The Hollywood Reporter: ‘Your Friends and Neighbors’ Showrunner Is Surprised Jon Hamm Didn’t Get an Emmy Nod: “A Performance That Should’ve Been Recognized”
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Jon Hamm
Jonathan Daniel Hamm is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Don Draper in the period drama series Mad Men (2007–2015), for which he won numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
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Born 10 March 1971 · Q313107
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2026· 5 entries
AOL: Jon Hamm’s 'Terrible Father' Remark Resurfaces as He Prepares to Become a Dad at 55
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The Guardian: TV tonight: Jon Hamm’s offbeat adult animation lands in the UK
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Public attention spiked: 31,549 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 8,361, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Early life and education Remove quote with a whole bunch of weird errors
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2025· 3 entries
The scene of Jon Hamm (Andrew "Coop" Cooper) dancing to the Turn the Lights Off cover by Kato (DJ) in Your Friends & Neighbors became a meme on TikTok and other social platforms
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In 2025, the scene of Jon Hamm (Andrew "Coop" Cooper) dancing to the Turn the Lights Off cover by Kato (DJ) in Your Friends & Neighbors became a meme on TikTok and other social platforms.
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Began starring in the Apple TV+ series Your Friends & Neighbors, his first lead role on television since Mad Men
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2024· 1 entry
Hamm collaborated with Tina Fey acting in the movie musical adaptation of Mean Girls playing Coach Carr
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2023· 2 entries
Of Amazon's television adaptation of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens, reprising his role as the Archangel Gabriel
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Hamm played Sheriff Roy Tillman, one of the lead roles in the fifth season of the FX black comedy crime drama anthology series Fargo, reuniting him with series creator/showrunner Noah Hawley, with whom he had previously
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2022· 3 entries
And premiered on Showtime on October 28, 2022
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Hamm was featured in a series of TV commercials for Progressive Insurance as having an off-and-on relationship with spokesperson Flo
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Hamm appeared in Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel to 1986's Top Gun
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2020· 1 entry
It was confirmed that they were in a relationship and the couple became engaged in 2022
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2018· 2 entries
Narrated the video The Saint Louis Browns: The Team That Baseball Forgot, presented by the Saint Louis Browns Historical Society
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Hamm appeared in the drama Nostalgia and the political thriller Beirut
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2017· 1 entry
Appeared in the science fiction film Marjorie Prime, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, and subsequently appeared in Edgar Wright's comedy crime film Baby Driver and the drama Aardvark, which premiere
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2015· 3 entries
After receiving 12 nominations for acting in and producing the series
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Mad Men (2015).
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Including the comedy show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
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2014· 2 entries
Actress Anna Osceola briefly appeared as the flower child receptionist at the California coastal retreat that Hamm's character stayed at
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Hamm, Kerry Washington, and Kevin Love appeared in a PSA for stopping sexual assault on college campuses
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2013· 1 entry
American Airlines debuted a television commercial titled "Change is in the Air," featuring Hamm's voice-over
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2012· 2 entries
Played in the MLB Legend and Celebrity All Star Softball game as a member of the National League
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As the servant of sociopathic billionaire Dave Mountford (Blake Harrison)
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2010· 4 entries
Made a guest appearance as an FBI supervisor on Fox's animated series The Simpsons
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Had a minor voice role in the animated feature Shrek Forever After as an ogre leader named Brogan
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Mercedes-Benz hired Hamm (replacing actor Richard Thomas) as the new voiceover of their commercials, beginning with a commercial for the S400 Hybrid campaign
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Received his third Golden Globe Award nomination
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2009· 3 entries
In which he played a police officer whose son has been missing for eight years
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Guest-starred in three episodes of the NBC television sitcom 30 Rock as Drew Baird, a doctor who is a neighbor and love interest of Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) earning three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outst
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Was again nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award in the same category, and received another Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
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2008· 2 entries
And played various roles, including Don Draper in two sketches
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Hamm won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding L
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2007· 2 entries
When he was chosen from over 80 candidates to play Don Draper, protagonist of AMC's drama series Mad Men
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And one of People's Sexiest Men Alive in 2008
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2000· 1 entry
Hamm landed the role of romantic firefighter Burt Ridley on NBC's drama series Providence
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1998· 1 entry
After he had failed to get any acting work for three years, William Morris dropped him as a client
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1993· 1 entry
With a BA in English, Hamm returned to his high school to teach eighth-grade acting
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1989· 1 entry
Hamm matriculated to the University of Texas
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1971· 1 entry
Born 1971-03-10.
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