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Krasinski at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Award in January 2011
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Born |
John Burke Krasinski October 20, 1979 Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Residence | New York, New York, U.S. |
Alma mater | Brown University |
Occupation | Actor, director, producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 2000–present |
Spouse(s) | Emily Blunt (m. 2010) |
Children | 2 |
John Burke Krasinski (/krəˈzɪnski/; born October 20, 1979) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as Jim Halpert on NBC's The Office. His film credits include Away We Go (2009), Leatherheads (2008), License to Wed (2007), Big Miracle (2012), Something Borrowed (2011), It's Complicated (2009), Promised Land (2012), Aloha (2014), and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016).
Krasinski was born at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, the son of 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.