Rainn Wilson is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, businessman, and producer. He is well known for his role as Dwight Schrute on the American version of the television comedy The Office, for which he has earned three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
Wilson is a committed climate change advocate. He also founded the website and YouTube channel SoulPancake. As of February, 20 2019 the channel has over 3 million subscribers, and over 557 million video views.
SoulPancake has been featured on Oprah Winfrey’s Satellite Radio Show and Super Soul Sunday. The tagline of the brand is: “We make stuff that matters.” They were named one of Fast Company’s 10 Most Innovative Companies in Video for 2015. More recently, SoulPancake was ranked #114 on the 2015 Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America List. In October 2016, it was purchased by Participant Media.