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Dwight Schrute
Image:Rainn Wilson.jpg
Portrayed by Rainn Wilson
First appearance Pilot
Information
Aliases Dwight Shelford
Gender Male
Age 35
Occupation Paper salesman
Title • Assistant (to the) Regional Manager
• Sales Representative
• Security Supervisor of Dunder-Mifflin Scranton
Spouse Angela Martin (ex-girlfriend)
Parents Dwight Schrute II
Based on Gareth Keenan

Dwight Kurt Schrute III is a fictional character on NBC's The Office portrayed by Rainn Wilson. Rainn Dietrich Wilson (born January 20 1966) is an Emmy -nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American actor Angela Noelle Martin is a Fictional character from the US Television series The Office. Gareth Keenan is a fictional paper salesman on BBC 's Comedy The Office. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rainn Dietrich Wilson (born January 20 1966) is an Emmy -nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American actor His counterpart in the original UK version of The Office is Gareth Keenan. This article is about the original version of The Office For the US version see The Office (US TV series, and for a comparison of the various versions from around the Gareth Keenan is a fictional paper salesman on BBC 's Comedy The Office.

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Overview

When the series begins, Dwight Schrute is a salesman at the Scranton branch of the paper-goods distribution company Dunder Mifflin. Dunder Mifflin Paper Company Inc is a fictional Paper company featured in the United States television series ''The Office''. Dwight formerly held the title of "Assistant to the Regional Manager" but constantly refers to himself as "Assistant Regional Manager," attempting to elevate himself to second-in-command to Michael Scott. Michael Gary Scott (born March 15, 1964) is a Fictional character on NBC 's The Office portrayed by Steve Carell Dwight craves authority over others and relishes any minor task that Michael or anyone else gives him. Though Dwight acts like a know-it-all, he is actually quite gullible and naïve. For this reason, he is easily tricked and tormented by his desk-mate and fellow salesman Jim Halpert. Jim Halpert is a Fictional character in the United States version of the television sitcom The Office, played by John Dwight speaks in a halting, dramatic manner, even in casual conversations.

Dwight's outlook on life seems to be more severe than that of his fellow employees and most people in general. This idea is furthered by his adulation of fictitious, television heroes such as Jack Bauer. Jack Bauer is the Protagonist of the United States Television series 24, in which he has trained and worked in various capacities He also seems to be a fan of anime, or at least the subculture within, as evidenced by his "World Anime Expo" shirt in the basketball episode. (anime in Japanese, In a special feature on the Season 3 DVD, Rainn Wilson describes Dwight as someone who does not hate the system, but has a deep and abiding love for it.

Despite lacking social skills and common sense, Dwight is Dunder Mifflin's top salesman and has won countless awards for his successes. Additionally, despite his personal dislike of Jim Halpert, the two have been shown to be a very effective sales team. Dwight's ability as a salesman, though, has rarely commanded the respect of his peers or led to higher levels of professional success. A physically imposing man at 6 feet 4 inches with little if any sense of humour, Dwight appears to be a perfect example of an authoritarian personality, relishing any and all power. This article describes the psychological trait of authoritarianism This may be why Dwight was attracted to Angela, an equally bossy character. In an episode commentary on the Season One DVD, Wilson refers to Dwight as a "fascist nerd. Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology Nerd is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or Stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues Intellectual activities Esoteric "

