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John Krasinski
Krasinski in August 2006
Born	John Burke Krasinski October 20, 1979 (1979-10-20) (age 29) Boston, Massachusetts
Awards won Screen Actors Guild Awards Best Ensemble - Comedy Series 2006 The Office 2007 The Office

John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American actor, film director and writer. He is most widely known for playing Jim Halpert on NBC's The Office.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Personal life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Personal life

Krasinski was born in the Brighton section of Boston, Massachusetts, the son of nurse Mary Clare (née Doyle) and Polish-American father internist Dr. Ronald Krasinski.¹² He has two older brothers, Kevin and Paul, and was raised Catholic in the suburb of Newton, Massachusetts.³

He attended the same high school as B.J. Novak, later his co-star (Ryan Howard) on The Office and also a writer and co-producer on episodes of the show.⁴ Krasinski graduated from Newton South High School in 1997.⁴

Before college, he took a semester off to teach English in Costa Rica.⁵ He went to Brown University, where he graduated in 2001 as a playwright, writing an honors thesis titled "Contents Under Pressure".⁶ During his time at Brown, he helped coach youth basketball at The Gordon School in East Providence, RI, and also participated as a co-coordinator of the mid-year orientation. He credits his success at Brown to his longtime personal trainer Robert Anthony Herman the third. He then attended the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut.

Career

Krasinski's first stage experience was starring in a satirical play written and cast by B. J. Novak for Newton South High School.⁴⁷ He decided to continue acting after doing a reading of David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.⁸ Besides training at the National Theatre Institute, he also studied at The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon and The Actor's Center in New York City.⁹ After graduating from Brown University, Krasinski went to New York City to pursue acting, doing commercials and guest spots on television shows, but also doing readings of off-Broadway plays and working as a waiter^{citation needed}. He starred in the play "What the Eunuch Saw," directed and written by a former college classmate.¹⁰

Krasinski spent the summer of 2000 as a script intern on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.¹¹¹²In addition to his role on The Office, Krasinski's television credits include appearances on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Without A Trace, Ed,¹³ American Dad! (as the voice of a squirrel), and an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

His feature film credits include Kinsey, Jarhead, Duane Hopwood, Shrek the Third and The Holiday. He also had cameos in For Your Consideration and Dreamgirls. He wrote and directed a film adaptation of David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2008).

He starred as Gideon in A New Wave, which was filmed before he was on The Office and released in 2007. He also starred as Brevin in Smiley Face, which was filmed in 2006. More recently, he had major supporting roles in the films License to Wed, with Mandy Moore and Robin Williams, and Leatherheads with George Clooney and Renee Zellweger. From April to June 2008, he filmed with Jarhead director Sam Mendes an untitled film co-starring Maya Rudolph and Cheryl Hines.¹⁴

Krasinski was featured in People magazine's Sexiest Men Alive issue of 2006 and 2008.¹⁵

Krasinski narrated a series of commercials for Ask.com starting in March 2006, a commercial for the Apple TV in April 2007, and also narrarating in commercials for Verizon about the BlackBerry Storm. Krasinski has appeared in advertisements for the Gap and has narrated television commercials for Best Buy.

Krasinski, along with two friends, filmed the footage of Scranton, Pennsylvania for The Office, including the clips shown in the opening credits.¹⁶

Filmography

Film

Year	Movie	Role	Notes
2000	State and Main	Caddy
2002	Alma Mater	Flea Club Candidate 1
	Fighting Still Life	Tyler
2004	Kinsey	Ben
	Taxi	Messenger #3
2005	Duane Hopwood	Bob Flynn
	Jarhead	Corporal Harrigan
2006	For Your Consideration	Cop in Paper Badge
	The Holiday	Ben
	Dreamgirls	Sam Walsh
	Doogal	Additional voices	Voice
2007	License to Wed	Ben Murphy
	A New Wave	Gideon
	Smiley Face	Brevin Ericson
	Shrek the Third	Lancelot	Voice
2008	Leatherheads	Carter Rutherford
	Brief Interviews with Hideous Men		Director and screenwriter
2009	Farlanders(working title)	Burt	Leading actor

Television

Year	Television	Role	Notes
2003	Ed	Process Server
	The Originals (TV) aka Old School	Series Regular	Unaired Pilot
2004	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Jace Gleesing
2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Lyle Davis
	Without a Trace	Curtis Horne
2005–present	The Office (US)	Jim Halpert
2006	American Dad!	Gilbert	Animated Squirrel

References

External links

• John Krasinski at the Internet Movie Database
• John Krasinski interview for License to Wed and The Office at TheCinemaSource.com

v â€¢ d â€¢ e The Office (US TV series) Episodes Season one  Â· Season two  Â· Season three  Â· Season four  Â· Season five Webisodes The Accountants (2006)  Â· Kevin's Loan (2008)  Â· The Outburst (2008) Crew Greg Daniels Â· Ben Silverman Â· Ricky Gervais Â· Stephen Merchant Cast Steve Carell Â· Rainn Wilson Â· John Krasinski Â· Jenna Fischer Â· B. J. Novak Characters Michael Scott Â· Dwight Schrute Â· Jim Halpert Â· Pam Beesly Â· Ryan Howard Writers Greg Daniels Â· Michael Schur Â· Paul Lieberstein Â· Mindy Kaling Â· B. J. Novak Â· Jennifer Celotta Â· Lee Eisenberg Â· Gene Stupnitsky Â· Brent Forrester Â· Justin Spitzer Â· Steve Carell Â· Lester Lewis Â· Aaron Shure Elements Worldwide editions Â· Video game Â· Dunder Mifflin

Persondata
NAME	Krasinski, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Krasinski, John Burke
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Best Ensemble - Comedy Series, 2006 The Office
DATE OF BIRTH	1979-10-20
PLACE OF BIRTH	Newton, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH