Iconic sitcom star looks entirely different 12 years on as he attends Wimbledon

Daily Mirror

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A sitcom star who rose to fame over a decade ago made a surprise appearance at Wimbledon this weekend - but will fans of the series be able to recognise the comedic actor?
A sitcom star has been seen looking completely different as he made a Wimbledon appearance this week. The Office US star Rainn Wilson blended into the tennis fans as he enjoyed the annual sporting event.
The actor wore a khaki-coloured bucket hat and navy blue jacket as well as a bushy beard and moustache which isn't the look fans will remember from The Office US.
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The US actor is best known for his iconic role of Dwight Schrute where he appeared on NBC for nine seasons. Other famous faces such as Steve Carell and John Krasinski also appeared on the series.
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Rainn's character was a paper salesman and regional manager who is known for his comical habits. Rainn has a clean shaven look for his role but it looks like he's now gone for a different style.
He starred in the sitcom from 2005 to 2013. Despite the show finishing more than ten years ago, The Office became the most watched show on Netflix during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
Rainn is best known for his comedy role but has also opened up in the past about his difficult childhood. He appeared on Steven Bartlett's The Diary of A CEO podcast and talked about the abuse and trauma he faced as a child.
"I experienced a lot of pain in my life and a lot of suffering with anxiety and depression and addiction," he explained. "As I dove into recovery and the therapeutic process, I can pin that squarely on a lot of gross imbalances and trauma that I suffered as a child."
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The star also revealed he was in therapy for more than 22 years to learn to undo the trauma that has haunted him for so long. "It's important to excavate and honour the pain we went through, the lies that we were told, the gaslighting that we might have undergone, religious trauma as well, all kinds of different traumas that we suffer," he added.
Rainn told the podcast host that his mother "took off" before he was two years old and left him with his father and eventually his stepmother as well. The actor said his father made a move and took him to "the jungles of Nicaragua when I was three years old," as he said. Rainn eventually settled in Washington just as he started kindergarten.
When his father remarried, Rainn said he was raised in a "loveless shell of a house" and encountered "lots of different kinds of abuse" full of rage and "gaslighting." The actor said his home life pushed him into acting and comedy.
"There's a reason why so many comedians come from painful backgrounds because comedy is what you plug in to shift your perspective away from pain and trauma just like gratitude takes you away from depression," he explained.