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John Burke Krasinski (b. October 20, 1979, Newton, Massachusetts) is an American actor best known for playing Jim Halpert on NBC's The Office.

Early life

Krasinski is the youngest and shortest of three sons (6 feet, 3 inches , the tallest being 6 feet, 10 inches ). His father is Boston internist Dr. Ronald Krasinski and his mother, Mary, is a nurse.

During his childhood, he played on the same Little League Baseball team as B.J. Novak, now a writer and co-star on The Office.

Krasinski graduated from Bowen Elementary School, Newton South High School in 1997. In 2001-2002 Krasinski coached the Gordon School boys basketball team to an 8-8 record under the tutelage of Vincent Skandura. Krasinski finished up his academic career at Brown University where he graduated in 2002 as a playwright with honors.

Career

Krasinski was an intern on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. His first stage experience was starring in a satirical high school play written and cast by B.J. Novak. Krasinski later studied one semester at the Eugene O'Neill National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, and currently divides his time between New York City and Los Angeles, where The Office is filmed.

Krasinski's feature film credits include Kinsey, starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney, and Duane Hopwood, starring David Schwimmer and Janeane Garofalo, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He appeared in Sam Mendes' Jarhead, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and had a supporting part in Nancy Meyers' The Holiday. Krasinski also had cameos in For Your Consideration and Dreamgirls.

His next film is License to Wed with Mandy Moore and Robin Williams. Krasinski will also be the voice of Sir Lancelot in the upcoming movie, Shrek the Third, Gideon in A New Wave, and Brevan in Smiley Face. He also wrote and directed a film adaptation of David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men which was filmed in Winter 2006. His next movie appearance will be in Leatherheads, a football movie set in the early 1920s directed by George Clooney which is set to start filming early February 2007 and to be released December 7, 2007.

Among Krasinski’s television credits besides his featured role on The Office are appearances on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Ed , American Dad (as a squirrel), and an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He has also narrated a series of commercials for Ask.com starting in March 2006.

Krasinski was recently featured in People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive issue of 2006 .

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