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Date of Birth

20 October 1979, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Birth Name

John Burke Krasinski

Height

6' 3" (1.91 m)

Mini Biography

Tall, handsome American film and television star John Krasinski is probably best known for his role as sardonic nice guy "Jim Halpert" on NBC's popular TV series, "The Office" (2005), 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, Massachussetts, USA to a family of Polish-American heritage, he is the youngest of three brothers. His father, Ronald, is an internist and his mother, Mary Claire, is a nurse.

His first stage experience was starring in a satirical high school play, written and cast by B.J. Novak. Also good at sports, he played on the same Little League baseball team as B.J. Novak, now a writer and co-star on "The Office" (2005). 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 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). Krasinski made his big screen debut in 2002, then played several small roles like "Ben" in Kinsey (2004), and "Bob Flynn" in Duane Hopwood (2005). He appeared as "Corporal Harrigan" in Jarhead (2005), by director Sam Mendes, then played a supporting role as "Ben" in The Holiday (2006), a romantic comedy by director Nancy Meyers. He is billed as the voice of "Lancelot" in Shrek the Third (2007). Krasinski co-starred opposite Robin Williams and Mandy Moore in the romantic comedy License to Wed (2007), as well as with George Clooney and Renée Zellweger in the football screwball comedy, Leatherheads (2008). He is also director and writer of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009), a big screen adaptation of the eponymous collection of short stories by David Foster Wallace.

Krasinski was featured in People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive issue of 2006. He claims Los Angeles as his current home but travels to New York City and his hometown of Newton, MA, frequently.

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Spouse

Emily Blunt

(10 July 2010 - present)

Trade Mark

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Trivia

Studied at the National Theater Institute

Graduated from Brown University in 2001 as an honors playwright with a B.A. in English literature.

Graduated from Newton South High School (1997)

His father, Ron Krasinski, is a doctor and his mother, Mary Ann Krasinski, is a nurse. He has two older brothers, Kevin Krasinski and Paul Krasinski.

First stage experience was starring in a satirical high school play written and cast by B.J. Novak, now a writer and co-star on "The Office" (2005).

Was once a script intern on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993).

Is friends with David Schwimmer, with whom he worked in Duane Hopwood (2005).

Interned at Hill Holliday advertising agency, where he worked on Dunkin' Donuts commercials.

At 6' 3", very tall by regular standards, he is the shortest among his siblings, with his brothers being 6' 6" and 6' 10", respectively.

Brother Kevin, the eldest, is a doctor, and brother Paul, the middle, is strategic consultant.

In License to Wed (2007), the characters of Ben's parents are played by John's real life parents.

Is the godfather of his brother Paul's first son.

Announced his engagement to actress Emily Blunt on August 28, 2009. They have been together since November 2008.

Was considered to play Captain America/Steve Rogers in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).

Has a dog named Finn.

Brother-in-law of Stanley Tucci after he married his sister-in-law Felicity Blunt in August 2012.

Personal Quotes

I'm really not feeling one way or the other with comedy or drama, I'm just sort of doing projects that I've been finding really fun to be a part of.

"For a while, we were all thinking about applying to a restaurant close to the studio, so that at a moment's notice we could go work over there. I remember thinking, We get a DVD of this, right? At least I can prove to my mom that it happened. Now people actually care about it" - on "The Office" (2005).

It was a bold interpretation, I didn't shave my head. - on his first acting role, which was Daddy Warbucks in a 5th grade production of 'Annie'.