John Slattery

John M. Slattery, Jr. (born August 13, 1962) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his role as Roger Sterling in the AMC drama series Mad Men and for his role as Howard Stark in cameo appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Iron Man 2, Ant-Man, and Captain America: Civil War. He has received four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations and two Critics' Choice Television Awards for Mad Men. He was also part of the Mad Men ensemble cast that won two SAG Awards.
In 2013, Slattery directed his first feature film, God's Pocket (2014), which he co-wrote with Alex Metcalf. The film, based on a 1983 novel of same name by Pete Dexter, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and was picked up for distribution by IFC Films.
==Early life==
Slattery was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joan (née Mulhern), a retired CPA, and John "Jack" Slattery, a leather merchant. He is one of six children. Slattery is of Irish descent and was raised Roman Catholic. He attended high school at St. Sebastian's School in Needham, Massachusetts, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Catholic University of America in 1984.
Slattery said when he was younger he loved both TV and movies, staying up late to watch them and making it very hard to wake up in the morning. As a young boy, he dreamed of being a baseball player.
==Career==
Apart from his role on Mad Men, Slattery is also known for roles such as union organizer Al Kahn on Homefront; Senator Walter Mondale in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon; as political adviser Tommy Flannigan in the HBO series K Street; guest appearances as Will Truman's brother Sam on Will & Grace; as Michael Cassidy, Amy's estranged husband, on Judging Amy; politician Bill Kelley on Sex and the City; principal Dennis Martino on Ed; and college president Peter Benedict on Jack and Bobby. In March 2007, he began a series of appearances on Desperate Housewives portraying Victor Lang, Gabrielle Solis's (Eva Longoria) second husband, until his character's death in Season 4. In December 2009, Slattery appeared on The Colbert Report in a faux commercial advertising gold.
Slattery played Paul Moore, boyfriend of Katherine Watson (portrayed by Julia Roberts) in the film Mona Lisa Smile, and he portrayed Howie in David Lindsay-Abaire's play, Rabbit Hole. He had a small part as a teacher in the film Sleepers. He also appeared as a government promoter in the Clint Eastwood feature Flags of our Fathers and as CIA official Henry Cravely in Charlie Wilson's War. He was cast as Bert Miller, father of the leading female character, in Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, and in The Adjustment Bureau played Richardson, a mid-level agent in the mysterious paranormal agency called the Bureau. Slattery narrates the audiobook version of Don DeLillo's 2007 novel Falling Man, Stephen King's 2008 psychological horror novel Duma Key, and Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms.
In 2015, Slattery portrayed journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. in the Academy Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated drama film Spotlight, and also appeared in the Netflix comedy series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, for which he earned a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series.
==Personal life==
Slattery is an avid athlete who both skis and surfs. He married actress Talia Balsam in 1998, and together they have a son, Harry.
== Filmography ==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1995	A Woman of Independent Means	Dwight 	Uncredited
