- Birthdate:
- 10/20/1979
- Height:
- 6'3
- Job:
- Actor
Biography
- Introduction:
- He was born John Burke Krasinski on October 20, 1979, in Newton, Massachussetts, USA, into a family of Polish-American heritage. He is the youngest of three brothers. His father, Ronald Krasinski, is an Internist, and his mother, Mary Claire Krasinski, is a nurse. Prior to college, Krasinski wanted to be an English and deferred his first semester of college to teach English in Costa Rica. His first stage experience was starring in a satirical high school play written and cast by B.J. Novak. He also was a good sportsman, he played on the same Little League Baseball team as B.J. Novak, now a writer and co-star on "The Office" (2005). After graduating from Newton South High school in 1997, he attended Brown University, graduating in 2001, as a playwright with honors, then studied at the Eugene O'Neill National Theatre Institute in Waterford,Connecticut.
During the summer of 2000, he was as a script intern on the Late Night show with Conan O'Brien. Krasinski made his big screen debut in 2002, then played several small roles, such as Ben in Kinsey (2004), and Bob Flynn in Duane Hopwood (2005). He appeared as Corporal Harrigan in Jarhead (2005) by director Sam Mendes, then played a supporting role as Ben in The Holiday (2006), a romantic comedy by director Nancy Meyers. He is billed as the voice of Lancelot in Shrek the Third (2007). Krasinski co-starred opposite Robin Williams and Mandy Moore in romantic comedy License to Wed (2007) as well as with George Clooney and 'Renee Zellweger (I)' in the football screwball comedy Leatherheads (2008). He is also director and writer of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2008), a big screen adaptation of the eponymous collection of short stories by David Foster Wallace.
John Krasinski was featured in People Magazine's Sexiest Men alive issue of 2006. He is claims Los Angeles as his current home but travels back to New York City and his hometown of Newton, MA frequently.
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