John Krasinski
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John Burke Krasinski is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), where he was also a producer and occasional director. He directed, co-wrote and co-starred in the 2018 horror film A Quiet Place, for which Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He has since written and directed the sequel A Quiet Place Part II (2020).
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John Krasinski is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and film director. Born John Burke Krasinski in Newton in 1979, he is a member of the Democratic Party. He was educated at Brown University and resides in Brooklyn. Krasinski is married to Emily Blunt, and they have two children. He is also related to Stanley Tucci.
His professional career began in 2000. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America, East, and writes in English. Krasinski has received the Theatre World Award and was recognized in the Time 100 collection. He is a citizen of the United States and speaks English.
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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…
Known for
- Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War — Jack Ryan2026
- Fountain of Youth — Luke Purdue2025
- IF — Dad / Marshmallow (voice)2024
- Cities of the Future — Self - Narrator (voice)2024
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — Reed Richards2022
- DC League of Super-Pets — Clark Kent / Superman (voice)2022
- A Quiet Place Part II — Lee Abbott2021
- Free Guy — Silhouetted Gamer (voice)2021
- David Blaine: The Magic Way — Self2020
- Some Good News — Self - Host2020
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- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newton
- Spouse
- Emily Blunt
- Occupation
- television producer
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Time 100
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- John Krasinski at TIFF 2025 02 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Brooklyn
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- Stanley Tucci
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- Category:Films directed by John Krasinski
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
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- English language
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- Writers Guild of America, East
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Encyclopedic overview
John Burke Krasinski (/krəˈzɪnski/; born October 20, 1979) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his role as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), where he was also a producer and occasional director. He directed, co-wrote and co-starred in the 2018 horror film A Quiet Place, for which Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He has since written and directed the sequel A Quiet Place Part II (2020).
Krasinski has appeared in the films Leatherheads (2008), Away We Go (2009), It's Complicated (2009), Something Borrowed (2011), Promised Land (2012), and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016). He directed and starred in the comedy-drama films Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009), The Hollars (2016) and IF (2024). From 2018 to 2023, he played the title character in the Amazon Prime Video thriller series Jack Ryan, and served as an executive producer for it.
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