birthdays: John Krasinski

. 20 October_

John Krasinski

(36th anniversary)

20 October 1979

Newton, Massachusetts, USA

6' 3" (1,91 m)

Tall, handsome American film and television star John Krasinski is probably best known for his role as sardonic nice guy "Jim Halpert" on NBC's popular TV series, The Office(2005), for which he won a 2007 and 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.

Born John Burke Krasinski on October 20, 1979, in Newton, Massachussetts, USA, he is the youngest of three brothers. His mother, Mary Claire (Doyle), is a nurse, and his father, Ronald Krasinski, is an internist. His father is of Polish descent and his mother is of Irish ancestry.

His first stage experience was starring in a satirical high school play, written and cast by B.J. Novak. Also good at sports, 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, Krasinski planned to be an English major and deferred his first semester of college to teach English in Costa Rica. He attended Brown University, graduating in 2001, as a playwright with honors, then studied at the Eugene O'NeillNational Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut.

During the summer of 2000, he worked as a script intern on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993). Krasinski made his big screen debut in 2002, then played several small roles like "Ben" in Kinsey (2004), and "Bob Flynn" in Duane Hopwood (2005). He appeared as "Corporal Harrigan" in Jarhead - El infierno espera (2005), by director Sam Mendes, then played a supporting role as "Ben" in Vacaciones (2006), a romantic comedy by director Nancy Meyers. He is billed as the voice of "Lancelot" in Shrek tercero (2007). Krasinski co-starred opposite Robin Williams and Mandy Moore in the romantic comedy Hasta que el cura nos separe (2007), as well as with George Clooney and Renée Zellweger in the football screwball comedy, Ella es el partido (2008). He is also director and writer of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009), a big screen adaptation of the eponymous collection of short stories by David Foster Wallace.

Krasinski was featured in People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive issue of 2006. He claims Los Angeles as his current home but travels to New York City and his hometown of Newton, MA, frequently. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

Spouse

Emily Blunt (10 July 2010 - present) (1 child)

Trade Mark

Tall frame

Trivia

Studied at the National Theater Institute

Graduated from Brown University in 2001 as an honors playwright with a B.A. in English literature.

Graduated from Newton South High School (1997)

His father, Ron Krasinski, is a doctor and his mother, Mary Ann Krasinski, is a nurse. He has two older brothers, Kevin Krasinski and Paul Krasinski.

First stage experience was starring in a satirical high school play written and cast by B.J. Novak, now a writer and co-star on The Office (2005).

Was once a script intern on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993).

Is friends with David Schwimmer, with whom he worked in Duane Hopwood (2005).

Interned at Hill Holliday advertising agency, where he worked on Dunkin' Donuts commercials.

At 6' 3", very tall by regular standards, he is the shortest among his siblings, with his brothers being 6' 6" and 6' 10", respectively.

Brother Kevin, the eldest, is a doctor, and brother Paul, the middle, is strategic consultant.

In Hasta que el cura nos separe (2007), the characters of Ben's parents are played by John's real life parents.

Is the godfather of his brother Paul's first son.

Announced his engagement to actress Emily Blunt on August 28, 2009. They have been together since November 2008.

Was considered to play Captain America/Steve Rogers in Capitán América: El primer vengador (2011).

Has a dog named Finn.

Stanley Tucci is his wife's brother-in-law after he married her sister Felicity Blunt in August 2012.

Is a staunch liberal Democrat.

Is the spokesman for Esurance Online Car Insurance.

Became a father for the 1st time at age 34 when his wife Emily Blunt gave birth to their daughter Hazel Krasinski on February 16, 2014.

His paternal grandparents, Leo Krasinski and Regina L. Wajozynski, were of Polish descent. His maternal grandparents, Edward Joseph Doyle and Eileen Goggin Burke, were of Irish ancestry.

Brother-in-law of Felicity Blunt.

Personal Quotes

I'm really not feeling one way or the other with comedy or drama, I'm just sort of doing projects that I've been finding really fun to be a part of.

"For a while, we were all thinking about applying to a restaurant close to the studio, so that at a moment's notice we could go work over there. I remember thinking, We get a DVD of this, right? At least I can prove to my mom that it happened. Now people actually care about it" - on The Office (2005).

It was a bold interpretation, I didn't shave my head. - on his first acting role, which was Daddy Warbucks in a 5th grade production of 'Annie'.

I really prefer acting over everything else. It is what I did from the beginning. All these other avenues [writer, director, producer] have been fascinating roads to go down but, for sure, acting is the most fun.