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John Slattery

Highest Rated: 98% Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)

Lowest Rated: 10% Bad Company (2002)

Birthday: Aug 13, 1962

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

A well-respected and prolific stage actor throughout the 1990s, John Slattery broke into screen acting at the end of the 1980s and endured several failed series and guest spots in television movies and the occasional feature film. 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, 2004-2012) 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 widely-recognized character, playing the hard-drinking, chain-smoking philanderer and advertising executive Roger Sterling on "Mad Men" (AMC, 2007-2015). Exuding a devil-may-care attitude and old school charm, Slattery's performance earned him considerable acclaim and status as one of the show's favorite characters. Because of his newfound prominence, Slattery was rewarded with supporting turns in big movies like "Iron Man 2" (2010) and a profile that was finally on the rise.

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Highest rated movies

98% 90% Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Watchlist
97% 93% Spotlight Watchlist 86% 74% Confess, Fletch Watchlist 83% 85% Ant-Man Watchlist
83% 43% Return
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82% 73% Charlie Wilson's War
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79% 45% Bluebird
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76% 69% Flags of Our Fathers Watchlist 72% 71% Iron Man 2 Watchlist
72% 67% The Adjustment Bureau
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
51% 65% Maggie Moore(s) Director,
Producer
- 2023
86% 74% Confess, Fletch Frank (Character) $711.6M 2022
49% 54% Churchill Dwight Eisenhower (Character) $1.3M 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Power's War Narrator - 2015
97% 93% Spotlight Ben Bradlee Jr. (Character) $45.0M 2015
83% 85% Ant-Man Howard Stark (Character) $180.2M 2015
45% 50% Ted 2 Shep Wild (Character) $81.3M 2015
36% 34% God's Pocket Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
$104.4K 2014
79% 45% Bluebird Richard (Character) - 2013
98% 90% Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God Unknown (Voice) - 2012
47% 36% In Our Nature Gil (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Follow Me Down: Portraits of Louisiana Prison Musicians Cinematographer - 2012
83% 43% Return Bud (Character) - 2011
72% 67% The Adjustment Bureau Richardson (Character) $62.5M 2011
72% 71% Iron Man 2 Howard Stark (Character) $312.1M 2010
82% 73% Charlie Wilson's War Cravely (Character) $66.6M 2007
14% 42% Underdog Mayor (Character) $43.8M 2007
76% 69% Flags of Our Fathers Bud Gerber (Character) $33.6M 2006
No Score Yet 75% The Brooke Ellison Story Ed Ellison (Character) - 2004
23% 73% Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Bert Miller (Character) $14.1M 2004
33% 60% Mona Lisa Smile Paul Moore (Character) $63.7M 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection Unknown (Character) - 2003
10% 35% Bad Company Roland Yates (Character) $30.2M 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Death in the Family Jay Follet (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Catch a Falling Star Ben Cameron (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 20% Sam the Man Maxwell Slade (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 29% Harvest Sheriff Bill Johnson (Character) - 1999
18% 56% Where's Marlowe? Kevin Murphy (Character) $6.0K 1998
20% 37% The Naked Man Burns (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lily Dale Will Kidder (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 0% Red Meat Stefan (Character) - 1996
43% 40% Eraser FBI Agent Corman (Character) $101.3M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Under Cover Graham Parker (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dirty Dozen: The Series Pvt. Dylan Leeds (Character) - 1988

TV

Credit
89% 79% What If...? Howard Stark (Voice) 2023
95% 65% The Good Fight Lyle Bettencourt (Character) 2022
64% 68% NEXT Paul LeBlanc (Character) 2020
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2015 2020
96% 69% Mrs. America Fred Schlafly (Character) 2020
69% 66% Modern Love Dennis (Character) 2019
49% 63% The Romanoffs Daniel Reese (Character) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Real Mad Men of Advertising Narrator 2017
No Score Yet 12% The View Guest 2015-2016
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2016
93% 90% Veep Charlie Baird (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2016
95% 86% Documentary Now! Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
94% 96% Mad Men Roger Sterling (Character),
Director
2007-2010 2012-2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Call With Carson Daly Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tavis Smiley Guest 2014
75% 85% Arrested Development Doctor Norman (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet 64% The Cleveland Show Mayor Box (Guest Voice) 2011-2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inside the Actors Studio Guest 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2012
85% 76% The Simpsons Robert Marlowe (Guest Voice) 2011
78% 92% 30 Rock Steven Austin (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2008
72% 89% Desperate Housewives Victor Lang (Guest Star) 2007
88% No Score Yet Jack & Bobby Peter Benedict (Character) 2004-2005
54% No Score Yet K Street Tommy Flannegan (Character) 2003
67% No Score Yet Homefront Al Kahn (Character) 1991-1993 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ed Unknown (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2001-2002
70% 80% Sex and the City Bill Kelley (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Unknown (Guest Star) 1998 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Judging Amy Unknown (Guest Star) 1999-2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Maggie Dr. Richard meyers (Character) 1998-1999
No Score Yet 88% Will & Grace Sam Truman (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet 96% Becker Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet 90% Party of Five Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet 83% From the Earth to the Moon Walter Mondale (Character) 1998