Biography
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 20...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Fountain of Youth
2025
as Luke Purdue
A treasure-hunting mastermind assembles a team for a life-changing adventure. But to outwit and outrun threats at every turn, he'll need someone even ...
Apartment 7A
2024
Producer
A struggling young dancer finds herself drawn in by dark forces when a peculiar, well-connected older couple promise her a shot at fame.
A Quiet Place: Day One
2024
Producer, Story
As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat.
IF
2024
as Dad / Marshmallow (voice)
After discovering she can see everyone's imaginary friends, a girl embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten imaginary friends with their ...
IF
2024
Director, Writer, Producer
After discovering she can see everyone's imaginary friends, a girl embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten imaginary friends with their ...
Cities of the Future
2024
as Narrator (voice)
A look at the innovations engineers are creating for a sustainable future.
DC League of Super-Pets
2022
as Clark Kent / Superman (voice)
When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto the Super-Dog must convince a rag-tag shelter pack - Ace the hound, PB the potb...
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
as Reed Richards
Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to c...
Free Guy
2021
as 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. Now, in a wor...
A Quiet Place Part II
2021
as Lee Abbott
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the c...
A Quiet Place Part II
2021
Producer, Writer, Director
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the c...
David Blaine: The Magic Way
2020
as Self
Magician David Blaine performs reality-defying magical acts; featured celebrities include Odell Beckham Jr., Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Tom Brady, G...
Next Gen
2018
as Project 77 (voice)
A friendship with a top-secret robot turns a lonely girl's life into a thrilling adventure as they take on bullies, evil bots and a scheming madman.
A Quiet Place
2018
as Lee Abbott
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
A Quiet Place
2018
Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Detroit
2017
as Attorney Auerbach
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Animal Crackers
2017
as Owen Huntington (voice)
A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.
Manchester by the Sea
2016
Executive Producer
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tr...
Past Forward
2016
as Man #1
A surreal, futuristic silent dreamscape with multiple actors replaying scenes in shifting combinations.
The Hollars
2016
as John Hollar
Aspiring New York City artist John Hollar returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend, e...
The Hollars
2016
Director, Producer
Aspiring New York City artist John Hollar returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend, e...
Born in China
2016
as Narrator: American version (voice)
Venturing into the wilds of China, "Born in China" captures intimate moments with a panda bear and her growing cub, a young golden monkey who feels di...
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016
as Jack Silva
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Aloha
2015
as John "Woody" Woodside
A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling f...
The Prophet
2014
as Halim (voice)
Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear ...
Sleep Cycle
2014
as Insomniac #3
Families form patterns. Genes, habits, stories get passed down through the generations, seemingly on repeat.
Sleep Cycle
2014
Screenplay
Families form patterns. Genes, habits, stories get passed down through the generations, seemingly on repeat.
Mistaken for Strangers
2013
as Self (uncredited)
Mistaken for Strangers follows The National on its biggest tour to date. Newbie roadie Tom (lead singer Matt Berninger’s younger brother) is a heavy m...
Monsters University
2013
as Frank McCay (voice)
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000 condolence letters written to Jackie Kennedy after JFK's ...
The Office Retrospective
2013
as Self
The cast and crew of the American version of The Office discuss the show and highlights from the previous episodes.
Nobody Walks
2012
as Peter
A young woman's arrival sparks a surge of energy into a laid-back, artistic Los Angeles household, forcing the residents to confront their own fears a...
The Office: Secret Santa Pack
2012
as Jim Halpert
You are cordially invited to celebrate the holiday season at The Office! Please join us for some Benihana hijinks, gift-giving gaffes, holiday over-in...
Promised Land
2012
as Dustin Noble
A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the avai...
Promised Land
2012
Writer, Producer
A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the avai...
Big Miracle
2012
as Adam Carlson
A small-town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of...
The Muppets
2011
as John Krasinski
When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Wal...
Something Borrowed
2011
as Ethan
Though Rachel is a successful attorney and a loyal, generous friend, she is still single. After one drink too many at her 30th-birthday celebration, R...
It's Complicated
2009
as Harley
Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is mar...
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009
as Ryan / Subject #20
After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is le...
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009
Director, Producer, Adaptation
After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is le...
Away We Go
2009
as Burt Farlander
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide ...
Monsters vs Aliens
2009
as Cuthbert (voice)
When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The m...
Leatherheads
2008
as Carter Rutherford
A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war hero and college all star is tempted into playing ...
Smiley Face
2007
as Brevin
Jane, a struggling but perpetually stoned actress, has a busy day ahead. She has several important tasks on her list, including buying more marijuana....
A New Wave
2007
as Gideon
A frustrated artist is convinced by his eccentric roommate to rob a bank. Having planned the crime by watching bank-robber films, the amateur heist is...
License to Wed
2007
as Ben Murphy
Newly engaged, Ben and Sadie can't wait to start their life together and live happily ever after. However Sadie's family church's Reverend Frank won't...
Shrek the Third
2007
as Lancelot (voice)
The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace a...
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
2007
as Camp Muckamungus
A unique documentary about troops' experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, based on writings by soldiers, Marines, and air men.
Dreamgirls
2006
as Sam Walsh
A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
The Holiday
2006
as Ben
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes th...
For Your Consideration
2006
as Paper Badge Officer
The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star ...
Doogal
2006
as Additional voices (voice)
An adorable candy-loving mutt goes on a mission to save the world.
Duane Hopwood
2005
as Bob Flynn
A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.
Jarhead
2005
as Corporal Harrigan
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit a...
Taxi
2004
as Messenger
A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quart...
Kinsey
2004
as Ben
Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endea...
Old School
2003
as Brian
Comedy follows a group of twentysomethings who work in a nostalgia shop and reminisce about the horrors of high school.
State and Main
2000
as Judge's Assistant (uncredited)
A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.
Untitled Jack Ryan Film
N/A
as Jack Ryan
Described as the next evolutionary step to the Amazon series of the same name.
King of Oil
N/A
Producer
The film tells the story of the international commodities trader and founder of Glencore, who was indicted in the U.S. on 65 criminal counts that incl...
Life on Mars
N/A
Director, Producer
The story centers on a woman who is among a handful of descendants of a Martian colony long-abandoned by Earth following a cataclysm. The woman one da...
Not Fade Away
N/A
Producer
A woman born with a rare genetic mutation which caused her to lose her sight and hearing over time, beat the odds and expectations of her prognosis. ...
Untitled Jack Ryan Film
N/A
Producer, Screenplay
Described as the next evolutionary step to the Amazon series of the same name.
A Quiet Place Part III
N/A
Director
Third installment of A Quiet Place.