Interests

Dwight is trained in the art of surveillance and is a former Lackawanna County volunteer sheriff's deputy. Surveillance is the monitoring of Behavior. Systems surveillance is the process of monitoring the behavior of people objects or processes within systems for conformity Lackawanna County is a County in the US state of Pennsylvania. A volunteer is someone who works for a community or for the benefit of environment primarily because they choose to do so SHERIFF is a telecom fraud detection and management system originally developed by BT and MCI. He is also a purple belt in Goju-Ryu karate, and is interested in survivalism. (Japanese for "hard-soft style" is one of the main traditional Okinawan styles of Karate, featuring a combination of hard and soft techniques Survivalism is a commonly used term for the Preparedness strategy and subculture of individuals or groups anticipating and making preparations for future possible disruptions Dwight is a pop culture and sci-fi buff who has expressed fanship of many sci-fi movies and popular TV shows. Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — He hints at belief in fictional creatures such as androids and zombies. An android is a Robot designed to resemble a human usually both in appearance and behavior zombie is a reanimated human corpse Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled He enjoys playing ping-pong and states that many of his heroes are table tennis players. He is also shown to be very good at the sport. His musical tastes vary, but classic rock seems to be a reoccurring theme. His personal musical talents are not lacking, as he plays guitar and recorder, and sings. He has a fascination with cars, especially muscle cars. Dwight certainly has a deep interest in weapons, and is shown to have stockpiles hidden throughout the office. He is technologically talented and shows a passion for the online role playing game, Second Life,in which the only change is that he can fly. Second Life ( abbreviated as SL) and its sister site Teen Second Life are Internet-based 3D Virtual In the episode Launch Party, it mentioned that Dwight grows cannabis on his farm. "I've seen this kid before, he's one of the kids who sneaks onto my farm and steals my hemp. " -Dwight "Yeah, I know that guy. He's that farmer who grows crappy weed. " -Pizza Boy

Coworker relations

For a list of pranks played on Dwight by Jim, see Jim's pranks. Jim Halpert is a Fictional character in the United States version of the television sitcom The Office, played by John

Inexplicably, Dwight worships his boss, viewing him as a model for success, and often jumps in on Michael's ill-conceived schemes. He craves authority, and is thrilled when asked to handle any task given to him. He has also been known to assume authority even when it is not handed to him. Dwight does seem to understand sometimes that Michael views him with a large dose of contempt, but with one major exception of going over Michael's head to vie for the manager's job, his loyalty to his boss rarely flags.

Dwight Schrute
Dwight Schrute

Dwight feels threatened by Ryan, to whom Michael often assigns personal tasks, and he continues to resent Ryan, a temp, throughout the second season, often addressing him as "Temp," even after Ryan took Jim's job. Ryan Bailey Howard, played by B J Novak, is a Fictional character on the US television sitcom The Office.

In Season One and the beginning of Season Two, Dwight has a mild crush on Kelly. In a "Diversity Day" exercise, he lists Caucasian and Indian as two races he finds sexually attractive. " Diversity Day " is the second episode of the first season of the American version of The Office. The Caucasian race, sometimes the Caucasoid race, is a term of Racial classification, coined around 1800 by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach for the " India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Kelly acknowledges their history in a deleted scene from "The Job".

He is frequently the victim of practical jokes by coworkers Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly (see Jim's pranks), though he frequently remains oblivious to Pam's involvement. Jim Halpert is a Fictional character in the United States version of the television sitcom The Office, played by John Pamela "Pam" Morgan Beesly is a Fictional character on the U Jim Halpert is a Fictional character in the United States version of the television sitcom The Office, played by John As a result of this, Dwight and Jim have an ongoing feud that reaches a head in "Conflict Resolution", when Dwight threatens to quit unless Jim is transferred. Professionally, Dwight wins the 2005 Salesman of the Year Award, though this is likely due, at least in part, to his stealing Jim's largest client. Somewhat surprisingly, Dwight was regretful during "Initiation" as he told Ryan he and Jim never got along, and since that point and Jim's return from Stamford they have generally gotten along better--Jim even consoled Dwight during the painful aftermath of his break up with Angela--although Dwight maintains a supercilious attitude towards Jim. Dwight did plan to demote Jim from the Assistant Regional Manager spot and make his life a living hell during "The Job" but Jim mocked his plans and they didn't produce any concrete impact on Jim.