1996	City Hall 	Detective George 	
1996	Hallmark Hall of Fame 	Will Kidder 	
1996	Eraser 	FBI Agent Corman 	
1996	Sleepers 	Rob Carlson 	
1997	Feds 	Michael Mancini 	
1997	My Brother's War 	Devlin 	
1997	Red Meat 	Stefan 	
1998	Harvest 	Sheriff Johnson 	
1998	The Naked Man 	Ferris 	
1998	Where's Marlowe? 	Kevin Murphy 	
2000	Traffic 	ADA Dan Collier 	
2001	Sam the Man 	Maxwell Slade 	
2002	Bad Company 	Roland Yates 	
2003	The Station Agent 	David 	
2003	Mona Lisa Smile 	Paul Moore 	
2004	Noise 	Detective Rutherford	
2004	Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights	Bert Miller 	
2006	The Situation 	Colonel Carrick 	
2006	Flags of our Fathers 	Bud Gerber 	
2007	Underdog 	Mayor 	
2007	Reservation Road 	Steve Cutter 	
2007	Charlie Wilson's War 	Cravely 	
2010	Iron Man 2 	Howard Stark 	
2011	The Adjustment Bureau 	Richardson 	
2011	Return 	Bud 	
2012	In Our Nature 	Gil 	
2013	Bluebird 	Richard 	
2015	Ted 2 	Shep Wild 	
2015	Ant-Man 	Howard Stark 	Cameo
2015	Spotlight 	Ben Bradlee Jr. 	
2016	Captain America: Civil War 	Howard Stark 	
2017	Churchill 	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Post-production
2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming 	Howard Stark 	Slattery appears in the film in a still image
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1988 	Dirty Dozen: The Series 	Pvt. Dylan Leeds 	7 episodes
1989 	Father Dowling Mysteries 	Doug 	Episode: "The Man Who Came to Dinner Mystery"
1991 	Under Cover 	Graham Parker 	Episode: "Sacrifices - Part 2"
1991 	China Beach 	Dr. Bob 	Episode: "Hello Goodbye"
1991 	Before the Storm 	Graham Parker 	Television movie
1991 	Under Cover 	Graham Parker 	Television movie
1991–1993	Homefront 	Al Kahn 	38 episodes
1995 	Ned & Stacey 	Sam 	Episode: "Threesome"
1998 	From the Earth to the Moon 	Walter Mondale 	Episode: "Apollo One"
1998 	Party of Five 	Jay Mott 	2 episodes
1998 	Becker 	Peter 	Episode: "Man Plans, God Laughs"
1998–1999	Maggie 	Dr. Richard Meyers 	11 episodes
1998 	Law & Order 	Arlen Levitt 	Episode: "Tabloid"
1999 	Will & Grace 	Sam Truman 	2 episodes
1999–2000	Judging Amy 	Michael Cassidy 	3 episodes
2000 	Sex and the City 	Bill Kelley 	2 episodes
2000 	Law & Order 	Dr. Richard Shipman 	Episode: "Stiff"
2001–2002	Ed 	Dennis Martino 	17 episodes
2002 	A Death in the Family 	Jay Follett 	Television movie
2003 	K Street 	Tommy Flannegan 	10 episodes
2004 	The Brooke Ellison Story 	Ed Ellison 	Television movie
2004–2005	Jack & Bobby 	Peter Benedict 	21 episodes
2007 	Desperate Housewives 	Victor Lang 	14 episodes
2007–2015	Mad Men 	Roger Sterling 	85 episodes
2009–2013	The Cleveland Show 	Mayor Larry Box (voice) 	3 episodes
2009 	The Colbert Report 	John Slattery (From Prescott Financial)	Episode: "Alicia Keys"
2010 	30 Rock 	Steven Austin 	Episode: "Brooklyn Without Limits"
2011 	The Simpsons 	Robert Marlowe (voice) 	Episode: "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants"
2013 	Arrested Development 	Dr. Norman 	2 episodes
2015 	Center of Attention: The Unreal Life of Derek Sanderson	Narrator 	1 episode
2015 	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp 	Claude Dumet 	6 episodes
2015 	Documentary Now! 	William H. Sebastian 	Episode: "Kunuk Uncovered"
2016 	Veep 	Charlie Baird 	6 episodes
===Theater===
Broadway		
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===Video game===
Year	Title 	Voice role
2012	Dishonored	Admiral Havelock
=== As director ===
Year 	Title 	Notes
2010–2013	Mad Men 	5 episodes
2014 	God's Pocket	Feature film
2016 	Love 	2 episodes
==Awards and nominations==
Year	Award 	Category 	Work 	Result
2008	Primetime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 	Mad Men 	
2008	Screen Actors Guild Award 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 	Mad Men 	
2008	Screen Actors Guild Award 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Desperate Housewives 	
2009	Primetime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 	Mad Men 	
2009	Screen Actors Guild Award 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 	Mad Men 	
2010	Primetime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 	Mad Men 	
2010	Screen Actors Guild Award 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 	Mad Men 	
2011	Primetime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 	Mad Men 	
2011	Critics' Choice Television Award 	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 	Mad Men 	
2011	Screen Actors Guild Award 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 	Mad Men 	
2012	Critics' Choice Television Award 	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 	Mad Men 	
2013	Screen Actors Guild Award 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 	Mad Men 	
2015	Gotham Independent Film Award 	Ensemble Performance 	Spotlight 	
2016	Screen Actors Guild Award 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 	Mad Men 	
2016	Screen Actors Guild Award 	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 	Spotlight 	
2016	Satellite Award 	Best Cast in a Motion Picture 	Spotlight 	
2016	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series 	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	
2016	Independent Spirit Award 	Robert Altman Award 	Spotlight 	
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