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John Krasinski

John Krasinski

Acting1979Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American actor, film director and writer. He is widely known for playing Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office from 2005 to 2013. He has also appeared in several films including License to Wed (2007), Leatherheads (2008), Away We Go (2009), It's Complicated (2009), Something Borrowed (2011), Aloha (2015), 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), Detroit (2017), and A Quiet Place (2018), which he also directed and co-wrote. Also in 2018, Krasinski returned to television portraying the titular character in the Amazon series Jack Ryan.

Acting History

2025
Fountain of Youth
as Luke Purdue
2024
IF
as Dad / Marshmallow (voice)
The Oscars
TVas Self1 eps
IF
Director
IF
Writer
IF
Producer
Apartment 7A
Producer
2023
Curses!
TVExecutive Producer20 eps
2022
DC League of Super-Pets
as Clark Kent / Superman (voice)
2021
Free Guy
as Silhouetted Gamer (voice)
2020
Some Good News
TVas Self - Host9 eps
Some Good News
TVDirector9 eps
Some Good News
TVCreator9 eps
Some Good News
TVWriter1 eps
Some Good News
TVExecutive Producer9 eps
2018
A Quiet Place
as Lee Abbott
Next Gen
as Project 77 (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self1 eps
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
TVas Jack Ryan30 eps
A Quiet Place
Executive Producer
A Quiet Place
Screenplay
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
TVExecutive Producer30 eps
2017
Detroit
as Attorney Auerbach
2016
The Hollars
as John Hollar
Past Forward
as Man #1
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Presenter1 eps
The Hollars
Director
The Hollars
Producer
Manchester by the Sea
Executive Producer
Dream Corp LLC
TVExecutive Producer28 eps
2015
Aloha
as John "Woody" Woodside
Lip Sync Battle
TVas Self2 eps
Lip Sync Battle
TVExecutive Producer92 eps
Lip Sync Battle
TVCreator92 eps
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TVas Self1 eps
BoJack Horseman
TVas Secretariat (voice)3 eps
2013
Monsters University
as Frank McCay (voice)
Mistaken for Strangers
as Self (uncredited)
2012
Nobody Walks
as Peter
Promised Land
as Dustin Noble
Big Miracle
as Adam Carlson
2011
The Muppets
as John Krasinski
2010
Conan
TVas Self
The Office
TVDirector3 eps
2008
Leatherheads
as Carter Rutherford
2007
License to Wed
as Ben Murphy
Smiley Face
as Brevin
Shrek the Third
as Lancelot (voice)
Live from E!
TVas Self1 eps
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TVas Self1 eps
2006
For Your Consideration
as Paper Badge Officer
Doogal
as Additional voices (voice)
Dreamgirls
as Sam Walsh
American Dad!
TVas Gilbert (voice)1 eps
2005
Jarhead
as Corporal Harrigan
The Tony Danza Show
TVas Self1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Lyle Davis1 eps
The Office
TVas Jim Halpert186 eps
Without a Trace
TVas Curtis Horne1 eps
2004
Kinsey
as Ben
Taxi
as Messenger
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TVas Jace Gleesing1 eps
2003
Ed
TVas Process Server1 eps
2000
State and Main
as Judge's Assistant (uncredited)
1993
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host
1952
Today
TVas Self

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/20/1979(46 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA