Mad Men

Jon Hamm as Don Draper

Jon Hamm plays the lead character of Don Draper in the award-winning, critically-acclaimed AMC original series Mad Men, created by Matthew Weiner, about the professional lives, social mores and sexual exploits of advertising executives on Madison Avenue circa 1960.  Among his many accolades for his performance on the show, Hamm won the 2008 Golden Globe® Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama, and has been nominated for an Emmy® Award for Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Screen Actors Guild® Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (the cast received the award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards).

Hamm will next be seen starring opposite James Franco, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels, and David Strathairn in the indie feature Howl, about poet Allen Ginsberg, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. 

Hamm recently starred opposite Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly and Kathy Bates in the sci-fi remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still directed by Scott Derrickson.  He also completed work on the independent thriller The Boy in the Box, with Josh Lucas.  Additional film credits include Kissing Jessica Stein, We Were Soldiers and Space Cowboys.

Hamm recently completed a three-episode arc on the Emmy-winning comedy, 30 Rock, in which he played a love interest to Tina Fey, as well as a critically acclaimed hosting debut on Saturday Night Live.  Other television credits include the popular Lifetime television series The Division, as well as What About Brian, The Unit, Numb3rs and CSI Miami, among others.  He landed his first big role in the NBC series Providence where a cameo performance turned into an 18-episode run.

Hamm received BA in English from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

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