LOS ANGELES (AP) – Let the office debates begin – John Krasinski East People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2024.

The magazine announced the actor-writer-director as its pick Tuesday night on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”

Krasinski starred in “The Office” before launching the “Quiet Place” franchise and directing the action series “Jack Ryan.” He joked in an interview with the magazine that he hopes his wife, actress Emily Blunt, keeps her promise to stick the cover up as wallpaper in their home.

He takes the mantle of last year’s winner, Patrick Dempsey.

Krasinski, 45, told People that his immediate reaction to the honor was “just an immediate blackout, really.” Zero thought. He added that he thought it might be a prank.

He rose to fame playing the lanky, floppy-haired Jim in the American version of the mockumentary “The Office,” and became the clean-cut, muscular action star in Amazon’s “Jack Ryan,” playing the character of Tom Clancy previously played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck on the big screen. He also co-wrote, directed and starred in “A Quiet Place,” which became a three-film franchise, and created the short-lived but hugely popular pandemic-era web series “Some Good News.”

Earlier this year, he released his sixth film, “IF,” a film about imaginary friends also starring Blunt.

The couple have two daughters together.

Krasinski told People in the issue out on newsstands Friday that the honor will likely result in more than just jokes at home.

“I think it’ll make me do more housework,” he joked.

Now in his 40th year, the first Sexiest Man Alive was Mel Gibson. Other past recipients include Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John F. Kennedy Jr., David Beckham, Michael B. Jordan, John Legend, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Rudd and Pierce Brosnan.