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John Krasinski

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Oct 20, 1979 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

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

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