Holy moly, these are funny.
Check out the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, which features Rainn Wilson transformed into some of TV’s most iconic characters.
Photo 1 | Photo 2 | Photo 3 | Photo 4 | Behind-the-scenes videos
Which one is your favorite?
Tipsters: Trina, Courtney
Oh, Rainn…you are a delight! Must check that issue out in person :)
Gold! Xena’s the best.
Dwigt as Paulie Walnuts is my favorite one.
The Xena one scares me.
You gotta love Rainn Wilson – the Xena one was so unexpected and hilarious!
I think Xena wins. Although it’s slightly frightening :p
Hahaha XENA!
The Soprano’s one is hilarious too.
Xena… lol. Totally did not expect that one.
haha! I nearly choked on a slice of apple when I opened the Xena one! Rainn is QUITE a character!
The Paulie Walnuts one is awesome!
All great, though.
Omg the Xena one is hilarious! I was laughing so hard
How could they not do Magnum? The short shorts would’ve been hysterical.
Xena wins, hands down. Nothing is more awesome than that picture!
I notice that Rainn tongues many props… If I was a production assistant, I would totally sell those on Ebay!
“For Sale: Rainn Wilson’s DNA on a Cup!”
MacGyver! These are hilarious. :D
I think the Xena one if the funniest, but the one I’d most like to see him play, like on SNL or something, is Picard.
OMG!! Tanster, you should put a warning not to be drinking anything when you look at Pic #4 – that was totally unexpected and quite possibly the funniest thing I’ve ever seen!
The MacGuyver one is amazing! Rainn is the only person on earth as cool as Richard Dean Anderson.
Ditto Reba (#16)! I was drinking a cup of coffee when I scrolled through and almost choked on the Xena Picture. I like idea of Rainn doing a McGyver parody and the Jean-Luc Picard picture was kinda freaky.
oh rainn, i love you!!! haha xena was my favorite, no doubt. he’s just got the best body for that.
Xena one is the best one hands down lol
Xena…. no contest
haha oh rainn
Uh, could my favorite one be Rainn as a fearless, suprisingly attractive warrior female?
Yeah that would be it.
#11 magnum would have been the best! my personal favorite tv hero. picard and paulie were both really creepy. and i laughed out loud when rainn compared himself as xena to the chunky girl from heart! so funny.
Xena by SO MUCH!
#4 All the way!
They’re all funny in their own sense, but as the majority states, Xena wins hands down! He actually does look like her…If she was more manish.
They really photoshopped him slim in the JL Picard shot… However, my favorite shot is the Paulie Walnuts one…
I’m gonna have nightmares of Xena Schrute.
Hah! the warrior princess is laugh out loud hilarium!
Oh god, the Xena one. I love what this man will do for lulz.
LOL Xena!!!
Oh my word – these are the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time! They are all classic, but I’m gonna differ from the crowd and say my favorite is Picard. So awesome.
I LOVE Rainn Wilson!
These just made my day! Xena? Xena! I’m dying! LOL
Xena is my favorite, even though these are all great. Oh, Rainn, you are too awesome.
Xena! hahahahaha
thank you SO much! these are amazing!
That Xena video is sooo funny! That made me laugh so hard!
definitely definitely Xena.
I was thinking MacGyver until I saw Xena. Rainn is such a hoot.
Xena is definitely my favorite.
Holy eff. Xena was the funniest, but Paulie Walnuts was the closest in resemblance.
Xena…without a doubt.
Xena was definitely the best!!
Xena!! It caught me by total surprise!
Xena! I loved looking at each one!
Xena fo sho. hehe.
While Xena is the easy answer, I gotta go with Paulie Walnuts. Stugots!
Picard! Xena is horrifying!
Xena or paulie walnuts. They were all pretty cool! I think Dwight would pick Picard because he is such a big Star trek fan
Paulie Walnuts was awesome. Xena was good too.
i haven’t laughed this hard in a while. Paulie Walnuts was the pinnacle of my laughing tirade. It’s now my background, thank you.
Paulie Walnuts!! But it’s almost scary how much Rainn looks like a female in the Xena one!
I was all ready to say Paulie Walnuts…then I clicked on Xena. After I got done laughing, two things dawned on me…….1. my belly would look exactly like his does in that outfit, and 2. he’s much prettier than I am. Love ya Rainn!
Xena was dawesome!
My favorite was Paulie Walnuts…until I saw Xena!
The Xena picture was awesome in a creepy sort of way, but my favorite is probably Paulie Walnuts. This definitely brightened my day!
His xena looks like Zooey Deschanel in The Happening
I was going along thinking, just, eh, until I got to Xena, which made me chuckle! I vote for Dwight as the Warrior Princess (funny how in the picture I didn’t see Rainn, I saw Dwight. Why is that?).
those are too funny! I have to say though, the best part was Rainn’s hairy man legs in the Xena costume. and also how he used the word “tittilated” in his quote referring to watching Xena. I always think of Angela when I hear that word :)
Xena for sure! Creamy skin, amazing breasts…can’t see the teeth in the photo though.
For videos, I like the star trek one best. “I don’t think I look weird at all.” And then he gives his i.d. badge face. Funny.
Oh God! The Xena one got me, ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!
Scarily enough, the Xena is the most realistic looking. But the Paulie Walnuts was probably my favorite.
“The chunky girl from Heart” oh my gawd…….. I am going out and buying this immediately. that was hilarious!
Omg, hahahaha. Rainn Wilson is amazing. That is all.
God, please don’t do that to me four days after a c-section. I think Xena just made me bust my incision open.
[from tanster: lol! funniest comment of the day!]
It is so hard to pick a favorite, because Rainn Wilson is on my list… he’s so gorgeous!
Now since when did Xena show her belly? =P But besides that, the costume is pretty accurate LOL.
Xena!
Actually I think the MacGyver is the best. Because he’s still so cool (check out the totally calm face) even while being blasted through the air. So MacGyver.
Xena by FAR!
Pretty much: Rainn Wilson = what I wanna be when I grow up.
OMG, Paulie Walnuts is the dead ringer and the winner! Love it!
oh, i love the MacGuyver one. rainn with long hair is hysterical.
Ok, this may sound a little mean (for Lucy Lawless), but Rain does look a bit like the warrior princess.
OMG, the Xena one was hilarious!
I did enjoy the Xena one a lot but I think my fave has to be MacGwyver one. That seems to capture the Rainn essence perfectly.
i saw this in barnes and noble the other day and was laughing out loud at the pictures. love the videos!
and bonus! will arnett talking about the AD movie!
So, the Jean-Luc Picard pic is probably my least fav, but the video for it is absolutely hilarous! I love Rainn imagining himself as Jean-Pierre Picard, Jean-Luc’s younger brother. I probably laughed out loud for 5 minutes after that video was over. I saw hints of Dwight in it as well.
I have to say there is just something about his McGuyver pic that works perfectly!!!!!!!!!!!
He needs to do the movie version please…….
i LOVE the fourth pic!
haha
I can’t choose just one! It’s a tie between Xena and MacGyver. The acid wash jeans and wig vs. the hairy legs and belly sticking out is just too close to call.
oh wow. Xena is amazing!
:)
That Xena princess is HOT!!
Xena!!! xD