Jim Halpert

James Duncan "Jim" Halpert is a fictional character in the United States version of the television sitcom The Office, played by John Krasinski. The character is based on Tim Canterbury from the original version of The Office. The character is named after a childhood friend of executive producer Greg Daniels. Jim Halpert is a sales representative (formerly co-manager and Assistant Regional Manager) at the Scranton branch of office supply distributor Dunder Mifflin (now a division of Sabre). He was voluntarily demoted back to salesperson as he would make more in sales than management as Sabre doesn't cap sales commissions. He spends much of his time conspiring with office administrator, and wife, Pam Halpert, to engineer pranks on his...