The unknowns of John Krasinski's career and private life, who achieved recognition and success both by writing a script, sitting in the director's chair and acting in many different characters.
His full name is John Burke Krasinski, he was born on October 20, 1979 in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. He was born the youngest of three sons to his mother, nurse Mary Clare Doyle, and father, internist Ronald Krasinski. His mother is of Irish descent and his father is of Polish descent. He was brought up as a Catholic.
Krasinski made his stage debut as Daddy Warbucks role in the school production of the musical "Annie." Later, while in high school, he co-starred in a satirical play written and acted by Benjamin Joseph Novak. Krasinski and Novak graduated from Newton South High School in 1997. Later, Krasinski taught English as a foreign language for six months in Costa Rica. He then studied at Brown University, where he studied English and playwriting. He successfully graduated in 2001. After college, he enrolled at the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut.
In 2000, Krasinski interned as a screenwriter on the talk show "Late Night" with Conan O'Brien. After graduating from Brown University, he moved to New York to pursue acting and studied at the Actors Center in New York. Additionally, he has made guest appearances on television shows as well as appearing in commercials. He appeared in the play "What the Eunuch Saw", written and directed by former college classmates Emily O'Dell and Isaac Robert Hurwitz.
Krasinski's breakthrough came in 2004, when he appeared as Jim Halpert in the sitcom comedy "The Office" on NBC, a remake of the successful British TV series. The characters of Krasinski and one of the leading roles, Jenna Fischer, were also the main interests of the series. Krasinski interviewed employees at real paper companies to prepare for the role. Having appeared in every episode of the series, Krasinski directed several episodes, including the comedy TV series "Sabre". He won the Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance.
In 2006, he appeared with Andrew Keegan and Lacey Chabert in "A New Wave," an independent heist comedy film directed by Jason Carvey and released directly to DVD. The following year, he appeared with Anna Faris and Danny Masterson as Brevin in Gregg Araki's indie rock comedy "Smiley Face" (2007). Reviews and reviews for the film were largely positive. Later that year, he starred in the romantic comedy "License to Wed" (2007) alongside Mandy Moore and Robin Williams. Despite all the negative reviews for the film, it turned out to be a commercial success.
Later, Krasinski appeared in the police drama TV series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", the cop drama TV series "Without a Trace", the comedy-drama TV series "Ed" and the animated sitcom "American Dad! " He also showed himself with guest roles. In addition to this, he also guest-starred in the forensic crime drama TV series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". He has also appeared in the biographical drama "Kinsey" (2004), the comedy-drama "Duane Hopwood" (2005), and the biographical war drama films "Jarhead" (2005).
In the following years, he also took part in the romantic comedy "The Holiday" (2006), the animated comedy "Shrek the Third" (2007), the comedy "For Your Consideration" (2006) and the musical drama "Dreamgirls(2006)". Thus, he increased his recognition.
In 2008 Krasinski co-starred with Renée Zellweger and George Clooney in "Leatherheads" (2008), a period sports comedy film about the early years of professional American football directed by George Clooney. In the film, he portrayed Carter "the Bullet" Rutherford, a Princeton University college football star and a World War I medal-winning hero. The MTV.com music-video channel praised his acting and performance.
The following year Krasinski made his directorial debut with the comedy-drama film "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men", an adaptation of the short story collection of the same name. He also played a minor role and also produced it. The film was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009 and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. The film garnered mostly positive reviews.
In the same year, he appeared in the comedy-drama film "Away We Go", directed by Sam Mendes, with Maya Rudolph as the lead role. The film featured a couple looking for the perfect community in North America to settle down and raise a family, and received positive reviews from critics. His third role continued as part of a cast that also included Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Lake Bell, and Alec Baldwin in the romantic comedy "It's Complicated" (2009), directed by Nancy Meyers. The film was a box office success, grossing more than $219 million worldwide, and won the National Motion Picture Review Board Award for Best Cast.
In 2011, Krasinski co-starred with Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson and Colin Egglesfield in the romantic comedy "Something Borrowed", based on the novel of the same name directed by Luke Greenfield. Despite all the negative reviews for the film, he received great acclaim for his performance.
Krasinski later co-starred with Drew Barrymore in the drama "Big Miracle" (2012), about Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska. His role in the movie was to play Adam Carlson, a news reporter. That same year, Krasinski appeared as one of the leading roles in Ry Russo-Young's indie drama "Nobody Walks," alongside Olivia Thirlby and Rosemarie DeWitt. In the film, he played the sound designer and father of two, Peter, who begins to develop romantic feelings for a young artist. He deserved acclaim from the critics for his performance. The film also premiered in Competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it won a special Jury Award.
He then co-produced and wrote the screenplay, as well as co-starred with Matt Damon in the drama film "Promised Land", directed by Gus Van Sant and based on a story by Dave Eggers that aired on December 28, 2012. Krasinski, who found the premise of the movie, developed the idea with Eggers. The film received a Special Mention Award at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival in 2013.
