Dwight Schrute, the death doula.<\/p>\n
Rainn Wilson revealed that he might quit Hollywood to pursue a very different profession during an appearance on \u201cLate Night With Seth Meyers\u201d<\/a> on Wednesday, Sept. 3.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, as my celebrity star is fading \u2013\u00a0and it\u2019s fine \u2013\u00a0I may put acting behind me,\u201d the \u201cOffice\u201d star began. \u201cAnd there\u2019s this beautiful occupation called death doula.\u201d<\/p>\n Rainn Wilson speaks on stage during the 2025 Fan Expo Chicago on Aug. 16, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n Wilson and Seth Meyers during \u201cLate Night With Seth Meyers\u201d on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Lloyd Bishop\/NBC<\/p>\n Wilson, 59, often discusses spirituality on his \u201cSoul Boom\u201d podcast, and he went on to tell Meyers, 51, how a death doula is not all that different from a pregnancy doula who helps a woman give birth.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a different kind of birth, right?\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s a birth into the next phase of our existence, because I fully believe in the continuation and journey of the human soul beyond the material realm. And most world faiths agree.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTo be there to usher someone with beauty and respect and dignity from this life to the next, to help the family transition, to understand what kind of legacy you want to have, how you want to celebrate what is kind of a painful transition that is often ignored in Western society,\u201d the \u201cMeg\u201d star added.<\/p>\n Wilson and Seth Meyers during \u201cLate Night With Seth Meyers\u201d on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Lloyd Bishop\/NBC<\/p>\n Wilson and Seth Meyers talk about death doulas during \u201cLate Night With Seth Meyers\u201d on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Lloyd Bishop\/NBC<\/p>\n After Meyers chimed in to say that a death doula helps \u201ctake the fear out\u201d of dying and turn it into a \u201ccalming experience,\u201d Wilson added that there is also \u201ca lot of hope to give people\u201d in the job.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of meditation you can bring \u2013 contemplation is the word I was looking for\u00a0\u2013 that you can bring to the process,\u201d the actor, whose home was \u201cseverely damaged\u201d<\/a> in the California wildfires last year, said. <\/p>\n \u201cCelebratory is kind of the wrong word, but how you can create a healing space for you and your family to mourn, to grieve, to celebrate, and to ponder this next mysterious step?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Wilson spotted at Erewhon Market in Calabasas, California, on July 30, 2025. WCP,4cnrs \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n Meyers, meanwhile, expressed hope that the \u201cCode 3\u201d star might keep acting and pursue a job as a death doula on the side.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, I would like you to keep doing both,\u201d the late-night host said. \u201cI don\u2019t want you to stop one just to work on the other, but I think you\u2019d be very good at both.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWell, thank you so much,\u201d Wilson responded.<\/p>\n Wilson watches the Wimbledon tennis tournament in London, England, on July 4, 2025. Getty Images for AELTC<\/p>\n Wilson\u2019s appearance on \u201cLate Night With Seth Meyers\u201d this week came one day before the new \u201cThe Office\u201d spinoff, \u201cThe Paper,\u201d premiered on Peacock on Sept. 4.<\/a><\/p>\n Although the beloved actor who portrayed Dwight Schrute in the original series for all nine seasons<\/a> is not in \u201cThe Paper,\u201d former Dunder Mifflin employee Oscar N\u00fa\u00f1ez (Oscar Martinez) revealed that Wilson was the first to catch on that a spinoff was in the works.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course, Rainn Wilson is always the one who finds out about things,\u201d N\u00fa\u00f1ez, 66, exclusively told The Post<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s got his finger on the pulse of whatever is going on.\u201d<\/p>\n Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute, Oscar N\u00fa\u00f1ez as Oscar Martinez and Brian Baumgartner as Kevin Malone in \u201cThe Office.\u201d NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/p>\n The cast of \u201cThe Office\u201d in 2008. \u00a9NBC\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u201cI think he was the first one who was like, \u2018Is there something going on?\u2019\u201d\u00a0N\u00fa\u00f1ez added.<\/p>\n Wilson, meanwhile, opened up about not being invited back for \u201cThe Paper\u201d last year after the spinoff was officially announced.<\/a><\/p>\n