--- title: John Krasinski Shares Photo of Law & Order Episode description: Like many others before him, John Krasinski got his start on one of television's most beloved franchises: Law and Order. canonical: https://time.com/4636237/john-krasinski-law-order/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-17T18:27:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:12.282Z og:title: ICYMI: John Krasinski Got His Start on 'Law & Order' og:description: The actor shared a throwback of his time on the show on Twitter og:url: https://time.com/4636237/john-krasinski-law-order/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: ICYMI: John Krasinski Got His Start on 'Law & Order' twitter:description: The actor shared a throwback of his time on the show on Twitter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # John Krasinski Wants You to Check Out This Photo of Him as a High School Baller on _Law & Order_ > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 17, 2017 6:27 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 17, 2017 6:27 PM UTC John Krasinski, Hollywood actor and [_The Devil Wears Prada’_](http://time.com/4464292/john-krasinski-devil-wears-prada-emily-blunt/)s number one fan, wasn’t always synonymous [with ](http://time.com/4189432/jenna-fischer-john-krasinski-in-love/)_The Office_ or being [one half of the cutest celebrity couple ever](http://time.com/4463011/john-krasinski-emily-blunt-leonardo-dicaprio/). In fact, Krasinski, like many other hallowed actors before him, cut his teeth in the entertainment industry by appearing on one of television’s most beloved franchises: _Law & Order,_ where [he appeared on an episode of the _Criminal Intent_ offshoot as a high school basketball player in 2004, according to IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0629549/). In a post shared on Twitter early on Monday morning, Krasinski shared a throwback to his appearance on the show, wryly captioning it with the series’ infamous phrase, “these are their stories” and adding a onomatopoeia of the theme song. See the photo below. > [](https://twitter.com/johnkrasinski/status/821273471778963456) > [](https://twitter.com/danipayson/status/821197523670986753) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4636237/john-krasinski-law-order/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4636237/john-krasinski-law-order/"},"headline":"John Krasinski Wants You to Check Out This Photo of Him as a High School Baller on Law & Order","datePublished":"2017-01-17T18:27:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:12.282Z","description":"Before the Office","url":"https://time.com/4636237/john-krasinski-law-order/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","Culture","John Krasinski"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4636237/john-krasinski-law-order/","name":"John Krasinski Wants You to Check Out This Photo of Him as a High School Baller on Law & Order"}}]}] ```