In 2013, Krasinski founded the production company "Sunday Night Production" with Allyson Seeger. The company had a general agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Television. Krasinski and Seeger, along with Stephen Merchant, are executive producers of "Dream Corp, LLC," the live-action/animated black comedy television series created by Daniel Stessen for Adult Swim. Later, Krasinski and Merchant became executive producers of the musical reality competition television series "Lip Sync Battle", which premiered on Thursday, April 2, 2015. In July 2016, the series was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
The following year, he collaborated with Matt Damon on the critically acclaimed drama movie "Manchester by the Sea," directed by Kenneth Lonergan and starring Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams. The film earned six nominations at the 89th Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Later, Krasinski starred as one of the leading roles in Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy-drama film "Aloha," alongside Rachel McAdams, Bradley Cooper, and Emma Stone. The film received negative reactions from both critics and audiences and caused a lot of controversy.
In 2016, Krasinski appeared in "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi," a biographical action-thriller based on Mitchell Zuckoff's book 13 Hours, directed by Michael Bay. While Krasinski went through extensive physical training for the role, he built 25 pounds of muscle. In the same year, he also directed the comedy-drama film "The Hollars". At the same time, the film became the first feature film produced under the banner "Sunday Night". Krasinski appeared in the film with a large cast of Sharlto Copley, Charlie Day, Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick and Margo Martindale. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January, 2016.
Krasinski appeared with Hank Azaria, Claire Danes and Sanjit De Silva in the world premiere of the Off-Broadway play "Dry Powder" directed by Thomas Kail. The play was broadcast at The Public Theater in New York City and all tickets were sold out before opening. He was widely praised by critics for his performance and also won the Theater World Award that year for his Outstanding First Performance. He also co-starred in the black and white short film "Past Forward" for the Italian luxury fashion house Prada, directed by David O. Russell. The movie premiered at Milan Fashion Week in September 2016. Later that year, he directed a live reading of Emily Blunt's "Good Will Hunting" (1997) script in a one-off stage appearance with both Ben Affleck and Matt Damon at the Skirball Theater in New York.
Krasinski's only starring role in 2017 was the crime drama movie "Detroit," directed by Kathryn Bigelow. In the sequel, he directed and co-wrote "A Quiet Place," a post-apocalyptic science-fiction horror thriller in which he co-starred with Emily Blunt. Released by Paramount Pictures in April 2018, the film described Krasinski as "an emerging talent." It also led to a movie franchise, while the movie grossed over $340 million worldwide at the box office.
Krasinski produced and played the lead character of the television series "Jack Ryan". Thus, the movie made him the fifth actor to portray the character in the series. Jack Ryan premiered on Amazon Video on August 31, 2018, and the series has been renewed for a second season.
In March 2020, he launched a web series on YouTube called "Some Good News" (SGN) in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Krasinski also directed and wrote the sequel, "A Quiet Place Part II," a post-apocalyptic horror film in which he had a supporting role. The film, which was released, was a box office success while receiving positive reviews and became the first film of the pandemic era to exceed $100 million at the local box office. In May 2021, Krasinski's production company, signed a first look deal with Paramount Pictures. That same year, he made a cameo appearance in the action comedy "Free Guy" starring Ryan Reynolds.
In May 2022, he made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic role in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness." Again same year, he voiced Superman role in the computer-animated superhero comedy "DC League of Super-Pets" directed by Jared Stern.
In October 2019, the fantasy comedy "Imaginary Friends" was produced by Paramount Pictures and Krasinski co-starred with Ryan Reynolds in addition to writing, directing and producing the project. The movie, which later became "IF", stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fiona Shaw, Louis Gossett Jr. and Steve Carell will also star. The movie, which was scheduled to be released on November 17, 2023, was postponed to May 24, 2024.
Private life
In November 2008, Krasinski began a relationship with British actress Emily Blunt. The couple got engaged in 2009 and got married on July, 2010 in a ceremony in Como, Italy. ve the couple has two daughters named Hazel and Violet.
Krasinski is a fan of the Boston Red Sox baseball team. In 2011, he appeared in a New Era/MLB ad campaign with Alec Baldwin. From March 2006 Krasinski described a series of ads for the Ask.com e-business. He also voiced commercials for brands such as Apple TV, Verizon Wireless, Esurance, BlackBerry Storm, My Coke Rewards and Carnival Cruise Lines. Additionally, he has appeared in print advertisements for the Gap brand.
In 2020, Chris Evans appeared alongside Rachel Dratch and David Ortiz in a popular Super Bowl ad for the 2020 Hyundai Sonata's Smart Park movie, which was pronounced "Smaht Park". He was on People magazine's "Sexiest Men Alive" list in 2006, 2009, 2018, and 2019. He was also among the top 100 influential people of 2018.
Krasinki is also a supporter of multiple institutions, organizations, and aid funds that provide financial and moral support. He spends time on them both financially and time, and also collects many fundraisers to help.