykes, nickolas gaines, and golriz lucina. These individuals collectively are associated with 6 companies in 6 cities. With rainn wilson, genevieve angelson, kristoffer polaha, page kennedy. In real life, wilson is a big fan of the portlandbased indie rock band blitzen trapper.
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A native of seattle, wilson began acting in college at the university of. Marmott lane limited, llc in portland, or company info. Lide is an educational initiative that uses the arts and literacy to build resiliency and empower atrisk adolescent. Rainn dietrich wilson is an american television and movie actor, director, scriptwriter and producer.
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