John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. He is most widely known for his role as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005-2013), for which he received critical acclaim and won a number of awards. He also served as a producer and occasional director of the series.
His film credits include License to Wed (2007), Leatherheads (2008), Away We Go (2009), It's Complicated (2009), Something Borrowed (2011), Big Miracle (2012), Promised Land (2012), Aloha (2015), and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016). Krasinski directed and starred in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009), The Hollars (2016), and A Quiet Place (2018), the latter of which he starred in with his wife, Emily Blunt. In 2018, Krasinski was included on Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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Early life
Krasinski was born at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, to Mary Clare (née Doyle), a nurse, and Ronald Krasinski, an internist. His father is Polish-American and his mother is Irish-American. He and his two older brothers, Kevin and Paul, were raised as Roman Catholics. He grew up in Newton, a suburb west of Boston.
Krasinski made his stage debut as Daddy Warbucks in a sixth-grade school production of the musical Annie. Afterwards, he co-starred in a satirical play written and cast by his future The Office co-star B. J. Novak when they were high school seniors. Krasinski and Novak graduated from Newton South High School in 1997.
Before entering college, Krasinski taught English as a foreign language in Costa Rica. From there, he went to Brown University, studying theatre arts under Lowry Marsh and John Emigh, and graduating in 2001 as a playwright with the honors thesis "Contents Under Pressure". During his time at Brown, he was a member of the sketch comedy group Out of Bounds. In college, he also helped coach youth basketball at the Gordon School in East Providence, Rhode Island. Then he attended the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut.
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Career
Early 2000s: Career beginnings
Besides training at the National Theater Institute, he also studied at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and The Actors Center in New York City. After graduating from Brown University, Krasinski went to New York City to pursue acting, appearing in commercials and guest-starring on television shows, as well as doing readings of off-Broadway plays while working as a waiter. He starred in the play What the Eunuch Saw, which was written and directed by his former college classmates Emily O'Dell and Isaac Robert Hurwitz. In 2000, Krasinski interned as a scriptwriter on the show Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
2005-2009: Breakthrough with The Office and directorial debut
Krasinski's breakthrough role was as Jim Halpert in the NBC sitcom The Office from 2005 to 2013. Krasinski filmed the footage of Scranton, Pennsylvania for the show as well, including the clips shown in the opening credits. Krasinski directed an episode of The Office, titled "Sabre", the fifteenth episode of The Office's sixth season. He also directed the third episode of the show's eighth season, titled "Lotto" and the sixth episode of the show's ninth and final season, titled "The Boat".
In 2006, Krasinski wrote and directed the comedy-drama Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, based on David Foster Wallace's collection of short stories. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Krasinski guest-starred in a number of television series including Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Without a Trace, Ed, American Dad! and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He also co-starred in films including Kinsey, Duane Hopwood, Jarhead, The Holiday and Shrek the Third, For Your Consideration and Dreamgirls.
Krasinski co-starred with Andrew Keegan and Lacey Chabert as Bob in Jason Carvey's comedy A New Wave that was released in 2006. He also co-starred with Anna Faris and Danny Masterson as Brevin in Gregg Araki's comedy Smiley Face, filmed in 2006. Afterwards, he co-starred in a number of films including the romantic comedy License to Wed (2007) with Mandy Moore and Robin Williams, and the sports comedy Leatherheads (2008) with George Clooney and Renée Zellweger. Krasinski co-starred in the comedy-drama Away We Go with Maya Rudolph, directed by Sam Mendes that filmed from April to June 2008. He co-starred with Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in Nancy Meyers' romantic comedy It's Complicated that was released in late 2009.
2010-2017: Further feature film and television work
Krasinski co-starred with Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson and Colin Egglesfield in the romantic comedy Something Borrowed, based on Emily Giffin's novel of the same name. Krasinski co-starred with Drew Barrymore in the drama Big Miracle, based on a true story. Krasinski also starred in the independent drama Nobody Walks that was released on September 6, 2012. Krasinski co-starred in and co-wrote the drama Promised Land with Matt Damon that filmed in April 2012 and released on December 28, 2012. Krasinski was also one of the top candidates to star in the superhero film Captain America: The First Avenger. Chris Evans eventually got the part.
Krasinski co-starred in Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy-drama Aloha with Rachel McAdams, Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone. The film was shot in Hawaii from September to December 2013 and was released on May 29, 2015.
Krasinski, with Stephen Merchant and Allyson Seeger, are executive producers of the live-action/animated sitcom Dream Corp, LLC created by Daniel Stessen on Adult Swim. The series was announced as a pilot in May 2014, and a full season was picked up in November 2015. Lost star Jon Gries co-stars. Krasinski executive produced the critically acclaimed 2016 drama Manchester by the Sea, which starred Casey Affleck and produced by Krasinski's Promised Land co-star and co-writer Matt Damon. The film was written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan and is based on an original idea of Krasinski's.
In 2016, Krasinski starred in the war thriller 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, based on a true story. That same year, he directed and starred in the comedy-drama The Hollars.
2018-present: Critical acclaim with A Quiet Place
In 2018, Krazinski directed and co-wrote the supernatural horror film A Quiet Place, in which he also co-starred with his wife Emily Blunt. The film was released on April 6, 2018 by Paramount Pictures, to significant critical acclaim.
Other work
Beginning in March 2006, Krasinski narrated a series of commercials for Ask.com. He has also narrated commercials for Apple TV, Verizon Wireless, Esurance, BlackBerry Storm, My Coke Rewards, and Carnival Cruise Lines, and has appeared in print advertisements for Gap.
In April 2011, he co-starred in a New Era/Major League Baseball ad campaign with Alec Baldwin, playing off the rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. In 2012, he started narrating the show Head Games on the Discovery Channel.
He co-starred in the world premiere of the Off-Broadway play Dry Powder with Hank Azaria, Claire Danes, and Sanjit De Silva, directed by Thomas Kail, at The Public Theater in New York City.
Personal life
Krasinski began dating English actress Emily Blunt in November 2008. They became engaged in August 2009, and married on July 10, 2010 in Como, Italy. After years of encouragement from Blunt, Krasinski decided to screenwrite "A Quiet Place." Krasinski and Blunt have two daughters, Hazel and Violet, born in February 2014 and July 2016 respectively.
Filmography
Films
Television
Awards and nominations
Film
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References
External links
- John Krasinski on IMDb
- John Krasinski at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
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