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John Krasinski
Krasinski in March 2009
Born	John Burke Krasinski October 20, 1979 (1979-10-20) (age 29) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000 – present

John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American actor, film director and writer. He has acted in several films, including Shrek the Third, Leatherheads and Away We Go, but is most widely known for playing Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Television and feature films 2.2 Other work 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Films 4.2 Television 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Krasinski was born in the Brighton area of Boston, Massachusetts, the son of a Polish-American father, internist Dr. Ronald Krasinski,¹ and an Irish American mother, Mary Clare (née Doyle).² He has two older brothers, Kevin and Paul, and was raised Roman Catholic in the suburb of Newton, Massachusetts.³

He attended the same high school as B. J. Novak, who would later become Krasinski's co-star on The Office, as well as a writer and co-producer of the series. Krasinski also performed in a play written by Novak.⁴ Krasinski graduated from Newton South High School in 1997.⁴

Before entering college, Krasinski took a semester off to teach English in Costa Rica.⁵ From there, he went to Brown University, studying theater arts with Lowry Marshall and John Emigh and graduating in 2001 as a playwright with 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, Rhode Island. He then attended the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut.⁷

Career

Television and feature films

Krasinski's first stage experience was starring in a satirical play written and cast by B. J. Novak for Newton South High School.⁴⁸ He decided to continue acting after doing a reading of David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.⁹ Besides training at the National Theater Institute, he also studied at The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon 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 spots on television shows, as well as doing readings of off-Broadway plays and working as a waiter.¹⁰ He starred in the play What the Eunuch Saw, which was written and directed by a former college classmate.¹¹ In 2000, Krasinski was a script intern on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.¹²¹³

Krasinski filmed the footage of Scranton, Pennsylvania for The Office, including the clips shown in the opening credits.¹⁴

Krasinski 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 the Gregg Araki film Smiley Face, 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 Away We Go, directed by Sam Mendes and co-starring Maya Rudolph.¹⁵ He is set to join Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in the upcoming Nancy Meyers romantic comedy Something Good, due for release in late 2009.¹⁶

In 2006 Krasinski wrote and directed Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, an adaptation of David Foster Wallace's collection of short stories. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.¹⁷

In addition to his role on The Office, Krasinski's television credits include appearances on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Without A Trace, Ed,¹⁸ American Dad!,¹⁹ and an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. His feature film credits include Kinsey, Duane Hopwood, Jarhead, The Holiday and Shrek the Third. He also had minor roles in For Your Consideration and Dreamgirls.

Other work

Beginning in March 2006, Krasinski narrated a series of commercials for Ask.com. He has also appeared in commercials for Apple TV, BlackBerry Storm²⁰ and My Coke Rewards,²¹ and has appeared in print advertisements for Gap.²²

Personal life

Krasinski was featured in People magazine's Sexiest Men Alive issue in 2006.²³

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2000	State and Main	Judge's assistant	uncredited
2002	Fighting Still Life	Tyler
	Alma Mater	Flea Club Candidate 1
2004	Kinsey	Ben
	Taxi	Messenger #3
2005	Duane Hopwood	Bob Flynn
	Jarhead	Corporal Harrigan
2006	Doogal	Additional Voices	voice
	For Your Consideration	Paper Badge Officer
	The Holiday	Ben
	Dreamgirls	Sam Walsh
2007	A New Wave	Gideon
	Smiley Face	Brevin
	Shrek the Third	Lancelot	voice
	License to Wed	Ben Murphy
2008	Leatherheads	Carter Rutherford
2009	Brief Interviews with Hideous Men	Ryan	also writer and director Nominated: Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
	Monsters vs Aliens	Cuthbert	voice
	Away We Go	Burt Farlander
	Something Good	Harley	filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Ed	Process Server	Episode "Good Advice"
2004	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Jace Gleesing	Episode "Mad Hops"
2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Lyle Davis	Episode "Who Shot Sherlock"
	Without a Trace	Curtis Horne	Episode "The Bogie Man"
2006	American Dad!	Gilbert	Episode "Irregarding Steve"
2005-present	The Office	Jim Halpert	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2006, 2007) Nominated: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2008)

Awards and nominations

Year	Group	Award	Won	Film/Television series
2006	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series24	Yes	The Office
2007	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series25	Yes
2008	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	No
2009	Sundance Film Festival	Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic	No	Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

References

External links

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• John Krasinski interview for License to Wed and The Office at TheCinemaSource.com

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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