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Eccentricity? All In A Day's Work For Rainn Wilson

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December 30, 2008

Rainn Wilson plays beet-farming, archery-loving middle-management kook Dwight Shrute on NBC's The Office.

This interview was originally broadcast on July 30, 2008.

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'Office' Star Rainn Wilson
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While his Office character may enjoy weaponry, Rainn Wilson's own pastimes are more sedate. Instead of acquiring crossbows and throwing stars, he avidly collects art.

'Office' Star Rainn Wilson
Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

While his Office character may enjoy weaponry, Rainn Wilson's own pastimes are more sedate. Instead of acquiring crossbows and throwing stars, he avidly collects art.

July 30, 2008

While his Office character may take himself seriously, actor Rainn Wilson seems to be all about the laughs. Wilson plays beet-farming, archery-loving middle-management kook Dwight Shrute on the NBC hit television series. Now, Wilson is trading his crossbow for a guitar in the new film The Rocker.

In The Rocker, Wilson plays a failed hair-metal musician. After he's kicked out of his band, the group goes on to achieve great success. But when he joins his nephew's garage band, he gets a second chance at fame.

Wilson made his breakthrough as an actor playing an eccentric mortician on the HBO series Six Feet Under. He has also appeared in the films Almost Famous, Galaxy Quest, and Juno.

 
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