Biography
As one of the few sane employees in the workplace asylum known as Dunder-Mifflin, Krasinski's Halpert was often forced to deal with such day-to-day challenges as the boredom of his hum-drum existence, the demands of an annoyingly needy boss (Steve Carell) and lastly, a crush on co-worker Pam (Jenna Fisher) that captured the public's attention until the characters actually dated and later married. Prior to his "Office" stardom, Krasinski had a …
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Career Milestones
2012 | Co-starred with Drew Barrymore in "Big Miracle," a drama centered on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle | |
2011 | Landed a supporting role in the romantic comedy "Something Borrowed" | |
2010 | Made TV directorial debut on "The Office" episode titled "Sabre" | |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Comedy | |
2009 | Made feature directorial debut with the film adaptation of "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men"; also co-wrote and starred | |
2009 | Featured with Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin in the comedy "It's Complicated"; directed by Nancy Meyers | |
2009 | Cast alongside Maya Rudolph in the Sam Mendes directed "Away We Go" | |
2008 | Co-starred in the 1920s-era football comedy "Leatherheads" with George Clooney, who also directed | |
2007 | Co-starred with Mandy Moore as a newly-engaged couple in the comedy "License to Wed" | |
2007 | Voiced Sir Lancelot in the animated feature "Shrek the Third" | |
2006 | Appeared in film version of the Broadway musical "Dreamgirls" with Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles and Jamie Foxx | |
2005 | Portrayed long-suffering normal dude Jim on NBC's American version of the British cult favorite series "The Office" | |
2005 | Landed a memorable role opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in director Sam Mendes' Gulf War drama "Jarhead" | |
2005 | Appeared in the indie film "Duane Hopwood" with David Schwimmer; premiered at the Sundance Film Festival | |
2004 | Played a bit part in the Queen Latifah comedy vehicle "Taxi" | |
2000 | Landed guest parts on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (CBS) and "Ed" (NBC) | |
| Interned on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" (NBC) | ||
| Decided to continue acting after doing a reading of David Foster Wallace's award-winning 1997 collection of short stories Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | ||
| First stage experience was in a satirical high school play written by B.J. Novak, future writer and co-star on "The Office" (NBC) | ||
Awards
2011 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in The Office |
2010 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in The Office |
2009 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in The Office |
2008 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in The Office |
2007 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in The Office |