Jon Hamm is one of the great actors from the United States. He is also the director and the producer. The 47 years old actor is popular in the world for portraying his role in the famous television series Mad Men and for the movie Baby Driver.
Jon Hamm's early life
Jon Hamm was from the higher class family born as Jonathan Daniel Hamm on the 10th of March, 1971 in St. Louis, Missouri, the United States of America to Deborah Hamm and Daniel Hamm. His family owned their own business. He is an American and is of diverse descent.
He received his formal education from John Burroughs School and then he joined the University of Texas but there he had one of the sad incidents in his life. He was arrested and his father also died when he was there.
He also had some difficulties to begin his acting career as he looked older than he really was.
Jon Hamm's career
He got his first acting role only in 2000 and that was in the television series Providence.
Jon Hamm gained worldwide recognition after appearing in the TV show Mad Men, for which he has also won a Golden Globe in the category of Best Actor in a Television Series.
In the series, he has acted alongside actors like Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, and Christina Hendricks.
Apart from that Jon Hamm has also acted in films like The Town, Bridesmaids and Sucker Punch, featuring Emily Browning and Vanessa Hudgens.
Jon Hamm's personal life (married and divorced)
Jon Hamm had a long term relationship with Jennifer Westfeldt. She is also one of the renowned actresses in the United States and she has also established herself as a screenwriter.
They began dating each other from 1997. In the course of love affairs, they also started living together on their own home. Though they didn't get married they felled like they were married as they were together for a shy of two decades.
But recently in September 2015, they revealed that they finally called off their relationship.
Jon Hamm's net worth and salary
His net worth is rumored to be around $30 million. For his role in Mad Men, his salary was $275,000 for each episode.
Jon Hamm has also been part of major blockbuster movies like Shrek Forever After and Minions which had estimated earnings of $752.6 million and $1.159 billion respectively.