John Krasinski

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

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

American Dad!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War

The Office

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

All Movies (51)

• Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War2026 · as Jack Ryan
• Fountain of Youth2025 · as Luke Purdue
• IF2024 · as Dad / Marshmallow (voice)
• Cities of the Future2024 · as Narrator (voice)
• DC League of Super-Pets2022 · as Clark Kent / Superman (voice)
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022 · as Reed Richards
• Free Guy2021 · as Silhouetted Gamer (voice)
• A Quiet Place Part II2021 · as Lee Abbott
• David Blaine: The Magic Way2020 · as Self
• Next Gen2018 · as Project 77 (voice)
• Animal Crackers2018 · as Owen Huntington (voice)
• A Quiet Place2018 · as Lee Abbott
• Detroit2017 · as Attorney Auerbach
• Past Forward2016 · as Man #1
• The Hollars2016 · as John Hollar
• Born in China2016 · as Narrator: American version (voice)
• 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi2016 · as Jack Silva
• Aloha2015 · as John "Woody" Woodside
• Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet2014 · as Halim (voice)
• Sleep Cycle2014 · as Insomniac #3
• Mistaken for Strangers2013 · as Self (uncredited)
• Monsters University2013 · as Frank McCay (voice)
• Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy2013 · as Self - Letter Reader
• The Office Retrospective2013 · as Self
• Nobody Walks2012 · as Peter
• The Office: Secret Santa Pack2012 · as Jim Halpert
• Promised Land2012 · as Dustin Noble
• Big Miracle2012 · as Adam Carlson
• The Muppets2011 · as John Krasinski
• Something Borrowed2011 · as Ethan
• It's Complicated2009 · as Harley
• Brief Interviews with Hideous Men2009 · as Ryan / Subject #20
• Away We Go2009 · as Burt Farlander
• Monsters vs Aliens2009 · as Cuthbert (voice)
• Leatherheads2008 · as Carter Rutherford
• Smiley Face2007 · as Brevin
• A New Wave2007 · as Gideon
• License to Wed2007 · as Ben Murphy
• Shrek the Third2007 · as Lancelot (voice)
• Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience2007 · as Camp Muckamungus
• Dreamgirls2006 · as Sam Walsh
• The Holiday2006 · as Ben
• For Your Consideration2006 · as Paper Badge Officer
• "Jarhead" Diaries2006 · as Self
• Doogal2006 · as Additional voices (voice)
• Duane Hopwood2005 · as Bob Flynn
• Jarhead2005 · as Corporal Harrigan
• Taxi2004 · as Messenger
• Kinsey2004 · as Ben
• Old School2003 · as Brian
• State and Main2000 · as Judge's Assistant (uncredited)

All TV Shows (34)

• Some Good News2020 · as Self - Host
• Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan2018 · as Jack Ryan
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• Lip Sync Battle2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• BoJack Horseman2014 · as Secretariat (voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Office2005 · as Jim Halpert
• American Dad!2005 · as Gilbert (voice)
• The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Without a Trace2002 · as Curtis Horne
• Live from E!2002 · as Self
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Jace Gleesing
• Ed2000 · as Process Server
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Lyle Davis
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Today1952 · as Self
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Silent River—