Dwight bonds temporarily with Pam during "The Injury" when he suffers from a concussion and begins to act friendly towards her. "The Injury" is the twelfth episode of the second season of the American Comedy television series The Office —the However the bond is seemingly short lived, as it lasts for that episode only as Pam glumly expected once she realized his injury was the reason he was being nice. In "Back from Vacation", Dwight shows that he does care about Pam as he gives her a handkerchief while she is crying and comforts her despite not knowing she is crying over Jim's relationship with Karen. "Back from Vacation" is the eleventh episode of the third season of the US version of ''The Office''. The friendship between the two is re-kindled during "The Job" when Dwight secretly makes Pam Assistant to the Regional Manager and sincerely thanks her for her service. In "Money", after Pam and Jim stay at Dwight's family farm, which he turned into a Bed and Breakfast, they write a good review about their stay to help cheer up Dwight from his break up with Angela. Bed and breakfast, also known as B&B, is a term originating in the United Kingdom, but now also used all over the world for an establishment that offers accommodation

As a result of the Scranton-Stamford merger, Dwight loses his number two position to Jim and engages in an ongoing battle with new salesman Andy Bernard to gain Michael's favor as his right-hand man. Andrew "Andy" Bernard is a Fictional character from the U personal assistantAn assistant is a Person or electronic tool who or that assists another person accomplish his or her goals The struggle comes to a head in "Traveling Salesmen". In Season 4, Andy and Dwight work well together as a sales team, but Andy's successful pursuit of Angela after she broke up with Dwight has annoyed him.

Relationship with Angela

Towards the middle of Season Two, Dwight develops a secret relationship with Angela Martin. Angela Noelle Martin is a Fictional character from the US Television series The Office. The relationship is hinted at in the episode "Performance Review". [1] The couple are caught by the documentary camera snuggling in the backyard during Jim's party in the episode "E-mail Surveillance". The pair discuss the rearing of children during the episode "Take Your Daughter to Work Day. " Dwight also tries to attack Oscar when he pushes Angela out of his way after she makes a snide remark about his homosexuality in the episode, "Gay Witch Hunt".

Pam begins to suspect a relationship between Dwight and Angela in the episode "E-mail Surveillance" by observing their interactions, suspicions which are strengthened in "Conflict Resolution" and pretty much confirmed by "Traveling Salesmen". Ryan discovers the relationship between the two when he overhears a coded conversation between the two in the kitchen. Jim discovers the relationship while coming out of the bathroom. ("The Negotiation").

In the episode "Fun Run", Angela asks Dwight to care for her sick cat, Sprinkles. Instead of caring for the cat, Dwight puts the suffering cat in Angela's freezer to put it out of its misery. He lied, however, and told Angela that he put it in there after it died. Angela figures out the truth when she discovers claw marks in the frozen food. In the episode "Dunder Mifflin Infinity", Dwight and Angela go out to eat after work to discuss their relationship. While there, Angela decides that she can no longer be with Dwight and they break up. Dwight becomes depressed in a typically eccentric manner, but a brief conversation with Jim helps him work through it and he becomes his own, somewhat difficult, self again, to the obvious satisfaction of Jim and Pam. In the fourth season finale "Goodbye, Toby", Dwight is obviously hurt when Angela's boyfriend, Andy Bernard, proposes to her. Before giving Andy his answer, Angela looks at Dwight to see him standing in silence, so she accepts which upsets Dwight. He later tells the camera it was his own fault, taking the blame for the breakdown of their relationship.

However, in the final scene of the episode, and therefore the final scene of the season, office coworker Phyllis Vance comes back into the office following Toby's farewell party and catches Dwight having sex with Angela, strongly indicating a reconcilliation between the lovers is very much on the cards.

Character in real life

References

  1. ^ Wilson, Rainn (Actor). 2005. "Pilot" [Commentary track], The Office Season One (US/NBC Version) [DVD], Los Angeles, CA: Universal. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American
  2. ^ Holloway, Diane. "The Dwight stuff", Cox News Service, 2006-01-20. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Retrieved on 2007-01-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted  
  3. ^ Wilson, Rainn (Actor). 2006. "Casino Night" [Commentary track], The Office Season Two (US/NBC Version) [DVD], Los Angeles, CA: Universal. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American
  4. ^ Schrute Farms Bed and Breakfast (Trip Advisor)

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