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, he added a number of small, blink-and-you-missed-them roles to his résumé before going to work at
The Office. John Krasinski Fast Facts:
- Graduated from Brown University as an honors playwright.
- Served as a script intern on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
- John Krasinski Relationships:
- Emily Blunt - Fiancée
- College:
- Brown University, Providence, RI; attended the National Theater Institute, Waterford, CT
