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Jon Hamm

Actor

Jon Hamm

Born March 10, 1971 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA60 films

Jonathan Daniel Hamm (born March 10, 1971) 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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Hamm also acted in lead roles in the films Stolen(2010), Million Dollar Arm (2014), Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016), Beirut (2018), and Confess, Fletch (2022), as well as his supporting roles in The Town (2010), Sucker Punch (2011), Bridesmaids (2011), Baby Driver (2017), Tag (2018), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), The Report (2019), Lucy in the Sky (2019), Richard Jewell (2019), No Sudden Move (2021), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). He voiced roles in Shrek Forever After (2010), Minions (2015), Transformers One (2024), and Hoppers (2026).

Hamm expanded his career on television, taking leading roles in prestige drama series such as Sky Arts' A Young Doctor's Notebook (2012–2013), FX's Fargo (2023–24), Paramount+'s Landman (2024–25), and Apple TV+'s Your Friends & Neighbors (2025). He also took supporting roles in the dystopian anthology Black Mirror: White Christmas (2014), the superhero series Legion (2018), the fantasy series Good Omens (2019), and the drama series The Morning Show (2023). Also known for his comedic roles, he has guest starred in the NBC shows 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation, the Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, and as himself in Toast of London.

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Top Gun: Maverick posterFirst watchTop Gun: Maverick20228.2as Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' SimpsonAfter more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a…View film

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Filmography

60 films as actor
  1. TBAWilder & MeWilliam Holden
  2. TBAThe Making of 'Jesus Diabetes'Jared
  3. 2026Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex PassJon Hamm
  4. 2026Extreme Makeover: Homer EditionJon Hamm (voice)
  5. 2026HoppersMayor Jerry Generazzo (voice)
  6. 2024Transformers OneSentinel Prime (voice)
  7. 2024UnfrostedAd Man #1
  8. 2024Mean GirlsCoach Carr
  9. 2023Metalocalypse: Army of the DoomstarEmcee / Klokateer (voice)
  10. 2023Corner OfficeOrson
  11. 2023Maggie Moore(s)Chief Jordan Sanders
  12. 2022Confess, FletchFletch
  13. 2022Top Gun: MaverickAdm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
  14. 2021No Sudden MoveDet. Joe Finney
  15. 2020Wild Mountain ThymeAdam
  16. 2020Sarah Cooper: Everything's FineSteve Windell / Kenny L.L
  17. 2020A Father's Newfound FeminismFather (voice)
  18. 2020Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the ReverendRichard Wayne Gary Wayne
  19. 2019Richard JewellTom Shaw
  20. 2019The Jesus RollsPaul Dominique
  21. 2019Lucy in the SkyMark Goodwin
  22. 2019Between Two Ferns: The MovieJon Hamm
  23. 2019The ReportDenis McDonough
  24. 2018Bad Times at the El RoyaleLaramie Seymour Sullivan / Dwight Broadbeck
  25. 2018Ted Williams: "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived"Narrator
  26. 2018Party Monster: Scratching the SurfaceDJ Slizzard
  27. 2018TagBob Callahan
  28. 2018AardvarkCraig Norman
  29. 2018BeirutMason Skiles
  30. 2018NostalgiaWill Beam
  31. 2017Tour de PharmacyNarrator (voice)
  32. 2017Baby DriverBuddy
  33. 2017Marjorie PrimeWalter
  34. 2016Keeping Up with the JonesesTim Jones
  35. 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The MovieJon Hamm
  36. 20157 Days in HellNarrator
  37. 2015MinionsHerb Overkill (voice)
  38. 2014Million Dollar ArmJB
  39. 2014Tough Justice(voice)
  40. 2013Shrek StoriesBrogan (voice)
  41. 2013Clear HistoryWill Haney
  42. 2013The CongressDylan Truliner (voice)
  43. 2012Friends with KidsBen
  44. 2011BridesmaidsTed (uncredited)
  45. 2011Sucker PunchHigh Roller / Doctor
  46. 2011Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
  47. 2010Donkey's Christmas ShrektacularBrogan (voice)
  48. 2010The TownFBI S.A. Adam Frawley
  49. 2010HowlJake Ehrlich
  50. 2010The A-TeamOther Lynch (uncredited)
  51. 2010Shrek Forever AfterBrogan (voice)
  52. 2009A Single ManHarold Ackerly (voice) (uncredited)
  53. 2009StolenTom Adkins Sr.
  54. 2008The Day the Earth Stood StillMichael Granier
  55. 2007The TenChris Knarl
  56. 2006Ira & AbbyRonnie
  57. 2002Kissing Jessica SteinCharles
  58. 2002We Were SoldiersCapt. Matt Dillon
  59. 2001Early Bird SpecialRed Headed Cop
  60. 2000Space CowboysYoung Pilot #2