John Burke Krasinski is an American actor, voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his television role as Jim Halpert in the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013). He is also well-known for his various film roles, such as Sam Walsh in the 2006 musical-drama film Dreamgirls, Ben Murphy in the 2007 romantic comedy film License to Wed, Adam Carlson in Ken Kwapis' 2012 Universal Pictures drama film Big Miracle, and as the voice of Sir Lancelot in the 2007 DreamWorks film Shrek the Third and Clark Kent/Superman in the 2022 WAG animated film DC League of Super-Pets.
For Disney, he made a cameo in the 2011 musical comedy film The Muppets, voiced "Frightening" Frank McCay in the 2013 Disney/Pixar animated prequel Monsters University, narrated the 2017 Disneynature film Born in China, and made a voice cameo as a silhouetted gamer in the 2021 Fox film Free Guy. He also portrayed Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic in the 2022 Marvel film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
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Trivia
- Krasinski was originally shortlisted for the role of Captain America in Captain America: The First Avenger,[1] but in the end, Chris Evans was cast.
- He was also once considered for the role of Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy, but Chris Pratt was cast instead.[2]
- Other candidates included Joel Edgerton, Eddie Redmayne, Jensen Ackles, Lee Pace, Wes Bentley, Jack Huston, Cam Gigandet, Sullivan Stapleton, Logan Marshall-Green, Garrett Hedlund, Chris Lowell, James Marsden, Jim Sturgess, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Aaron Paul, Michael Rosenbaum, and Zachary Levi.[citation needed]
- Krasinski, Whoopi Goldberg, Chevy Chase, Bill Hader, Jon Stewart, William H. Macy, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, and Kevin Smith have all worked on the American version of the film The Magic Roundabout, a US film titled Doogal (2006).
- In the original version, Bill Nighy, Tom Baker, Joanna Lumley, Jim Broadbent, Lee Evans, Ian McKellen, and Ray Winstone have all worked on the film The Magic Roundabout.
References
- ↑ "A Complete List of All the Actors Originally Considered for Roles in the Marvel Universe". Pajiba (Apr 5, 2018).
- ↑ "The Actors Who Almost Played Star-Lord In The MCU". Screen Rant (Mar 31, 2020).
