John Krasinski

John Burke Krasinski (/krəˈzɪnski/; born October 20, 1979) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is widely known for his portrayal as Jim Halpert on the NBC comedy series The Office, for which he received critical acclaim and won numerous awards. He also served as a producer and occasional director of the show. 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). 2Early life 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. 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 senior