John Krasinski, Stephen Colbert Tear Up 'Late Show' Set in 5-Minute Fight Sequence

John Krasinski is more than just an adorable smile with amazing comedic timing. Actually, he would like you to forget all about his comedy days, as he’s a real action hero now. And to prove it, he beat up Stephen Colbert on Tuesday’s episode of “The Late Show.”

This all started because the bearded CBS late-night host actually goaded the “Jack Ryan” star into “punching” him in the face. And Colbert managed to get “The Office” alum to deck him by first teasing him into doing 10 pushups to prove he’s an action guy now, saying “Comedy guys like me and you aren’t meant to do action,” and then telling him “a real action guy wouldn’t do push-ups just because I told him to.”

Colbert — who insisted he’d be an action star too right now if he hadn’t lost the title role in “Blade” to Wesley Snipes 20 years ago — tells Krasinski, “A real action guy would punch me in the face.” Wait, Jim Halpert isn’t going to fight Colbert and trash the “Late Show” set, no matter how much of a jerk he’s being, right?

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Well, he probably wasn’t going to until Colbert said that Harrison Ford, “the real Jack Ryan,” totally would.

What followed was a 5-minute long (totally not choreographed) fight sequence that takes the pair backstage, into an elevator with Krasinski’s old “The Office” co-star Ellie Kemper, and up to the roof, where one of them throws the other off.

Watch the video above.

“Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” is available for streaming now on Amazon.

Every Jack Ryan Actor Ranked, From Alec Baldwin to John Krasinski

The first season of Amazon's "Jack Ryan" is finally here, with John Krasinski being the fifth actor to take on the role. So it feels like a good time to look back at every incarnation of Jack Ryan and figure out who did it best.
5. Chris Pine

There's a reason why nobody remembers "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" even though it only came out, like, four years ago... because it's a really slight and unremarkable experience aside from Kenneth Branagh's delightful Russian baddie. Pine is just kinda there.
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4. John Krasinski

Jack Ryan is kind of a blank slate, generic white guy of a character, and so whether I like an actor in the role often largely depends on how good the film is that he's in. Unfortunately for Krasinski, Amazon's "Jack Ryan" is not good, and it drags him down with it. He's fine, whatever.
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3. Harrison Ford

It's not hard to imagine Ford's Jack Ryan as Indiana Jones after retiring and going straight, because that's kinda the mode Ford is in in "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger." It is a pleasure to watch even though it's not overly interesting.
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2. Ben Affleck

The Ben Affleck of "The Sum of All Fears" was before he solidified himself as a Serious Actor, and his turn as the "boy scout" Jack Ryan is pretty unique in his filmography. It's fun to watch him as an un-cynical good dude.
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1. Alec Baldwin

Baldwin is an actor who definitely has a type of role he usually does, and so it's easy to forget that he didn't always play characters who are jerks. The standard Baldwin character would be like Jack Ryan's boss trying to keep him from taking the initiative to do the right thing, so having him as Jack Ryan himself in "The Hunt for Red October" is really fascinating. And also Baldwin just kills it.
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There’s been a bunch of actors who have played Tom Clancy’s most famous character, but which one is the best?

The first season of Amazon's "Jack Ryan" is finally here, with John Krasinski being the fifth actor to take on the role. So it feels like a good time to look back at every incarnation of Jack Ryan and figure out who did it best.

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