Jonathan Daniel Hamm (born March 10, 1971) is an American actor, director, and television producer best known for playing advertising executive Don Draper for the AMC television drama series, Mad Men (2007–2015).For much of the mid-1990s, he lived in Los Angeles, making appearances in television series Providence, The Division, What About Brian, and Related. During 2000, he made his feature movie debut in the space adventure movie Space Cowboys. The next year, he had a minor role in the independent comedy, Kissing Jessica Stein (2001). He gained wide recognition when Mad Men began broadcast during July 2007. His performance earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama during 2008 and 2016 and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series during 2015. He directed two episodes of the show. Wikipedia