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Jon Hamm
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Not to be confused with John Ham or John Hamm.
Jon Hamm
Hamm at the Vancouver Olympics in February 2010
Born Jonathan Daniel Hamm
March 10, 1971 (1971-03-10) (age 39)
St. Louis, Missouri
United States
Occupation Actor
Years active 2000–present
Partner Jennifer Westfeldt (1997–present)
Jonathan Daniel "Jon" Hamm (born March 10, 1971) is an American actor who works primarily in television. For much of the mid 1990s, Hamm lived in Los Angeles as a struggling actor appearing in small parts in multiple television series, including Providence, The Division, What About Brian and Related. In 2000 he made his feature film debut in Clint Eastwood's space adventure, Space Cowboys. The following year, Hamm appeared in the independent comedy, Kissing Jessica Stein (2001) in a supporting role.
Hamm gained global recognition for playing advertising executive Don Draper in the AMC drama series Mad Men, which premiered in July 2007. Hamm's performance earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2008. Aside from his work on Mad Men, Hamm appeared in the 2008 science fiction remake, The Day the Earth Stood Still and claimed his first leading film role in the independent thriller Stolen (2010).
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Early work
2.2 Worldwide recognition
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
4.1 Feature films
4.2 Television
5 Awards and nominations
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links
[edit] Early life
Hamm was born on March 10, 1971, in St. Louis, Missouri to Deborah, a secretary, and Daniel Hamm,[1][2][3] who ran a decades-old family trucking company that declined due to the growth of container shipping.[4] Hamm's parents divorced when he was two years old, and he lived with his mother in Creve Coeur, Missouri.[2] until she was diagnosed with terminal cancer when he was 10.[5] Hamm moved in with his father,[3] but after a few years his father became ill and died when Hamm was 20. Teachers and friends' parents filled in as parental figures.[3]
Hamm attended the private John Burroughs School in Ladue, Missouri, where he was a member of the football, baseball, and swim teams[3] and dated future actress Sarah Clarke.[6] Hamm's first acting role was as Winnie the Pooh in first grade;[7] at 16, he was cast as Judas in Godspell,[8] and enjoyed the experience, though he did not take acting seriously: "Acting was fun, but my grandfather would always tell me, 'It's never too late to be an engineer.' You were supposed to get a 'job' job and do acting on weekends or at school."[9] Following graduation in 1989, Hamm enrolled at the University of Texas, but left during his sophomore year,[10] after his father's death. Hamm returned home to attend the University of Missouri.[10] At Missouri he answered an advertisement from a theater company looking for players in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, auditioned, and was cast in the production.[3] Other roles followed, such as Leon Czolgosz in Assassins.[4]
After graduating in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English,[11] Hamm returned to his high school to teach eighth-grade acting as a gesture of repayment for the school's support during his adolescent years.[2][3][12] One of his students was Ellie Kemper, an actress best known for her role on The Office.[13]
[edit] Career
[edit] Early work
Hamm has known actor Paul Rudd for many years,[6][14] and visited Hollywood to see him in 1992. Not wishing to stay in a "normal career", Hamm moved to Los Angeles permanently in 1995[15] with an automobile and $150.[6] He moved into a house with four other aspiring actors and began working as a waiter while attending auditions.[3]
Hamm found it difficult to find employment as an actor despite representation by the William Morris Agency[16] because, unlike other actors his age, he could not be cast in youth-oriented productions like Dawson's Creek.[6] According to Hamm, "[i]f you didn't look 18 years old, you weren't working. And I didn't look 18 years old when I was 18. I always looked 10 years older than I was",[15] "[s]o I was, like, auditioning to be their dads. At 25."[17] In 1998, after three years of failing to obtain any acting jobs,[1] William Morris decided to no longer represent him; Hamm continued working as a waiter,[3] and briefly as a set designer for a soft-core pornography film.[17] After repeatedly failing to obtain promising roles he set his 30th birthday as a deadline to succeed in Hollywood,[8] observing that
You either suck that up and find another agent, or you go home and say you gave it a shot, but that's the end of that. The last thing I wanted to be out here was one of those actors who's 45 years old, with a tenuous grasp of their own reality, and not really working much. So I gave myself five years. I said, if I can't get it going by the time I'm 30, I'm in the wrong place. And as soon as I said that, it's like I started working right away.[3]
