Portrait of John Krasinski

John Krasinski

Acting

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.

Born: October 20, 1979

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Filmography

2025
Fountain of Youth

as Luke Purdue

2024
IF

as Dad / Marshmallow (voice)

2024
Cities of the Future

as Narrator (voice)

2022
DC League of Super-Pets

as Clark Kent / Superman (voice)

2021
Free Guy

as Silhouetted Gamer (voice)

2021
2020
Some Good News

as Self - Host

2018
Next Gen

as Project 77 (voice)

2018
2018
A Quiet Place

as Lee Abbott

2017
Detroit

as Attorney Auerbach

2017
Animal Crackers

as Owen Huntington (voice)

2016
Past Forward

as Man #1

2016
The Hollars

as John Hollar

2016
Born in China

as Narrator: American version (voice)

2015
Aloha

as John "Woody" Woodside

2015
2014
The Prophet

as Halim (voice)

2014
BoJack Horseman

as Secretariat (voice)

2014
2014
Sleep Cycle

as Insomniac #3

2013
Mistaken for Strangers

as Self (uncredited)

2013
Monsters University

as Frank McCay (voice)

2012
Nobody Walks

as Peter

2012
Promised Land

as Dustin Noble

2012
Big Miracle

as Adam Carlson

2011
The Muppets

as John Krasinski

2011
2010
Conan

as Self

2009
2009
2009
Away We Go

as Burt Farlander

2009
Monsters vs Aliens

as Cuthbert (voice)

2008
Leatherheads

as Carter Rutherford

2007
Smiley Face

as Brevin

2007
A New Wave

as Gideon

2007
License to Wed

as Ben Murphy

2007
Shrek the Third

as Lancelot (voice)

2006
Dreamgirls

as Sam Walsh

2006
2006
For Your Consideration

as Paper Badge Officer

2006
Doogal

as Additional voices (voice)

2005
Duane Hopwood

as Bob Flynn

2005
Jarhead

as Corporal Harrigan

2005
The Office

as Jim Halpert

2005
American Dad!

as Gilbert (voice)

2004
Taxi

as Messenger

2004
Kinsey

as Ben

2002
Without a Trace

as Curtis Horne

2002
2001
2000
Ed

as Process Server

2000
State and Main

as Judge's Assistant (uncredited)

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1952
Today

as Self

1949
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

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