Biography
Sturdy, reliable character actor Jon Hamm debuted onscreen at the turn of the millennium, with a series of key supporting roles in features including
Space Cowboys (2000),
Kissing Jessica Stein (2001), and
Mel Gibson's
We Were Soldiers (2002). He also appeared on such TV series as
Providence,
The Division,
What About Brian, and
The Unit. Hamm scored his first major lead as executive Don Draper in the AMC network's series
Mad Men (2007) -- a period serial about a group of boozing, chain-smoking, and sexist advertising suits toiling away at their jobs in a Manhattan high rise, circa 1960. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide