Rainn Wilson

American actor

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February 2025 Wilson is set to portray Caldwell B. Cladwell in Urinetown at New York City Center as part of their Encores! series.
2024 Wilson launched a long-form interview podcast on YouTube titled Soul Boom w/ Rainn Wilson.
2024 Rainn Wilson was nominated for the Astra TV Awards in the category of Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
2024 Rainn Wilson is set to appear as Mark in 'Empire Waist' and voice Leapin' Lord of the Leotard in 'Hitpig!'.
2023 Appeared in four episodes of Lessons in Chemistry on Apple TV and presented the travel series Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss on Peacock. Also had roles in Jerry & Marge Go Large and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
2023 Wilson is set to play a lead role in the buddy comedy film Code 3.
2023 Rainn Wilson played Nick in 'Ezra'.
2023 Rainn Wilson voiced the Cosmic Caller in the episode 'Fractions' of 'StoryBots: Answer Time'.
2023 Wilson played a role in Jerry & Marge Go Large for Paramount+.
2023 Wilson presented the travel series Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss for Peacock.
2023 Rainn Wilson published 'Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution' with Hachette Books.
2023 Wilson appeared in four episodes of the series Lessons in Chemistry on Apple TV.
2022 Rainn Wilson played the character Devoted Dan in 3 episodes of 'Dark Winds'.
2022 Rainn Wilson portrayed Bill in 'Jerry & Marge Go Large' and Dr. Demento in 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story'.
November 10 2022 Rainn Wilson changed his name on social media to Rainnfall Heat Wave Rising Sea Levels Wilson to raise awareness about climate change, although he did not change his legal name.
2021 Rainn Wilson appeared as himself in the episode 'True Crime' of 'The Rookie'.
2021 Wilson competed in Chess.com's PogChamps 3 chess competition, finishing in second place after a tiebreaker game.
2021 Rainn Wilson narrated the episode 'Chess' of the series 'Explained'.
2021 Wilson voiced the title character in the comedy audio series Dark Air with Terry Carnation.
2020 Starred in the independent thriller Don't Tell a Soul and became a series regular in the Amazon Original Series Utopia as virologist Dr. Michael Sterns. Also executive-produced and narrated the Netflix documentary series We Are the Champions.
2020 Wilson starred in the independent thriller Don't Tell a Soul.
2020 In 'Justice League Dark: Apokolips War', Rainn Wilson voiced Lex Luthor and played Hamby in 'Don't Tell a Soul'. He also made a cameo as George Reed in 'Don't Look Back'.
2020 Rainn Wilson voiced Vizzini in the episode 'Chapter Two: The Shrieking Eels' of 'Home Movie: The Princess Bride'.
2020 Wilson executive-produced and narrated the Netflix documentary series We Are the Champions.
2020 Rainn Wilson voiced the Mouse Milk Farmer in the episode 'Terry and Korvo Steal a Bear' of 'Solar Opposites'.
2020 Wilson was a series regular in the Amazon Original Series Utopia as virologist Dr. Michael Sterns.
2019 Rainn Wilson portrayed Dr. Trevor Wells in 9 episodes of 'Mom' from 2019 to 2021.
2019 Wilson appeared in the independent drama Blackbird.
2019 Rainn Wilson directed and voiced Harry Mudd and Harry Mudd (androids) in the episode 'The Escape Artist' of 'Star Trek: Short Treks'.
2019 Rainn Wilson was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Special Class – Short Format Daytime Program for Food Interrupted.
2019 Rainn Wilson appeared as Arthur in the episode 'Transparent Musicale Finale' of 'Transparent'.
2019 Rainn Wilson reprised his role as Lex Luthor in 'Reign of the Supermen' and 'Batman: Hush', while also appearing as Frank Darbo / The Crimson Bolt in 'Brightburn'.
2019 Wilson visited Greenland with Arctic Basecamp and shot the web docuseries The Idiot’s Guide to Climate Change for SoulPancake's YouTube channel.
October 10 2019 Wilson was featured in the YouTube documentary Laughing Matters, discussing mental health.
2018 Wilson starred in The Meg for Warner Brothers and appeared as Harry Mudd in Star Trek: Discovery. He also directed the Star Trek: Short Treks episode 'The Escape Artist'.
2018 Rainn Wilson voiced Lex Luthor in 'The Death of Superman' and appeared as Jack Morris in 'The Meg'. He also served as an executive producer for the documentary 'Where in the Hell is the Lavender House?'.
2018 Rainn Wilson played Jim Herbers in the episode 'Mr. Mulvahill' of 'Room 104'.
2018 Wilson played a supporting role in the film The Meg.
2018 Rainn Wilson reprised his role as Harry Mudd in Star Trek: Short Treks.
2018 From 2018 to 2021, Rainn Wilson had a recurring role as Trevor on seasons 6–8 of the CBS sitcom Mom.
2017 Rainn Wilson voiced the character Gargamel in the animated film Smurfs: The Lost Village.
2017 Wilson starred in the Netflix film Shimmer Lake.
2017 Wilson had a guest-starring role as Harry Mudd on Star Trek: Discovery.
2017 Wilson starred in the independent comedy film Permanent, directed by Colette Burson.
2016 Rainn Wilson took on the role of Agent Simons in 'Army of One'.
2016 Wilson appeared as a guest star on the TV series Roadies.
2016 Rainn Wilson released 'The Bassoon King' via Dutton.
2016 Rainn Wilson was nominated for the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Boy.
2016 Rainn Wilson portrayed Bryce Newman in the episode 'The Bryce Newman Letter' of 'Roadies'.

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