Rainn
Wilson - Dwight Schrute
Rainn
Wilson - Movies
My Super Ex-Girlfriend - Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson
Sahara - Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, and Penelope Cruz
Baadasssss - Steven Soderbergh's - Full Frontal
Cameron Crowe's - Almost Famous
American Sweethearts
House of 1,000 Corpses
Galaxy Quest.
Rainn
Wilson - TV
Six Feet Under -
mortician intern - Arthur Martin
CSI - Law &
Order: Special Victims Unit - Monk
The Office Characters
The Office employs
an ensemble cast. Many characters portrayed by The Office cast are based on the
British version of the show. While these characters normally have the same
attitude and perceptions as their British counterparts, the roles have been
redesigned to better fit the American show. The show is known for its generally
large cast size, with many of its actors and actresses known particularly for
their improvisational work. Steve Carell stars as Michael Scott, Regional
Manager of the Dunder Mifflin Scranton Branch. Loosely based on David Brent,
Gervais' character in the British version, Scott is a dim-witted and lonely
man, who attempts to win friends as the office comedian, usually making himself
look bad in the process. Rainn Wilson portrays Dwight Schrute, who, based upon
Gareth Keenan, is the Assistant to the Regional Manager, although the character
frequently fails to include "to the" in his title. John Krasinski
portrays Jim Halpert, a sales representative, assistant manager, and prankster,
who is based upon Tim Canterbury, and is in love with Pam Beesly, the
receptionist.[54] Pam, played by Jenna Fischer, is based on Dawn Tinsley. She
is shy, but in many cases a cohort with Jim in his pranks on Dwight. B. J.
Novak portrays Ryan Howard, who for the first two seasons is a temporary
worker, but is promoted to sales representative in the third season and later
ascends to the position of Vice President, North East Region and Director of
New Media until his treachery was exposed for corporate fraud and he was fired,
ending up again as the temporary worker at the Scranton branch.
The accounting
department features Angela Martin, an admitted uptight and often hypocritical
Christian who wishes to keep things orderly and make sure situations remain as
serious as possible; Kevin Malone, a clueless, overweight man who revels in
juvenile humor and frequently indulges himself with gambling and M&Ms; and
the patient Oscar Martinez, whose homosexuality and Hispanic heritage made him
a favorite target for Michael's unintentional off-color comments. Rounding out
the office are the stern salesman Stanley Hudson, who barely stood for
Michael's constant references to his Black-American heritage (he also doesn't
like to take part in time wasting meetings and sometimes sleeps in them or
works on one of his crossword puzzles); eccentric quality assurance
representative Creed Bratton; the kind and caring saleswoman Phyllis
Lapin-Vance, who marries Bob Vance from Vance Refrigeration across the hall
from the office; the bubbly and talkative customer service representative Kelly
Kapoor; the promiscuous alcoholic single mother supply relations representative
Meredith Palmer; frequent target of Michael's abuse, human resources
representative Toby Flenderson; warehouse foreman Darryl Philbin; warehouse
dock worker and Pam's ex-fiancé Roy Anderson, who was fired in the third
season; and Michael's former love interest and former Vice President for
Regional Sales for Dunder Mifflin Jan Levenson. At the end of season five, new
receptionist Erin Hannon is introduced as Pam's replacement. Gabe Lewis,
introduced near the end of season six, is a Sabre employee who is assigned to
the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch as the Regional Director of Sales. A story
arc at the start of season five has Holly Flax transferred to the office as
Toby's replacement. She acts as a love interest for Michael, as they share very
similar personalities. Robert California is the CEO of Sabre, and his first
order is to promote Andy to the Scranton managerial post.
Initially the actors
who portray the other office workers were credited as guest stars before they
were named series regulars during the second season. The show's large ensemble has been mainly
praised by critics and led to the series winning two Screen Actors Guild Award
for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Carell was reportedly paid $175,000 starting
with the third season. Krasinski and
Fischer were paid around $20,000 for the beginning of the series. Starting with
the fourth season, the two started getting paid around $100,000 per episode. -Wikipedia
