Jon Hamm is an American actor known for his roles on film and television. Over his career he has received various accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Critics' Choice Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Hamm is best known for his leading role as 1960s advertising executive Don Draper in the critically acclaimed AMC period drama series Mad Men (2007âÂÂ2015). He received widespread acclaim as well as eight Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series nominations for the role, where he finally won the award in 2015. He also received two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor â Television Series Drama and a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series as well as nominations for six Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, he won twice along with the cast for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Hamm took on a supporting role as tech billionaire in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2023), where he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. He took a leading role as Roy Tillman, a North Dakota sheriff in the fifth season of the FX anthology crime series Fargo (2023âÂÂ2024) earning nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor â Miniseries or Television Film, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie.
Also known for his comedic roles, he took a recurring guest role as Drew Baird, a pediatrician and a love interest for Liz Lemon in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2009âÂÂ2012), for which he received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He took a supporting role Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne in the Netflix sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015âÂÂ2019), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.
On film, Hamm played an FBI agent Adam Frawley in the crime thriller The Town (2010), for which he won the National Board of Review Award for Best Cast and was nominated alongside the cast for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble. He portrayed J. B. Bernstein in the sports drama Million Dollar Arm (2014) for which he was nominated for the Choice Movie Actor: Drama. He also acted in the dramas Baby Driver (2017), Beirut (2018), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), The Report (2019), Richard Jewell (2019), and ' (2022) as well as the comedy films Bridesmaids (2011), Friends with Kids (2011), Tag (2018), and Confess, Fletch (2022).