Man watching ‘The Workplace’ on airplane oblivious Rainn Wilson sitting subsequent to him

A Delta passenger glued to an episode of “The Workplace” had no concept his seatmate was none aside from famed paper salesman Dwight Schrute himself.

Actor Rainn Wilson, 57, who portrayed the socially awkward Dunder Mifflin worker on the hit NBC sitcom, secretly filmed the unsuspecting fellow traveler, People reported.

“When the particular person sitting subsequent to you has no concept who you’re…” the actor stated within the caption of the video, which he shared to his Instagram Story on Monday.

Wilson regarded nothing like his character on the present, the place he sported middle-parted hair, glasses and a mustard-colored shirt.

Whereas seated in enterprise class, he was sporting a cap and a surgical masks, however was with out his trademark spectacles, so it’s unlikely his neighbor would have acknowledged him.

Schrute — the assistant to regional supervisor Michael Scott, performed by Steve Carell — appeared on the small display a number of occasions as Wilson regarded on in amusement.

“The Workplace,” which depicted the work lives of Dunder Mifflin’s workers within the fictional firm’s department in Scranton, Pennsylvania, ran from March 2005 to Could 2013.

It continues to be a fan favourite in rerurns.

In November, Wilson introduced that he was changing his name to Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson to boost consciousness concerning the fallout from international warming.

The vocal environmental advocate and board member of Arctic Basecamp stated he reached out to “a lot of people in present enterprise” to induce them to do the identical.