John Krasinski is an American actor who shot to stardom in 2005 as Jim Halpert on The Office. Krasinski landed substantial roles on the big screen around this time as well, starring in License to Wed (2007) and Leatherheads (2008).
Additionally, he has directed multiple films, including 2009’s Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, the 2015 dramatic comedy The Hollars and 2018’s horror hit A Quiet Place. Also in 2018, Krasinski began starring in the Amazon series Jack Ryan.
John Krasinski Age
John Krasinski was born John Burke Krasinski on October 20, 1979, in Newton, Massachusetts. He celebrated his 44th birthday in 2023.
John Krasinski is the youngest of three boys of nurse Mary Clare and internist Ronald Krasinski.
His mother is of Irish ancestry, while his father is of Polish descent. He was raised Catholic in the Boston suburb of Newton, Massachusetts.
Krasinski made his stage debut as Daddy Warbucks in a sixth-grade school production of the musical Annie. Afterwards, he co-starred in a satirical play written and cast by his future The Office co-star B. J. Novak when they were high school seniors.
Krasinski and Novak graduated from Newton South High School in 1997. Before entering college, Krasinski taught English as a foreign language in Costa Rica for six months.
While there, he saved a woman from drowning after she was caught in a riptide at a beach in Manuel Antonio National Park.
Following his time in Costa Rica, Krasinski attended Brown University, where he studied English and playwriting and wrote an honors thesis titled “Contents Under Pressure”. He graduated from Brown in 2001.
During his time at Brown, he was a member of the sketch comedy group Out of Bounds. In college, he also helped coach youth basketball at the Gordon School in East Providence, Rhode Island. After college, he attended the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut. He also studied at the Actors Center in New York.
John Krasinski Wife
John Krasinski’s wife is Emily Blunt, a British actress who has starred in films such as The Devil Wears Prada, The Adjustment Bureau, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, and Edge of Tomorrow.
The actors first met at a Los Angeles restaurant in 2008 and wed two years later. They’ve since welcomed daughters Hazel and Violet.
After less than a year together, a rep for Krasinski confirmed to PEOPLE that the couple was engaged in August 2009.
The pair has kept most of the details about the proposal private, but Krasinski did reveal they both cried during the happy moment.
On July 10, 2010, the couple married during a quiet ceremony at George Clooney’s estate in Lake Como, Italy.
John Krasinski children
John Krasinski and Emily Blunt share two daughters: Hazel and Violet
Krasinski and Blunt welcomed their first child, Hazel Krasinski, on Feb. 16, 2014. Her father announced the birth on X (formerly known as Twitter) later that day, writing, “Emily and I are so incredibly happy to welcome our daughter Hazel into the world today! Happy bday!”
The couple announced the pregnancy in September 2013 after three years of marriage, and Blunt celebrated Hazel’s impending arrival with a baby shower that December.
Violet Krasinski was born in June 2016, and like her sister, her birth was announced by her dad on X.
“What better way to celebrate the 4th… than to announce our 4th family member!!! 2 weeks ago we met our beautiful daughter Violet #Happy4th,” Krasinski wrote on the Fourth of July.
John Krasinski Net worth
John Krasinski has a net worth of $80 million. That is a combined net worth with his wife, actress Emily Blunt. Their combined fortune is almost equally attributable, with John being responsible for a slightly higher share.
John Krasinski first gained recognition for his work as Jim Halpert on NBC sitcom “The Office,” a role that earned him 2 Online Film & Television Association Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series as well as several “Best Ensemble” awards that he shared with his cast.
John Krasinski has been playing the title role on Amazon Prime’s “Jack Ryan” since 2018, and his horror film “A Quiet Place” (which he starred in, co-wrote, and directed) was a hit with both critics and audiences, grossing $340.9 million worldwide. “A Quiet Place II” was released in 2020 and earned $300 million.
The Office Salary
For the first three seasons of “The Office” John Krasinski’s salary was $20,000 per episode. He then began making $100,000 per episode in season 4 and continued earning that much through the rest of the series.
Jack Ryan Salary
Between his acting salary and producing fee, John Krasinski earned $2 million per episode of “Jack Ryan” in the show’s third season. The third season had eight episodes, so John earned $16 million in total. Krasinski reportedly signed a four-year contract, so assuming the same rate, he earned $12 million across season four’s six episodes in 2023.
Real Estate
In July 2016, Krasinski and Blunt sold their Hollywood Hills home to Kendall Jenner for $6.5 million. A few months after the sale, they moved into a pre-war townhouse in Brooklyn, paying $6 million for the 6-bedroom townhouse and then spent $300,000 on renovations before moving in. John and Emily sold this Brooklyn property in 2018 for $6.5 million.
In 2019, they bought an entire floor in a Brooklyn condominium building for $11 million.
In June 2012, John and Emily paid $2.15 million for a gorgeous 5-acre property in Ojai, California, just south of Santa Barbara. They listed this home for sale in November 2015 for $4.25 million but the market apparently was cold because they ultimately accepted $2.4 million in January 2017.
Here is a video tour of their former Ojai home:
Krasinski and Blunt also own a home in East London.
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