John Krasinski

John Krasinski

Known for
Acting
Born
October 20, 1979 (age 47)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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Silent River

Silent River

TV · 1 ep

2026
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War poster

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War

Movie · as Jack Ryan

2025
Fountain of Youth poster

Fountain of Youth

Movie · as Luke Purdue

2024
IF poster

IF

Movie · as Dad / Marshmallow (voice)

2024
Cities of the Future poster

Cities of the Future

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness poster

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Movie · as Reed Richards

2022
DC League of Super-Pets poster

DC League of Super-Pets

Movie · as Clark Kent / Superman (voice)

2021
A Quiet Place Part II poster

A Quiet Place Part II

Movie · as Lee Abbott

2021
Free Guy poster

Free Guy

Movie · as Silhouetted Gamer (voice)

2020
David Blaine: The Magic Way poster

David Blaine: The Magic Way

Movie · as Self

2020
Some Good News poster

Some Good News

TV · as Self - Host · 9 eps

2018
Animal Crackers poster

Animal Crackers

Movie · as Owen Huntington (voice)

2018
A Quiet Place poster

A Quiet Place

Movie · as Lee Abbott

2018
Next Gen poster

Next Gen

Movie · as Project 77 (voice)

2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan poster

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

TV · as Jack Ryan · 30 eps

2017
Detroit poster

Detroit

Movie · as Attorney Auerbach

2016
The Hollars poster

The Hollars

Movie · as John Hollar

2016
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi poster

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Movie · as Jack Silva

2016
Born in China poster

Born in China

Movie · as Narrator: American version (voice)

2015
Aloha poster

Aloha

Movie · as John "Woody" Woodside

2015
Lip Sync Battle poster

Lip Sync Battle

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 8 eps

2014
Sleep Cycle poster

Sleep Cycle

Movie · as Insomniac #3

2014
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet poster

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

Movie · as Halim (voice)

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2014
BoJack Horseman poster

BoJack Horseman

TV · as Secretariat (voice) · 3 eps

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2013
Monsters University poster

Monsters University

Movie · as Frank McCay (voice)

2013
Mistaken for Strangers poster

Mistaken for Strangers

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2013
The Office Retrospective poster

The Office Retrospective

Movie · as Self

2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy poster

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Movie · as Self - Letter Reader

2012
Nobody Walks poster

Nobody Walks

Movie · as Peter

2012
Big Miracle poster

Big Miracle

Movie · as Adam Carlson

2012
Promised Land poster

Promised Land

Movie · as Dustin Noble

2012
The Office: Secret Santa Pack poster

The Office: Secret Santa Pack

Movie · as Jim Halpert

2011
Something Borrowed poster

Something Borrowed

Movie · as Ethan

2011
The Muppets poster

The Muppets

Movie · as John Krasinski

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2009
It's Complicated poster

It's Complicated

Movie · as Harley

2009
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men poster

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Movie · as Ryan / Subject #20

2009
Monsters vs Aliens poster

Monsters vs Aliens

Movie · as Cuthbert (voice)

2009
Away We Go poster

Away We Go

Movie · as Burt Farlander

2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Leatherheads poster

Leatherheads

Movie · as Carter Rutherford

2007
License to Wed poster

License to Wed

Movie · as Ben Murphy

2007
Smiley Face poster

Smiley Face

Movie · as Brevin

2007
Shrek the Third poster

Shrek the Third

Movie · as Lancelot (voice)

2007
A New Wave poster

A New Wave

Movie · as Gideon

2007
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience poster

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

Movie · as Camp Muckamungus

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
The Holiday poster

The Holiday

Movie · as Ben

2006
Doogal poster

Doogal

Movie · as Additional voices (voice)

2006
Dreamgirls poster

Dreamgirls

Movie · as Sam Walsh

2006
For Your Consideration poster

For Your Consideration

Movie · as Paper Badge Officer

2006
"Jarhead" Diaries poster

"Jarhead" Diaries

Movie · as Self

2005
Jarhead poster

Jarhead

Movie · as Corporal Harrigan

2005
Duane Hopwood poster

Duane Hopwood

Movie · as Bob Flynn

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Gilbert (voice) · 1 ep

2005
The Office poster

The Office

TV · as Jim Halpert · 186 eps

2004
Kinsey poster

Kinsey

Movie · as Ben

2004
Taxi poster

Taxi

Movie · as Messenger

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Old School poster

Old School

Movie · as Brian

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Without a Trace poster

Without a Trace

TV · as Curtis Horne · 1 ep

2002
Live from E! poster

Live from E!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Jace Gleesing · 1 ep

2000
State and Main poster

State and Main

Movie · as Judge's Assistant (uncredited)

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Lyle Davis · 1 ep

2000
Ed poster

Ed

TV · as Process Server · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep