John Slattery

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Biography

Recurring roles on a string of high-profile programs like "Will and Grace" (NBC, 1998-2006), "Sex and the City" (HBO, 1998-2004), "Ed" (NBC, 2000-04) and "Desperate Housewives" (ABC, 2004- ) made him a casting agent's go-to for flinty and occasionally unyielding authority figures. Appearances in major motion pictures like "Traffic" (2000), "Flags of Our Fathers" (2006) and "Charlie Wilson's War" (2007) preceded perhaps his most …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

John M Slattery on August 13, 1962 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Career Milestones

2011

Nominated for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

2011

Cast in the science fiction thriller "The Adjustment Bureau"

2010

Had a small role as Howard Stark, Tony's father in Jon Favreau's "Iron Man 2"

2007

Co-starred as advertising executive Roger Sterling opposite Jon Hamm on AMC's "Mad Men"; made TV directorial debut on a 2010 episode

2007

Played an unlikable CIA boss in Mike Nichols' "Charlie Wilson's War"

2007

Landed recurring role on ABC's "Desperate Housewives" as Victor Lang, a politician and love interest for Gabriella (Eva Longoria)

2006

Cast in Clint Eastwood's WWII drama "Flags of Our Fathers"

2004

Cast as Peter Benedict on the short-lived drama series "Jack & Bobby" (The WB)

2004

Played the father in the film "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights"

2003

Starred as Tommy Flanegan on the HBO satire series "K Street"

2003

Featured in "The Station Agent"

2002

Cast in the film "Bad Company"

2001

Had a recurring role as Dennis Martino on the NBC comedy "Ed"

2000

Returned to Broadway, co-starring with Liev Schreiber and Juliette Binoche in "Betrayal"

2000

Guest starred as a politician with kinky sex habits romancing Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie on "Sex and the City" (HBO)

2000

Starred opposite Sela Ward as a steelworker romancing a movie actress in "To Catch a Falling Star" (CBS)

1999

Portrayed Amy's estranged (later divorced) husband in the CBS drama series "Judging Amy"

1999

Played Will's brother on a memorable two-part episode of "Will & Grace" (NBC)

1998

Cast as a goofy but sexy veterinarian in the Lifetime comedy series "Maggie"

1998

Portrayed Senator Walter Mondale in the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon"

1997

Played both a father and his own son in Richard Greenberg's off-Broadway "Three Days of Rain"

1996

Cast opposite Mary Stuart Masterson in the Hallmark Hall of Fame's adaptation of Horton Foote's "Lily Dale"

1996

Made feature film debut in "City Hall"

1995

Portrayed Charles Van Doren in Richard Greenberg's off-Broadway play "Night and Her Stars"

1995

Featured in the NBC miniseries "A Woman of Independent Means"

1993

Broadway debut as a comedy writer in Neil Simon's acclaimed "Laughter on the 23rd Floor"; again teamed with Nathan Lane

1991

Cast as union organizer Al Kahn in the World War II-era drama "Homefront" (ABC)

1991

Appeared in Richard Greenberg's play "The Extra Man"

1991

Cast in the short-lived ABC spy drama "Under Cover"

1989

Made stage debut opposite Nathan Lane in Terrence McNally's "The Lisbon Traviata"

1988

TV series debut as a regular, "The Dirty Dozen: The Series" (Fox)

Raised outside of Boston, MA in Newton and Wellesley

Awards

2011

Critics' Choice TV Award for BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES in Mad Men

2011

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in Mad Men

2010

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Mad Men

2010

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in Mad Men

2009

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Mad Men

2009

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in Mad Men

2008

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Desperate Housewives

2008

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Mad Men

2008

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in Mad Men