Jon Hamm’s nuanced portrayal of the high-powered, philandering advertising executive Don Draper has firmly established him as one of Hollywood’s most talented and versatile actors, and earned him numerous accolades, including the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama, as well as the 2011 Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama and the 2011 Critics’ Choice Television Award for Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Additionally, Hamm has been nominated for four Emmy Awards for Lead Actor in a Drama Series and for four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series. He has also joined with the entire cast to win the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series for three years running.

On the big screen, Hamm will next appear in Friends With Kids, for writer/director Jennifer Westfeldt, in which they both star opposite Adam Scott, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Megan Fox. He most recently appeared in the award-winning hit comedy Bridesmaids with Kristen Wiig. His previous film credits include Ben Affleck’s The Town, Zack Snyder’s fantasy thriller Sucker Punch, Howl with James Franco, Shrek Forever After, in which he voiced the character Brogan, The Day The Earth Stood Still with Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Westfeldt’s Ira & Abby and Kissing Jessica Stein, and We Were Soldiers.

Hamm has also appeared on the Emmy-winning comedy, 30 Rock, for which he has received two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, and has hosted Saturday Night Live three times to critical-acclaim. Hamm first came to audience’s attention in the NBC series Providence. Signed for a cameo role, he impressed the producers so much that he ended up with an 18-episode run on the series. Additional television credits include IFC’s The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, The Division, What About Brian, The Unit, Numb3rs and CSI Miami, among others.

A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Hamm received his Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Missouri-Columbia and currently resides in Los Angeles.

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