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 to a family of Polish-American heritage, he is the youngest of three brothers. His father Ronald is an internist and his - www.imdb.com

At Newton South High School in Massachusetts, Krasinski appears in a satirical high school play written and cast by B.J. Novak, future writer and costar on The Office. "I think John started acting as a direct result of my casting him in the senior show," Novak tells the Boston Globe in 2005. "So technically, he has me to thank for all of this, right?" - www.people.com

Sweet, sexy and boyishly goofy, this tall everyman unwittingly began laying the groundwork for an entertainment career while still in high school, when he appeared in a play penned by his classmate B.J. Novak. About a decade later, Krasinski got his big break playing a lovesick worker on another Novak project, the Emmy-winning sitcom The Office. Krasinski initially pursued writing, graduating from college as an honors playwright and working as a script intern for Late Night with Conan O'Brien. In the '00s, - www.tvguide.com