John Hamm Biography

Jon Hamm (* 10 March 1971 in pc. Louis, Missouri; actually Jonathan Daniel Hamm) is an US-American actor. It became known to a broad public particularly by its price-crowned leading role of the Don Draper in the TV serial MAD Men.

Biografie

Jon Hamm was born 1971 as Jonathan Daniel Hamm in pc. Louis, in the middle west of the USA, where he also buildup. Its parents separated as it still another child were and it lived with its mother. After the cancer death of these it buildup starting from the tenth year of life with its father and his grandmother. The family possessed its own truck enterprise. Its father died without means, when he was 20 years old. Hamm, which had already given the bear at the age of six years in a first grader performance Pu, John Burroughs School in Ladue, Missouri visited to 1989, where it was member of the High School Footballteams. The school costs and the later visit of the college were visited by funds-in-trust of its mother financed, that had wished herself, the Hamm the renowned private school. There it made the acquaintance with the play teacher Dwayne Salmon, which let Hamm in a production of the piece of Godspell arise. To graduation it changed on the college of the University OF Missouri Columbia, which it left with a Bachelor conclusion in English. Hamm had received a theatre scholarship during its college time and had participated in theatre productions. Its professional debut as theatre actors it gave in the Campus production of Shakespeare comedy a summer eight-dream to a group of theatres from Chicago. Later it returned to its old High School, where it one year long play inform and with its former Mentor together worked.

Beginning of the 1990er years left Hamm pc. Louis around a career in the Showbusiness to start. With 150 dollar at own capital funds it pulled to an aunt to Los Angeles and arrived by the acquaintance with the actor Paul Rudd at an agent. nevertheless only after three years it succeeded to receive first role offers to Hamm and it financed itself its living costs beside with work in a restaurant. In the year 2000 celebrated Hamm with the Statistenrolle of a young test pilot in Clint Eastwoods comedy space cowboy its debut in the cinema. A first success represented the commitment as Burt Ridley in the TV serial Providence, in which it acted as object of the longing of Paula Cale. The role of the romantic fireman, originally only as guest role put on, he played in altogether 18 episodes until 2001. Thereupon Hamm received 2002 a recurring role as an apparently unbekümmerter inspector Nate Basso in The division. Until 2004 it played in the police series the life of five San Franciscoer police women took care of, the partner of Tracey Needham. Further guest roles in well-known series such as Gilmore Girls (2002), Charmed - charm-cling to witches or CSI: Miami (in each case 2005), as well as recurring roles in What About Brian (2006-2007) and The unit - a question of the honour (2006-2007) followed, while it with the Nebenrolle of the Captain Matt Dillon in edge universe Wallaces war film we were heroes in the cinema was represented again. Many offers the 1.80 m large actors rejected however, since he wanted to take over roles according to own data only, it interested. Hamm provided the large break-through as television actors only the leading role in starting from 2007 the drama series WAD Men radiated with AMC, which reports of the coworkers of a fictitious New Yorker advertising agency into the earlier 1960er years. For the part of the married family man Don Draper, Creative Director and later junior boss, which affairs and a mysterious past surround, Hamm had had to call altogether six times. The wages for portrait before mainly of the actor acting played up to „smooth perfection the “in the comedy subject were 2008 the profit of the Golden Globe Awards as best leading actors in a drama series. Hamm had been able itself to intersperse among other things against twice before the successful Britisher Hugh Laurie (Dr. House), while likewise the series (Matthew Weiner creates after an idea of the Sopranos scriptwriter) was prämiert with the Golden Globe and the Emmy.

Jon Hamm lives in Los Angeles and ranks actors such as Jeff Bridges, Sam Elliot and Greg Kinnear among its models. The passionierte gulf player is associated with the American actress and film script authoress Jennifer Westfeldt, with which he acted to 1997 with the performance of its piece of off Broadway of Lipschtick on the stage . Both were to be seen also together in cinema production Kissing Jessica (2001), on the play, as well as in the feature Irish Republican Army and Abby (2006) was based arisen. In the year 2008 two motion picture films, under it the day, follow the part of Dr. Granier in Scott Derricksons new filming of the Science Fiction classical author on which the earth stood still (1951). In the same year the radiant emittance of the second relay of WAD Men and it began occupied with the annual Sexiest one Alive choice of the People of magazine behind the Australian actor Hugh Jackman and the James bond actor Daniel Craig a third place.

Filmografie (selection)

features

* 2000: Space cowboy
* 2001: Kissing Jessica (Kissing Jessica stone)
* 2002: We were heroes (incoming goods Were Soldiers)
* 2006: Irish Republican Army and Abby
* 2007: The Ten

TV serials

* 2000: However under neighbour (The Hughleys)
* 2000-2001: Providence
* 2002: Gilmore Girls
* 2002-2004: The division
* 2005: Charmed - charm-cling to witches (Charmed)
* 2005: POINT Pleasant
* 2005: CSI: Miami
* 2006-2007: What About Brian
* 2006-2007: The unit - a question of the honour (The unit)
* 2007-2008: MAD Men

honors

Emmy

* 2008: nominated as best leading actors in a drama series for MAD Men

Golden Globe Award

* 2008: Best leading actor in a drama series for MAD Men

further ones

Screen Actors Guild Awards

* 2008: nominated in the categories of best actors in a TV serial - drama and best play ensemble - drama for MAD Men

TV country Awards

* 2008: nominated in the category: WAD Ad one (or Woman) OF the Year for MAD Men

Television Critics Association Awards

* 2008: nominated in the category best individual performance - drama for MAD Men

John Hamm Pictures ( 6 Pictures)