Jon Hamm is an American television and film actor. His first leading role came in the AMC series ‘’Mad Men,’’ which depicts the professional and personals lives of New York advertising executives in the 1960s.http://television.aol.com/celebs/jon-hamm/2038864/biography In the show, Hamm plays Don Draper, a top ad man also harboring personal demons including multiple affairs on his wife and living under a false identity. http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/cast/ddraper Hamm won a 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Drama and has been nominated on three other occasions including 2011.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358316/awards He is also a three-time Emmy Award nominee for the role.

Before finding success as an actor, Hamm was a waiter at restaurants in Hollywood. http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2009/08/john-hamm-was-a-waiter-at-cafe-med-in-sunset-plaza-.html Hamm was a high-school classmate of actress Sarah Chalke at John Burroughs High in St. Louis, Missouri, where he later taught drama.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358316/bio

Hamm's first Hollywood roles came in 2000 with small parts in the TV series The Hughleys and the Clint Eastwood film Space Cowboys.http://www.biography.com/articles/Jon-Hamm-578408 His first regular work came on the TV show Providence, where he played firefighter Burt Ridley.http://tv.yahoo.com/jon-hamm/contributor/57699/bio In 2002 he had a role in the independent movie Kissing Jessica Stein. During this time he met and entered into a long-term relationship with the play and film's co-writer and co-star Jennifer Westfeldt.http://www.biography.com/articles/Jon-Hamm-578408

In 2010, Hamm was part of the ensemble cast of the Ben Affleck crime thriller The Town.http://tv.yahoo.com/jon-hamm/contributor/57699/bio He also had a recurring role on the sitcom 30 Rock.http://www.biography.com/articles/Jon-Hamm-578408

• 2010: The Town
• 2010: Howl
• 2009: Stolen
• 2009-2010: 30 Rock
• 2008: The Day the Earth Stood Still
• 2007-2010: Mad Men
• 2006-2007: The Unit
• 2006-2007: What About Brian
• 2002-2004: '"The Division
• 2000-2001: Providence
• 2001: Kissing Jessica Steinhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358316/

"Yes, he is. But I'm not. You know that. It's kind of fun to be that guy, though, on the show because my character's got a lot of secrets, and he's got a lot of parts of his life that are very compartmentalized, whereas I am not so much that way. I have a dog and my girl, and it's great." — Interview with Paul Rudd in Interview about the differences between himself and the tightly-wound character of Don Draper.http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/jon-hamm/

"Acting is sort of an extension of childhood. You get to play all of these roles and have so much fun. Playing an athlete would be so cool. Or where you get to shoot guns, ride horses. I wouldn't turn down any of that." — Interview with USA Todayhttp://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-09-26-jon-hamm_N.htm

"You're a non-believer. Why should we waste our time on Kabuki?" — Mad Menhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPNZHZ5ulzM