In 2000, Hamm obtained the role of romantic firefighter Burt Ridley on NBC's drama series Providence.[18][19] His one-episode contract grew to 19,[2][7] and led him to quit waiting tables.[6][16] Hamm made his feature film debut with one line in Clint Eastwood's space adventure Space Cowboys (2000);[18][20] more substantial roles followed in the independent comedy Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)[21] and the war film We Were Soldiers (2002),[18][22] during which he turned 30.[8] His career was further bolstered when he played the recurring role of police inspector Nate Basso on Lifetime's television series The Division from 2002 to 2004.[18][19] Other minor roles followed on the television series What About Brian, CSI: Miami, Related, Numb3rs, The Unit, and The Sarah Silverman Program.[18][19]
[edit] Worldwide recognition
Hamm received his breakthrough role in 2007 when he was cast from more than 80 candidates[17] as the protagonist character Don Draper in AMC's drama series Mad Men. In the series, set in a fictional 1960s advertising agency, he plays a suave advertising executive with an obscure past.[23] Hamm recalled, "I read the script for Mad Men and I loved it. [...] I never thought they'd cast me—I mean, I thought they'd go with one of the five guys who look like me but are movie stars",[14] and that an actor with a "proven track record" would likely have been chosen if another network had aired the show.[15] He went through numerous auditions, and explained each time to the casting directors what he could bring to the character, if given the part.[3] Alan Taylor and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner thought that Hamm was too handsome for the role, but decided that "it was perfect to cast sort of the perfect male in this part"; Weiner also sensed that the actor had not been raised by his parents, similar to Draper's backstory.[1][24]
Hamm in November 2008Hamm used memories of his father to portray Draper,[3][4] a well-dressed, influential figure in business and society[7] hiding great inner turmoil[1] and facing changes in the world beyond his control.[4] Mad Men debuted on July 19, 2007, with almost 1.4 million viewers.[25] It quickly developed a loyal audience, with the show and Hamm receiving strong reviews. Robert Bianco of USA Today was complimentary of Hamm, noting that his interpretation of Draper was a "starmaking performance".[26] The Boston Globe's Matthew Gilbert called Hamm a "brilliant lead".[27] For his work, he won a Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Actor in a Television Series Drama in 2008.[28] Also in 2008 he was nominated for both a Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor and an Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actor.[29] In 2009, Hamm was again nominated for a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award in the same categories,[28][30] and received another Emmy nomination for Best Actor.[31] In 2010, Hamm received his third Golden Globe nomination.[32]
Hamm's next film role was in the 2008 science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still, a remake of the 1951 film of the same name.[33] Although the film received negative reviews,[34] it was financially successful, earning $230 million worldwide at the box office.[35] Hamm hosted the sixth episode of the 34th season of Saturday Night Live on October 25, 2008.[36] He played various roles, including Don Draper in two sketches.[37] He returned to host again on January 30 and October 30, 2010.[38][39] In 2009, Hamm guest starred in three episodes of the NBC situation comedy show 30 Rock as Drew Baird, a doctor who is a neighbor and love interest of Liz Lemon's (Tina Fey).[40] For these performances, he received an Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.[41]
Hamm's film projects post 2009 included the independent mystery thriller Stolen and his first leading role, in which he plays a man trying to demystify the circumstances surrounding his son's kidnapping.[42][43] The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck stated that the feature never came together, and said that Hamm was unable to do much with his "underwritten role".[44] Hamm had a voice cameo in the animated feature Shrek Forever After, released in May 2010, as an ogre leader named Brogan.[45] He appeared as an FBI agent in The Town with Ben Affleck;[46] after receiving "about 40 scripts that were all set in the 60s, or had me playing advertising guys", Hamm was pleased that the film offered a role "the opposite to Don Draper".[47] His next acting role was as defense attorney Jake Ehrlich in the independent drama Howl, based on Allen Ginsberg's 1956 poem of the same name.[48] He will also be appearing in Zack Snyder's 2011 film, Sucker Punch, as High Roller, a man who runs a brothel in the 1950s.[49] Hamm's new television projects include a guest appearance as an FBI supervisor on Fox's animated series The Simpsons.[50]
[edit] Personal life
Hamm with partner Jennifer Westfeldt at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, 2008Since 1997, Hamm has been in a long-term relationship with actress and screenwriter Jennifer Westfeldt.[5] They own homes in Los Angeles and the Upper West Side in New York.[5][21] In an interview discussion about his relationship with Westfeldt, Hamm said: "We may not have a piece of paper that says we're husband and wife, but after 10 years, Jennifer is more than just a girlfriend. What we have is much deeper and we both know that. To me, people [should] get married when they're ready to have kids, which I'm not ruling out."[51] Hamm, along with Westfeldt, has appeared in Gap related campaign advertisements.[52] In April 2009, Hamm and Westfeldt formed their own production company, Points West Pictures.[53][54]
Although his role as Don Draper requires him to smoke, Hamm gave up smoking when he was 24.[55][56] He revealed in an interview that while on set he does not smoke actual cigarettes, but herbal cigarettes that do not contain any tobacco or nicotine.[56][57]
Internationally viewed as a sex symbol, Hamm was named one of Salon.com's Sexiest Man Living in 2007,[58] and was named one of People magazine's Sexiest Men Alive in 2008.[59] Hamm also won GQ's 'International Man' award in September 2010.[60] In November 2008, Entertainment Weekly named him one of their Entertainers of the Year.[61] Hamm is an avid golfer and tennis player.[62] He is an avid fan of the National Hockey League (NHL) team the St. Louis Blues, even appearing in two television spots advertising for the team.[63] He is also a fan of the Major League Baseball (MLB) team the St. Louis Cardinals.[64]
In March 2010, Hamm was hired by Mercedes-Benz as their new voiceover for their campaign with the S400 Hybrid vehicle. Hamm replaces actor Richard Thomas.[65]
[edit] Filmography
Hamm on the set of The Town in September 2009[edit] Feature films
Year Film Role Notes
2000 Space Cowboys Young Pilot #2
2001 Kissing Jessica Stein Charles
2002 We Were Soldiers Capt. Matt Dillon
2006 Ira and Abby Ronnie
2007 The Ten Skydiving Guide Chris Knarl
2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still Dr. Michael Granier
2009 A Single Man Hank Ackerley Voice cameo (uncredited)[66]
2010 Stolen Tom Adkins Sr.
Shrek Forever After Brogan Voice role[45]
The A-Team Col. Lynch Cameo[67]
The Town Adam Frawley
Howl Jake Ehrlich
2011 Sucker Punch High Roller
Bridesmaids[68] a wedding attendee filming
[edit] Television
Year Film Role Notes
2000 Providence Burt Ridley
The Trouble with Normal Jackson
The Hughleys Buzz Episode: "Lies My Valentine Told Me"
2001 Early Bird Special Red-Headed Cop Episode: "Pilot"
2002 The Division Inspector Nate Basso
Gilmore Girls Peyton Sanders Episode: "Eight O'Clock at the Oasis"
2005 CSI: Miami Dr. Brent Kessler Episode: "Three-Way"
Episode: "Payback"
Point Pleasant Dr. George Forrester Episode: "Who's Your Daddy"
Episode: "The Lonely Hunter"
Charmed Jack Brody Episode: "Ordinary Witches"
2006 The Unit Wilson James
What About Brian Richard Povich
Numb3rs Richard Clast Episode: "Hardball"
Related Danny Episode: "Related"
2007 The Sarah Silverman Program Cable Guy Episode: "Muffin' Man"
2007–present Mad Men Don Draper Appears in every episode
2009–2010 30 Rock Dr. Drew Baird Episode: "Generalissimo"
Episode: "St. Valentine's Day"
Episode: "The Bubble"
Episode: "Anna Howard Shaw Day"
Episode: "Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land"
Episode: "Live Show"
[edit] Awards and nominations
Year Nominated work Award Result
2008 Mad Men Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
Mad Men Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Won
Mad Men Satellite Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama Nominated
Mad Men Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
Mad Men Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
Mad Men Television Critics Association Individual Achievement in Drama Nominated
2009 Mad Men Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
30 Rock Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
Mad Men Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Nominated
Mad Men Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Won
Mad Men Satellite Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama Nominated
Mad Men Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Won
Mad Men Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
Mad Men Television Critics Association Individual Achievement in Drama Nominated
2010 Mad Men Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
30 Rock Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
Mad Men Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Won
Mad Men Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
Mad Men Television Critics Association Individual Achievement in Drama Nominated
(Source: IMDb.com)
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