John Krasinski filmography
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John Krasinski is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Jim Halpert on the sitcom The Office (2005–2013), on which he also served as a producer and occasional director. He later directed and starred in the drama film Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) and the comedy-drama film The Hollars (2016). He co-wrote, directed, and starred in the critically and commercially successful horror-thriller film A Quiet Place (2018), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award and Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. He also directed, co-produced, and wrote the sequel, A Quiet Place Part II (2020), both films star his wife and English actress Emily Blunt.
Krasinski also portrays the title character in the Amazon spy thriller series Jack Ryan (2018–present) on which he is also a co-producer. For his role in the latter, he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series.
Krasinski has also appeared in films including License to Wed (2007), Leatherheads (2008), Away We Go (2009), It's Complicated (2009), Something Borrowed (2011), Big Miracle (2012), Promised Land (2012), Aloha (2015), and the military action thriller 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016). He has performed voice-over work for documentaries and animated films such as Shrek the Third (2007), Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), Monsters University (2013), and the English dub of anime film The Wind Rises (2013).
He has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018.[1]
Acting credits
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | State and Main | Judge's Assistant | Uncredited | |
| 2002 | Fighting Still Life | Tyler | Short film | |
| Alma Mater | Flea Club Candidate 1 | |||
| 2004 | Kinsey | Ben | ||
| Taxi | Messenger No. 3 | |||
| 2005 | Duane Hopwood | Bob Flynn | ||
| Jarhead | Corporal Harrigan | |||
| 2006 | Doogal | Additional Voices | ||
| A New Wave | Gideon | |||
| For Your Consideration | Paper Badge Officer | |||
| The Holiday | Ben | |||
| Dreamgirls | Sam Walsh | |||
| 2007 | Smiley Face | Brevin | ||
| Shrek the Third | Sir Lancelot | Voice | ||
| License to Wed | Ben Murphy | |||
| 2008 | Leatherheads | Carter Rutherford | ||
| 2009 | Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | Ryan / Subject No. 20 | Also director, writer, and producer | |
| Monsters vs. Aliens | Cuthbert | Voice | ||
| Away We Go | Burt Farlander | |||
| It's Complicated | Harley | |||
| 2011 | Something Borrowed | Ethan | ||
| The Muppets | Himself | |||
| 2012 | Nobody Walks | Peter | ||
| Big Miracle | Adam Carlson | |||
| Promised Land | Dustin Noble | Also writer and producer | ||
| 2013 | Monsters University | "Frightening" Frank McCay | Voice | |
| The Wind Rises | Honjo | Voice; English dub | ||
| 2014 | The Prophet | Halim | Voice | |
| 2015 | Aloha | John "Woody" Woodside | ||
| 2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Jack Silva | ||
| The Hollars | John Hollar | Also director and producer | ||
| Past Forward | Man No. 1 | Short film | ||
| 2017 | Born in China[2] | Narrator | Voice | |
| Animal Crackers | Owen Huntington | Voice | ||
| Detroit | Norman Lippitt | |||
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Lee Abbott | Also director, writer and executive producer | |
| Next Gen | 7723 | Voice | ||
| 2020 | A Quiet Place Part II | Lee Abbott | Also director, writer and producer | |
| 2021 | Free Guy | Silhouetted Gamer | Voice; Cameo | |
| 2022 | DC League of Super-Pets | Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman | Voice role; post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Ed | Process server | Episode: "Good Advice" | |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jace Gleesing | Episode: "Mad Hops" | |
| 2005–2013 | The Office | Jim Halpert | 201 episodes | |
| 2005 | Without a Trace | Curtis Horne | Episode: "The Bogie Man" | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Lyle Davis | Episode: "Who Shot Sherlock" | ||
| 2006 | American Dad! | Gilbert (voice) | Episode: "Irregarding Steve" | |
| 2012 | 30 Rock | Himself | Episode: "The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell" | |
| Head Games | Narrator | 3 episodes | ||
| 2013 | Arrested Development | Spyder Foode | Episode: "The B. Team" | |
| 2014–15 | BoJack Horseman | Secretariat (voice) | Episodes "Later" and "The Shot" | |
| 2015 | Lip Sync Battle | Himself | Episode: "John Krasinski vs. Anna Kendrick" | |
| 2016 | Robot Chicken | Commercial Director / Mike Brady / Doc Brown (voices) | Episode: "Secret of the Flushed Footlong" | |
| 2018–present | Jack Ryan | Jack Ryan | Main role | |
| 2021 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | Episode: "John Krasinski/Machine Gun Kelly" |
Filmmaking credits
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2012 | Promised Land | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 2016 | Manchester by the Sea | No | No | Executive | |
| 2016 | The Hollars | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Yes | Yes | Executive | |
| 2021 | A Quiet Place Part II | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2023 | A Quiet Place: Day One | No | No | Yes | |
| Imaginary Friends | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Apartment 7A | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2025 | A Quiet Place Part III | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–2013 | The Office | Yes | No | Yes | Directed: "Sabre", "Lotto" and "The Boat" | |
| 2015–present | Lip Sync Battle | No | No | Executive | Also co-creator | |
| 2016–present | Dream Corp, LLC | No | No | Executive | ||
| 2018–present | Jack Ryan | No | No | Executive |
Web series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Some Good News | Host | 9 episodes; also creator, star, writer, and producer | [3] |
See also
References
- ^ Pratt, Chris (April 19, 2018). "TIME 100: The Most Influential People of 2018: John Krasinski". TIME. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
- ^ Lee, Ashley (December 7, 2016). "John Krasinski to Narrate Disney's Nature Film 'Born in China'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
- ^ Henderson, Cydney (May 28, 2020). "John Krasinski explains why he sold 'Some Good News' series to CBS after backlash from fans". USA Today. Retrieved January 6, 2022.