Person

John Krasinski

Acting · Born 1979-10-20 · Boston, 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.

Known for

Filmography

2027A Quiet Place Part IIIDirector
2026Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost WarJack Ryan
2025Fountain of YouthLuke Purdue
2024Apartment 7AProducer
2024A Quiet Place: Day OneProducer
2024IFDad / Marshmallow (voice)
2024Cities of the FutureNarrator (voice)
2023Curses!Executive Producer
2022DC League of Super-PetsClark Kent / Superman (voice)
2022Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessReed Richards
2021Free GuySilhouetted Gamer (voice)
2021A Quiet Place Part IILee Abbott
2020David Blaine: The Magic WaySelf
2020Some Good NewsSelf - Host
2018Next GenProject 77 (voice)
2018Tom Clancy's Jack RyanJack Ryan
2018Animal CrackersOwen Huntington (voice)
2018A Quiet PlaceLee Abbott
2017DetroitAttorney Auerbach
2016Manchester by the SeaExecutive Producer
2016Past ForwardMan #1
2016Dream Corp LLCExecutive Producer
2016The HollarsJohn Hollar
2016Born in ChinaNarrator: American version (voice)
201613 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of BenghaziJack Silva
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
2015AlohaJohn "Woody" Woodside
2015Lip Sync BattleSelf
2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf
2014Kahlil Gibran's The ProphetHalim (voice)
2014BoJack HorsemanSecretariat (voice)
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest
2014Sleep CycleInsomniac #3
2014Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf
2013Mistaken for StrangersSelf (uncredited)
2013Monsters UniversityFrank McCay (voice)
2013Letters to Jackie: Remembering President KennedySelf - Letter Reader
2013The Office RetrospectiveSelf
2012Nobody WalksPeter
2012The Office: Secret Santa PackJim Halpert
2012Promised LandDustin Noble
2012Big MiracleAdam Carlson
2011The MuppetsJohn Krasinski
2011Something BorrowedEthan
2010ConanSelf
2009It's ComplicatedHarley
2009Brief Interviews with Hideous MenRyan / Subject #20
2009Away We GoBurt Farlander
2009Monsters vs AliensCuthbert (voice)
2009Late Night with Jimmy FallonSelf
2008LeatherheadsCarter Rutherford
2007Smiley FaceBrevin
2007A New WaveGideon
2007License to WedBen Murphy
2007Shrek the ThirdLancelot (voice)
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2007Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime ExperienceCamp Muckamungus
2006DreamgirlsSam Walsh
2006The HolidayBen
2006For Your ConsiderationPaper Badge Officer
2006"Jarhead" DiariesSelf
2006DoogalAdditional voices (voice)
2005Duane HopwoodBob Flynn
2005JarheadCorporal Harrigan
2005The OfficeJim Halpert
2005American Dad!Gilbert (voice)
2004TaxiMessenger
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf
2004KinseyBen
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2003Old SchoolBrian
2002Without a TraceCurtis Horne
2002Live from E!Self
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentJace Gleesing
2000EdProcess Server
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationLyle Davis
2000State and MainJudge's Assistant (uncredited)
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1992MTV Movie & TV AwardsSelf
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1953The OscarsSelf
1952TodaySelf
1949The Emmy AwardsSelf
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter
—Silent River
—King of OilProducer
—Life on MarsDirector
—Not Fade AwayProducer

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