Rich Sommer

Rich Sommer Biography

Richard Olen Sommer II (born February 2, 1978 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Harry Crane on the AMC series Mad Men.

Career

Sommer's best-known film role was as Anne Hathaway's friend Doug in the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada. He has appeared in commercials for companies such as Bud Light, Nextel, and Sprint and in 2009, he appeared in an episode of Law & Order.

Sommer has a regular supporting role on AMC's television series Mad Men as Harry Crane, a media buyer who becomes head of the television department in a 1960s Madison Avenue ad agency. He can be seen in ImprovEverywhere's viral video "Frozen Grand Central"., and on September 25, 2008, Sommer appeared as a guest star on the television series The Office. On August 7, 2011, Sommer guest starred as a veterinarian on Curb Your Enthusiasm, and in May 2012, he began performances in the Roundabout Theatre's production of Harvey on Broadway.

Personal life

Sommer was born in Toledo, Ohio and raised in Stillwater, Minnesota where he attended Oakland Junior High School and went on to Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where he majored in theater and sang in the The Concordia Choir. He studied improv work at the Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis and started an improv group, the Slush Puppies, in Moorhead. He received his MFA in acting from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Sommer returned to the school in 2006 to teach icebreakers to law students, and again in 2008 to do an improv workshop with undergraduate theatre students.

He lives in Los Angeles with his family. He and his wife Virginia have a daughter, Beatrice (born 2008), and a son, Patrick Ryan (born August 31, 2010). He maintained a blog at Vox, which he began using as a beta tester. He is a keen board gamer.

Filmography

Death 4 Told (2004)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
The Office (2006, Alex - two episodes: 2, 7)
Mad Men (2007"present)
Pose Down (2007)
Law & Order (two episodes: 2007, 2009)
Ugly Betty (2010, guest appearance as Jimmy)
Burn Notice (2010, Season 4, Episode 1 - "Friends and Enemies", guest appearance as Winston)
C.S.I. (2011, Season 11, Episode 11 - "Man Up", guest appearance as Scott Horan)
Nikita (2011, Season 1, Episode 21 - "Betrayals", as Malcom Mitchell)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2011, Season 8, Episode 5, guest appearance as a veterinarian)
Celeste and Jesse Forever
The Giant Mechanical Man (2012)
Tabletop (2013)

Videogames

L.A. Noire (2011)

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