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John Krasinski

Actor

John Krasinski

Born October 20, 1979 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA42 films

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.

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Free Guy posterFirst watchFree Guy20217.4as Silhouetted Gamer (voice)A bank teller discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and decides to become the hero of his own story.View film

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A Quiet Place poster7.4A Quiet Place2018Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness poster7.2Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022A Quiet Place Part II poster7.4A Quiet Place Part II2021Monsters University poster7.1Monsters University2013The Holiday poster7.1The Holiday200613 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi poster7.313 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi2016Shrek the Third poster6.3Shrek the Third2007Jarhead poster6.7Jarhead2005

Filmography

42 films as actor
  1. 2026Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost WarJack Ryan
  2. 2025Fountain of YouthLuke Purdue
  3. 2024IFDad / Marshmallow (voice)
  4. 2022DC League of Super-PetsClark Kent / Superman (voice)
  5. 2022Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessReed Richards
  6. 2021Free GuySilhouetted Gamer (voice)
  7. 2021A Quiet Place Part IILee Abbott
  8. 2018Next GenProject 77 (voice)
  9. 2018Animal CrackersOwen Huntington (voice)
  10. 2018A Quiet PlaceLee Abbott
  11. 2017DetroitAttorney Auerbach
  12. 2016The HollarsJohn Hollar
  13. 201613 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of BenghaziJack Silva
  14. 2015AlohaJohn "Woody" Woodside
  15. 2014Kahlil Gibran's The ProphetHalim (voice)
  16. 2014Sleep CycleInsomniac #3
  17. 2013Monsters UniversityFrank McCay (voice)
  18. 2012Nobody WalksPeter
  19. 2012The Office: Secret Santa PackJim Halpert
  20. 2012Promised LandDustin Noble
  21. 2012Big MiracleAdam Carlson
  22. 2011The MuppetsJohn Krasinski
  23. 2011Something BorrowedEthan
  24. 2009It's ComplicatedHarley
  25. 2009Brief Interviews with Hideous MenRyan / Subject #20
  26. 2009Away We GoBurt Farlander
  27. 2009Monsters vs AliensCuthbert (voice)
  28. 2008LeatherheadsCarter Rutherford
  29. 2007Smiley FaceBrevin
  30. 2007A New WaveGideon
  31. 2007License to WedBen Murphy
  32. 2007Shrek the ThirdLancelot (voice)
  33. 2006DreamgirlsSam Walsh
  34. 2006The HolidayBen
  35. 2006For Your ConsiderationPaper Badge Officer
  36. 2006DoogalAdditional voices (voice)
  37. 2005Duane HopwoodBob Flynn
  38. 2005JarheadCorporal Harrigan
  39. 2004TaxiMessenger
  40. 2004KinseyBen
  41. 2003Old SchoolBrian
  42. 2000State and MainJudge's Assistant (uncredited)