John Krasinski

Tall, handsome American film and television star 'John Krasinski' (qv) is known for his role as sardonic nice guy Jim Halpert on NBC's popular TV series, _The Office (2005)_ (qv), for which he won a 2007 and 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.Born John Burke Krasinski on October 20, 1979, in Newton, Massachusetts, USA, he is the youngest of three brothers. His mother, Mary Claire (Doyle), is a nurse, and his father, Ronald Krasinski, is an internist. His father is of Polish descent and his mother is of Irish ancestry.His first stage experience was starring in a satirical high school play, written and cast by his classmate 'B.J. Novak' (qv). Also good at sports, he played on the same Little League baseball team as Novak, later a writer and co-star on _The Office (2005)_ (qv). After graduating from Newton South High School in 1997, Krasinski planned to be an English major and deferred his first semester of college to teach English in Costa Rica. He attended Brown University, graduating in 2001, as a playwright with honors, then studied at the 'Eugene O'Neill' (qv) National Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut.During the summer of 2000, he worked as a script intern on _Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)_ (qv). Krasinski made his big screen debut in 2002, then played several small roles like "Ben" in _Kinsey (2004)_ (qv), and "Bob Flynn" in _Duane Hopwood (2005)_ (qv). He appeared as "Corporal Harrigan" in _Jarhead (2005)_ (qv), by director 'Sam Mendes' (qv), then played a supporting role as "Ben" in _The Holiday (2006)_ (qv), a romantic comedy by director 'Nancy Meyers' (qv). He is billed as the voice of "Lancelot" in _Shrek the Third (2007)_ (qv). Krasinski co-starred opposite 'Robin Williams' (qv) and 'Mandy Moore' (qv) in the romantic comedy _License to Wed (2007)_ (qv), as well as with 'George Clooney' (qv) and 'Renée Zellweger' (qv) in the football screwball comedy, _Leatherheads (2008)_ (qv). He is also director and writer of _Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009)_ (qv), a big screen adaptation of the eponymous collection of short stories by 'David Foster Wallace' (qv). He followed that film up with _The Hollars (2016)_ (qv), a family drama, and _A Quiet Place (2018)_ (qv), a well-received horror film that had one of the biggest opening weekends for the genre.Krasinski is married to English actress 'Emily Blunt' (qv), with whom he has two children. He claims Los Angeles as his home but travels to New York City and his hometown of Newton, MA, frequently.::Anonymous