
John Krasinski
Department: 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.
Known For

Jarhead
2005

The Holiday
2006

License to Wed
2007

Leatherheads
2008

It's Complicated
2009

Doogal
2006

Smiley Face
2007

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009

Monsters vs Aliens
2009

Monsters University
2013

Something Borrowed
2011

Away We Go
2009

Nobody Walks
2012

Big Miracle
2012

Sleep Cycle
2014

Promised Land
2012

IF
2024

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
2014

Kinsey
2004

Fountain of Youth
2025

Aloha
2015

The Hollars
2016

Cities of the Future
2024

Animal Crackers
2018

Mistaken for Strangers
2013

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016

Dreamgirls
2006

Taxi
2004

For Your Consideration
2006

Past Forward
2016

Detroit
2017

Born in China
2016

Shrek the Third
2007

Duane Hopwood
2005

A New Wave
2007

A Quiet Place
2018

Next Gen
2018

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
2007

A Quiet Place Part II
2021

David Blaine: The Magic Way
2020

The Muppets
2011

The Office Retrospective
2013

DC League of Super-Pets
2022

Free Guy
2021

State and Main
2000

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026

The Office: Secret Santa Pack
2012

Old School
2003

Threat Level Midnight
2011

The Tony Danza Show
2004

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

American Dad!
2005

Today
1952

The Office
2005

Ed
2000

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

Without a Trace
2002

Saturday Night Live
1975

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

Live from E!
2002

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Lip Sync Battle
2015

MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015

The Emmy Awards
1949

The Oscars
1953

BoJack Horseman
2014

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014

Some Good News
2020

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009

Conan
2010

Silent River
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014