Best known for his role as Jim Halpert on the popular television show The Office, he has also played leading roles in such films as Away We Go, Leatherheads, Promised Land, Aloha and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.
He was in the same high school class as his Future The Office co-star BJ Novak at Newton South High School. While attending Brown University, he was a member of the Sketch comedy group Out of Bounds.
In 2009, he wrote, directed and produced the film Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, an adaptation of a short story collection by David Foster Wallace.
He married Emily Blunt in 2010. He and Emily have two daughters named Hazel and Violet.
He starred alongside Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer and Rainn Wilson on The Office.
