Early life

Krasinski was born the youngest of 3 boys in Newton, Massachusetts, to Mary Clare (née Doyle), a nurse, and Ronald Krasinski, an internist. His father is Polish-American and his mother is Irish-American. He and his two older brothers, Kevin and Paul, were raised Roman Catholic.

Krasinski made his stage debut as Daddy Warbucks in a sixth-grade school production of Annie. Afterwards, he co-starred in a satirical play written and cast by his future The Office co-star B. J. Novak when they were high school seniors. Krasinski and Novak both graduated from Newton South High School in 1997.

Before entering college, Krasinski taught English as a foreign language in Costa Rica. From there, he went to Brown University, studying theatre arts under Lowry Marshall and John Emigh, and graduating in 2001 as a playwright with the honors thesis "Contents Under Pressure". During his time at Brown, he was a member of the sketch comedy group Out of Bounds. In college, he also helped coach youth basketball at the Gordon School in East Providence, Rhode Island. Then he attended the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut.

Career

Television and feature films

Besides training at the National Theater Institute, he also studied at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 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-starring on television shows, as well as doing readings of off-Broadway plays while working as a waiter. He starred in the play What the Eunuch Saw, which was written and directed by his former college classmates Emily O'Dell and Isaac Robert Hurwitz. In 2000, Krasinski was a script intern on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

Krasinski filmed the footage of Scranton, Pennsylvania, for The Office, including the clips shown in the opening credits. Krasinski directed an episode of The Office, titled "Sabre", the fifteenth episode of The Office's sixth season. He also directed the third episode of the show's eighth season, titled "Lotto" and the sixth episode of the show's ninth season, titled "The Boat". He also starred as Jim Halpert in the show.

Krasinski starred as Gideon in A New Wave, released in 2007. He also starred as Brevin in the Gregg Araki film Smiley Face, filmed in 2006. Afterwards, he co-starred in films including License to Wed, with Mandy Moore and Robin Williams, and Leatherheads with George Clooney and Renée Zellweger. Krasinski co-starred in Away We Go with Maya Rudolph, directed by Sam Mendes that filmed from April to June 2008. He co-starred with Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in Nancy Meyers' romantic comedy It's Complicated, released in late 2009.

In 2006, Krasinski wrote and directed Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, based on David Foster Wallace's collection of short stories. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Krasinski guest-starred in several television series including Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Without a Trace, Ed, American Dad! and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He also co-starred in films including Kinsey, Duane Hopwood, Jarhead, The Holiday and Shrek the Third. He also appeared in For Your Consideration and Dreamgirls.

Krasinski co-starred as Ethan in a film adaptation of the novel Something Borrowed. He also signed on to co-star with Drew Barrymore in Big Miracle. Krasinski also starred as Peter in the indie movie Nobody Walks that was released on September 6, 2012. He will appear in and also serve as executive producer with Aaron Sorkin on an HBO miniseries about the Chateau Marmont Hotel. Krasinski co-starred in and co-wrote Promised Land with Matt Damon that filmed in April 2012 and released on December 28, 2012. Krasinski was also one of the top candidates to star in Captain America: The First Avenger. Chris Evans eventually got the part.

Krasinski co-starred in Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy-drama Aloha with Rachel McAdams, Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone. The film was shot in Hawaii from September to December 2013 and was released on May 29, 2015.

Krasinski, along with Stephen Merchant and Allyson Seeger, are executive producers of Dream Corp, LLC, an upcoming animated series created by Daniel Stessen on Adult Swim. The series was announced as a pilot in May 2014, and a full season was approved in November 2015. Jon Gries of Lost fame will portray a principal character.

Other work

Beginning in March 2006, Krasinski narrated a series of commercials for Ask.com. He has also narrated commercials for Apple TV, Verizon Wireless, Esurance, BlackBerry Storm, My Coke Rewards, and Carnival Cruise Lines, and has appeared in print advertisements for Gap.

In April 2011, he co-starred in a New Era/Major League Baseball ad campaign with Alec Baldwin, playing off the rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. In 2012, he started narrating the show Head Games on the Discovery Channel.

He appeared in the world premiere of Dry Powder opposite Hank Azaria, Claire Danes and Sanjit De Silva, directed by Thomas Kail, at The Public Theater in New York City.

Personal life

In November 2008, Krasinski began dating English actress Emily Blunt. Krasinski and Blunt became engaged in August 2009, and married on July 10, 2010 in Como, Italy. On February 16, 2014, Blunt gave birth to their daughter, Hazel Grace. On January 26, 2016, Blunt's rep confirmed that they were expecting their second child. His brother-in-law is actor Stanley Tucci, who married Blunt's sister Felicity in 2012.

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	State and Main	Judge's Assistant	Uncredited
2002	Fighting Still Life	Tyler	Short
2002	Alma Mater	Flea Club Candidate 1
2004	Kinsey	Ben
2004	Taxi	Messenger #3
2005	Duane Hopwood	Bob Flynn
2005	Jarhead	Corporal Harrigan
2006	Doogal	Additional voices
2006	New Wave, AA New Wave	Gideon
2006	For Your Consideration	Paper Badge Officer
2006	Holiday, TheThe Holiday	Ben
2006	Dreamgirls	Sam Walsh
2007	Smiley Face	Brevin
2007	Shrek the Third	Sir Lancelot	Voice
2007	License to Wed	Ben Murphy
2008	Leatherheads	Carter Rutherford
2009	Brief Interviews with Hideous Men	Ryan/Subject #20	Also screenwriter, director, and producer Nominated - Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	Cuthbert	Voice
2009	Away We Go	Burt Farlander
2009	It's Complicated	Harley
2011	Something Borrowed	Ethan
2011	Muppets, TheThe Muppets	Himself	Cameo
2012	Nobody Walks	Peter
2012	Big Miracle	Adam Carlson
2012	Promised Land	Dustin Noble	Also screenwriter and producer
2013	Monsters University	"Frightening" Frank McCay	Voice
2013	The Wind Rises	Honjo	Voice (English dub)
2014	Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet	Halim	Voice
2015	Aloha	John "Woody" Woodside
2015	The Hollars	John Hollar	Also director and producer
2016	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	Jack Silva
2016	Animal Crackers	Owen Huntington	Voice
2017	God Particle	TBA	Pre-production

Television shows

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"
2005-2013	Office, TheThe Office	Jim Halpert	Main cast; 201 episodes
2005	Without a Trace	Curtis Horne	Episode: "The Bogie Man"
2006	American Dad!	Gilbert (voice)	Episode: "Irregarding Steve"
2012	30 Rock	Himself	Episode: "The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell" (uncredited)
2012	Head Games	Narrator
2013	Arrested Development	Spyder Foode	Episode: "The B. Team"
2014	BoJack Horseman	Secretariat (voice)	Episode: "Later"
2015	Lip Sync Battle	Himself	John Krasinski vs Anna Kendrick (he's also Executive producer)
2017(?)	Jack Ryan	Jack Ryan	announced

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2006	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	The Office	Won
2007	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	The Office	Won
2008	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	The Office	Nominated
2009	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	The Office	Nominated
2009	Sundance Film Festival	Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic	Brief Interviews with Hideous Men	Nominated
2009	National Board of Review Award for Best Cast	Best Acting by an Ensemble	It's Complicated	Won
2011	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor: Romantic Comedy	Something Borrowed	Won
2011	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor: Comedy	The Office	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]