Acting
John Krasinski
Born 1979-10-20
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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
Prominent works featuring John Krasinski
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A Quiet Place
2018
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Monsters University
2013
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
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Free Guy
2021
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Shrek the Third
2007
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A Quiet Place Part II
2021
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The Office
2005
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Manchester by the Sea
2016
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The Holiday
2006
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Monsters vs Aliens
2009
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (127 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Quiet Place Part III | Director | Movie | 2027 |
| A Quiet Place Part III | Producer | Movie | 2027 |
| A Quiet Place Part III | Screenplay | Movie | 2027 |
 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War | Jack Ryan | Movie | 2026 |
| Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War | Producer | Movie | 2026 |
| Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War | Screenplay | Movie | 2026 |
| Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War | Story | Movie | 2026 |
 | Fountain of Youth | Luke Purdue | Movie | 2025 |
 | Apartment 7A | Producer | Movie | 2024 |
 | A Quiet Place: Day One | Producer | Movie | 2024 |
| A Quiet Place: Day One | Story | Movie | 2024 |
 | IF | Dad / Marshmallow (voice) | Movie | 2024 |
| IF | Writer | Movie | 2024 |
| IF | Director | Movie | 2024 |
| IF | Producer | Movie | 2024 |
 | Cities of the Future | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Curses! | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2023 |
 | DC League of Super-Pets | Clark Kent / Superman (voice) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Reed Richards | Movie | 2022 |
 | Free Guy | Silhouetted Gamer (voice) | Movie | 2021 |
 | A Quiet Place Part II | Lee Abbott | Movie | 2021 |
| A Quiet Place Part II | Producer | Movie | 2021 |
| A Quiet Place Part II | Writer | Movie | 2021 |
| A Quiet Place Part II | Director | Movie | 2021 |
 | David Blaine: The Magic Way | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | Some Good News | Self - Host | TV Series | 2020 |
| Some Good News | Director | TV Series | 2020 |
| Some Good News | Creator | TV Series | 2020 |
| Some Good News | Writer | TV Series | 2020 |
| Some Good News | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Next Gen | Project 77 (voice) | Movie | 2018 |
 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | Jack Ryan | TV Series | 2018 |
| Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Animal Crackers | Owen Huntington (voice) | Movie | 2018 |
 | A Quiet Place | Lee Abbott | Movie | 2018 |
| A Quiet Place | Director | Movie | 2018 |
| A Quiet Place | Executive Producer | Movie | 2018 |
| A Quiet Place | Screenplay | Movie | 2018 |
 | Detroit | Attorney Auerbach | Movie | 2017 |
 | Manchester by the Sea | Executive Producer | Movie | 2016 |
 | Past Forward | Man #1 | Movie | 2016 |
 | Dream Corp LLC | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2016 |
 | The Hollars | John Hollar | Movie | 2016 |
| The Hollars | Director | Movie | 2016 |
| The Hollars | Producer | Movie | 2016 |
 | Born in China | Narrator: American version (voice) | Movie | 2016 |
 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Jack Silva | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Aloha | John "Woody" Woodside | Movie | 2015 |
 | Lip Sync Battle | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
| Lip Sync Battle | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2015 |
| Lip Sync Battle | Creator | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet | Halim (voice) | Movie | 2014 |
 | BoJack Horseman | Secretariat (voice) | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Sleep Cycle | Insomniac #3 | Movie | 2014 |
| Sleep Cycle | Screenplay | Movie | 2014 |
 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Mistaken for Strangers | Self (uncredited) | Movie | 2013 |
 | Monsters University | Frank McCay (voice) | Movie | 2013 |
 | Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy | Self - Letter Reader | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Office Retrospective | Self | Movie | 2013 |
 | Nobody Walks | Peter | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Office: Secret Santa Pack | Jim Halpert | Movie | 2012 |
 | Promised Land | Dustin Noble | Movie | 2012 |
| Promised Land | Writer | Movie | 2012 |
| Promised Land | Producer | Movie | 2012 |
 | Big Miracle | Adam Carlson | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Muppets | John Krasinski | Movie | 2011 |
 | Something Borrowed | Ethan | Movie | 2011 |
 | Conan | Self | TV Series | 2010 |
 | It's Complicated | Harley | Movie | 2009 |
 | Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | Ryan / Subject #20 | Movie | 2009 |
| Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | Director | Movie | 2009 |
| Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | Producer | Movie | 2009 |
| Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | Adaptation | Movie | 2009 |
 | Away We Go | Burt Farlander | Movie | 2009 |
 | Monsters vs Aliens | Cuthbert (voice) | Movie | 2009 |
 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Leatherheads | Carter Rutherford | Movie | 2008 |
 | Smiley Face | Brevin | Movie | 2007 |
 | A New Wave | Gideon | Movie | 2007 |
 | License to Wed | Ben Murphy | Movie | 2007 |
 | Shrek the Third | Lancelot (voice) | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience | Camp Muckamungus | Movie | 2007 |
 | Dreamgirls | Sam Walsh | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Holiday | Ben | Movie | 2006 |
 | For Your Consideration | Paper Badge Officer | Movie | 2006 |
 | "Jarhead" Diaries | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | Doogal | Additional voices (voice) | Movie | 2006 |
 | Duane Hopwood | Bob Flynn | Movie | 2005 |
 | Jarhead | Corporal Harrigan | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Office | Jim Halpert | TV Series | 2005 |
| The Office | Director | TV Series | 2005 |
 | American Dad! | Gilbert (voice) | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Taxi | Messenger | Movie | 2004 |
| The Tony Danza Show | Self | TV Series | 2004 | |
 | Kinsey | Ben | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Old School | Brian | Movie | 2003 |
 | Without a Trace | Curtis Horne | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Live from E! | Self | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jace Gleesing | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Ed | Process Server | TV Series | 2000 |
 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Lyle Davis | TV Series | 2000 |
 | State and Main | Judge's Assistant (uncredited) | Movie | 2000 |
 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1993 |
 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self | TV Series | 1992 |
 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1992 |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV Series | 1975 |
 | The Oscars | Self | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Today | Self | TV Series | 1952 |
 | The Emmy Awards | Self | TV Series | 1949 |
 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 1944 |
| Silent River | Self / Appearance | TV Series | — | |
| King of Oil | Producer | Movie | — | |
| Life on Mars | Director | Movie | — | |
| Life on Mars | Producer | Movie | — | |
| Not Fade Away | Producer | Movie | — | |
| Silent River | Executive Producer | TV Series | — | |
| Silent River | Director | TV Series | — |