Jon Hamm Biography
Born: March 10, 1971
Sturdy, reliable character actor Jon Hamm debuted onscreen at the turn of the millennium, with a series of key supporting roles in features including Space_Cowboys (2000), Kissing_Jessica_Stein (2001), and Mel_Gibson's We_Were_Soldiers (2002). He also appeared on such TV series as Providence, The_Division, What_About_Brian, and The_Unit. Hamm scored his first major lead as executive Don Draper in the AMC network's series Mad_Men (2007) -- a period serial about a group of boozing, chain-smoking, and sexist advertising suits toiling away at their jobs in a Manhattan high rise, circa 1960. He earned a variety of award nominations for his work on the show, which itself won the Emmy for best drama series each of its first four years on the air. He parlayed this high-profile success into a recurring gig on 30 Rock, and appeared in films such as The Day the Earth Stood Still, Howl, and Sucker Punch. He was the cop chasing thief Ben Affleck in The Town.
In 2011 he appeared in Friends With Kids, which was written and directed by his longtime girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt.
Nathan Southern, Rovi
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