John Slattery Biography

John M. Slattery Jr. (born August 13, 1962) is an American actor and director known for his role as Roger Sterling in the AMC drama series Mad Men. Slattery's other acting credits include the role of 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 and was 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 (ne 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; they have one child together, a son.

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

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	The Lisbon Traviata	Paul	Off-Broadway
1990	Mi Vida Loca	Paco	Off-Broadway
1992	The Extra Man	Daniel	Off-Broadway
1993	Laughter on the 23rd Floor	Kenny	Broadway
1995	Night and Her Stars	Charles Van Doren	Off-Broadway
1997	Three Days of Rain	Walker/Ned	Off-Broadway
2000	Betrayal	Robert	Broadway
2006	Rabbit Hole	Howie	Broadway
2016	The Front Page	Hildy Johnson	Broadway

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
2016-2017	Love	3 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2008	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Mad Men
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Mad Men
	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
	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
	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
	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Mad Men
	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
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Spotlight
	Satellite Award	Best Cast in a Motion Picture	Spotlight
	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
	Independent Spirit Award	Robert Altman Award	Spotlight