Actor profile

John Krasinski

20th October 1979 Boston, Massachusetts, USA Acting

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.

49 Movies 32 TV Shows 1 In Production 82 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Fountain of Youth poster

Fountain of Youth 19th May 2025 as Luke Purdue

IF poster

IF 8th May 2024 as Dad / Marshmallow (voice)

Cities of the Future poster

Cities of the Future 16th February 2024 as Narrator (voice)

DC League of Super-Pets poster

DC League of Super-Pets 27th July 2022 as Clark Kent / Superman (voice)

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness poster

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 4th May 2022 as Reed Richards

Free Guy poster

Free Guy 11th August 2021 as Silhouetted Gamer (voice)

A Quiet Place Part II poster

A Quiet Place Part II 21st May 2021 as Lee Abbott

David Blaine: The Magic Way poster

David Blaine: The Magic Way 1st April 2020 as Self

Next Gen poster

Next Gen 7th September 2018 as Project 77 (voice)

Animal Crackers poster

Animal Crackers 21st July 2018 as Owen Huntington (voice)

A Quiet Place poster

A Quiet Place 3rd April 2018 as Lee Abbott

Detroit poster

Detroit 28th July 2017 as Attorney Auerbach

Past Forward poster

Past Forward 15th November 2016 as Man #1

The Hollars poster

The Hollars 25th August 2016 as John Hollar

Born in China poster

Born in China 12th August 2016 as Narrator: American version (voice)

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi poster

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 14th January 2016 as Jack Silva

Aloha poster

Aloha 29th May 2015 as John "Woody" Woodside

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet poster

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet 6th September 2014 as Halim (voice)

Sleep Cycle poster

Sleep Cycle 15th February 2014 as Insomniac #3

Mistaken for Strangers poster

Mistaken for Strangers 19th September 2013 as Self (uncredited)

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy poster

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy 19th June 2013 as Self - Letter Reader

Monsters University poster

Monsters University 19th June 2013 as Frank McCay (voice)

The Office Retrospective poster

The Office Retrospective 16th May 2013 as Self

Nobody Walks poster

Nobody Walks 19th October 2012 as Peter

The Office: Secret Santa Pack poster

The Office: Secret Santa Pack 16th October 2012 as Jim Halpert

Promised Land poster

Promised Land 23rd September 2012 as Dustin Noble

Big Miracle poster

Big Miracle 2nd February 2012 as Adam Carlson

The Muppets poster

The Muppets 23rd November 2011 as John Krasinski

Something Borrowed poster

Something Borrowed 5th May 2011 as Ethan

It's Complicated poster

It's Complicated 23rd December 2009 as Harley

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men poster

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men 25th September 2009 as Ryan / Subject #20

Away We Go poster

Away We Go 5th June 2009 as Burt Farlander

Monsters vs Aliens poster

Monsters vs Aliens 19th March 2009 as Cuthbert (voice)

Leatherheads poster

Leatherheads 24th March 2008 as Carter Rutherford

Smiley Face poster

Smiley Face 16th November 2007 as Brevin

A New Wave poster

A New Wave 21st August 2007 as Gideon

License to Wed poster

License to Wed 4th July 2007 as Ben Murphy

Shrek the Third poster

Shrek the Third 17th May 2007 as Lancelot (voice)

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience poster

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience 9th February 2007 as Camp Muckamungus

Dreamgirls poster

Dreamgirls 25th December 2006 as Sam Walsh

The Holiday poster

The Holiday 5th December 2006 as Ben

For Your Consideration poster

For Your Consideration 17th November 2006 as Paper Badge Officer

Doogal poster

Doogal 24th February 2006 as Additional voices (voice)

Duane Hopwood poster

Duane Hopwood 11th November 2005 as Bob Flynn

Jarhead poster

Jarhead 4th November 2005 as Corporal Harrigan

Taxi poster

Taxi 6th October 2004 as Messenger

Kinsey poster

Kinsey 4th September 2004 as Ben

Old School poster

Old School 1st January 2003 as Brian

State and Main poster

State and Main 26th August 2000 as Judge's Assistant (uncredited)

Some Good News poster

Some Good News 29th March 2020 as Self - Host

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan poster

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan 30th August 2018 as Jack Ryan

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self - Guest

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter 2nd August 2015 as Self

Lip Sync Battle poster

Lip Sync Battle 2nd April 2015 as Self

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 21st December 2014 as Self

BoJack Horseman poster

BoJack Horseman 22nd August 2014 as Secretariat (voice)

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self - Guest

Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones 6th February 2014 as Self

Conan poster

Conan 8th November 2010 as Self

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2nd March 2009 as Self

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self

The Office poster

The Office 24th March 2005 as Jim Halpert

American Dad! poster

American Dad! 6th February 2005 as Gilbert (voice)

The Tony Danza Show 13th September 2004 as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8th September 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Without a Trace poster

Without a Trace 26th September 2002 as Curtis Horne

Live from E! poster

Live from E! 13th January 2002 as Self

Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent 30th September 2001 as Jace Gleesing

Ed poster

Ed 8th October 2000 as Process Server

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 6th October 2000 as Lyle Davis

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self - Guest

MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards 10th June 1992 as Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 25th May 1992 as Self

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self - Host

The Oscars poster

The Oscars 19th March 1953 as Self

Today poster

Today 14th January 1952 as Self

The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards 25th January 1949 as Self

Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards 20th January 1944 as Self - Presenter

Silent River

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War poster

Coming soon

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War 20th May 2026 as Jack Ryan