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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.

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. “

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.

Oasis was supported by Richard Ashcroft ahead of their epic reunion gig in Cardiff last night, but one fan was caught using Shazam during one of The Verve star’s iconic songs

An Oasis fan watching the reunion gig in Cardiff last night has gone viral after being caught using Shazam to identify what many reckon is one of the greatest songs of all time. The Britpop sensations were supported by Richard Ashcroft at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff who treated fans to The Verve’s classic Bittersweet Symphony.

The iconic track from 1997 has been named one of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine, but one fan in the stadium appeared to have never heard of the masterpiece. In a clip shared on TikTok, in which a woman can be seen using the app to identify the song, one irate fan wrote: “Did they just Shazam the national anthem? Imagine not knowing the greatest song of all time. “

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Quickly flocking to the comments section, others sensationally fumed that the woman didn’t deserve her ticket to the gig, which has been sold out for months.

They complained: “Seriously! I couldn’t get a ticket because of these people. ” Another ranted: “This is the people who got our tickets. ” While a third said: “If you don’t know Bittersweet Symphony we can’t be friends. There’s no way I lost tickets to someone Shazamming one of the most popular songs of the Britpop era. “

Despite the mad rush for tickets when Oasis announced their reunion last year, with many fans complaining they couldn’t get one or were being asked to pay through the nose, 70,000 lucky people did manage to go to the glittering gig last night.

The special evening at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium marked the start of the Gallagher brothers’ epic world tour – and it didn’t disappoint.

The crowd were blown away by both Richard and Oasis as the Supersonic stars delivered an electrifying set, packed with energy and nostalgia.

Taking to social media to share their reactions, many reckoned the gig was the ‘greatest rock n roll show of all time’ as they praised the ‘momentous’ occasion.

Comments included: “LIAM SOUNDS SO F****G GOOD! ! ! OASIS ARE BACK. THIS IS BETTER THAN JESUS’ RETURN! ! ” as another dramatically declared: “I died and ascended to a new plane. “

Also enjoying the gig was Noel’s daughter, Anais, who looked like she’d had a whale of a time as she posted a snap of herself with a pint of beer, wearing an Oasis shirt.

Captioning the photo, she simply wrote: “It’s great to be back” as many other fans agreed.

However, the 25-year-old’s mum, Meg Matthews, who was also at the concert, left before Noel came back on stage to perform Wonderwall, which was written for Meg by her ex when they were together.

Noel had originally claimed he’d written it on a rainy Tuesday night for his then girlfriend. Back in 1996, he said: “It’s about my girlfriend, Meg Mathews. She had a company which folded and she was feeling a bit sorry for herself. The sentiment is that there was no point in her feeling down, she has to sort my life out for me because I was in bits at the time. “

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