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John Krasinski

John Krasinski

Born: 1979-10-20 • Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Filmography
Fountain of Youth poster
Fountain of Youth
2025 • Luke Purdue
IF poster
IF
2024 • Dad / Marshmallow (voice)
Cities of the Future poster
Cities of the Future
2024 • Narrator (voice)
DC League of Super-Pets poster
DC League of Super-Pets
2022 • Clark Kent / Superman (voice)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness poster
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022 • Reed Richards
Free Guy poster
Free Guy
2021 • Silhouetted Gamer (voice)
A Quiet Place Part II poster
A Quiet Place Part II
2021 • Lee Abbott
David Blaine: The Magic Way poster
David Blaine: The Magic Way
2020 • Self
Next Gen poster
Next Gen
2018 • Project 77 (voice)
A Quiet Place poster
A Quiet Place
2018 • Lee Abbott
Detroit poster
Detroit
2017 • Attorney Auerbach
Animal Crackers poster
Animal Crackers
2017 • Owen Huntington (voice)
Past Forward poster
Past Forward
2016 • Man #1
The Hollars poster
The Hollars
2016 • John Hollar
Born in China poster
Born in China
2016 • Narrator: American version (voice)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi poster
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016 • Jack Silva
Aloha poster
Aloha
2015 • John "Woody" Woodside
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet poster
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
2014 • Halim (voice)
Sleep Cycle poster
Sleep Cycle
2014 • Insomniac #3
Mistaken for Strangers poster
Mistaken for Strangers
2013 • Self (uncredited)
Monsters University poster
Monsters University
2013 • Frank McCay (voice)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy poster
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013 • Self - Letter Reader
The Office Retrospective poster
The Office Retrospective
2013 • Self
Nobody Walks poster
Nobody Walks
2012 • Peter
The Office: Secret Santa Pack poster
The Office: Secret Santa Pack
2012 • Jim Halpert
Promised Land poster
Promised Land
2012 • Dustin Noble
Big Miracle poster
Big Miracle
2012 • Adam Carlson
The Muppets poster
The Muppets
2011 • John Krasinski
Something Borrowed poster
Something Borrowed
2011 • Ethan
Threat Level Midnight poster
Threat Level Midnight
2011 • Goldenface / Jim Halpert
It's Complicated poster
It's Complicated
2009 • Harley
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men poster
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009 • Ryan / Subject #20
Away We Go poster
Away We Go
2009 • Burt Farlander
Monsters vs Aliens poster
Monsters vs Aliens
2009 • Cuthbert (voice)
Leatherheads poster
Leatherheads
2008 • Carter Rutherford
Smiley Face poster
Smiley Face
2007 • Brevin
A New Wave poster
A New Wave
2007 • Gideon
License to Wed poster
License to Wed
2007 • Ben Murphy
Shrek the Third poster
Shrek the Third
2007 • Lancelot (voice)
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience poster
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
2007 • Camp Muckamungus
Dreamgirls poster
Dreamgirls
2006 • Sam Walsh
The Holiday poster
The Holiday
2006 • Ben
For Your Consideration poster
For Your Consideration
2006 • Paper Badge Officer
Doogal poster
Doogal
2006 • Additional voices (voice)
Duane Hopwood poster
Duane Hopwood
2005 • Bob Flynn
Jarhead poster
Jarhead
2005 • Corporal Harrigan
Taxi poster
Taxi
2004 • Messenger
Kinsey poster
Kinsey
2004 • Ben
Old School poster
Old School
2003 • Brian
State and Main poster
State and Main
2000 • Judge's Assistant (uncredited)
No Image
Untitled Jack Ryan Film
— • Jack Ryan