John Hamm has been making headlines for tying the knot with his beloved fiance-turned-wife, Anna Osceola, at Don Draper’s Yoga Retreat. Hamm is also been in the headlines for opening about him being the first choice for Gone Girl. John Hamm, originally Jonathan Daniel Hamm, was born in St.Louis, Missouri, on March 10, 1971, and is a professional American actor.
Hamms has been a part of the Hollywood industry for 27 years since he started his career back in 1997. Who doesn’t know John Hamms for his role as Don in Mad Men, a period drama released in 2007? John is the son of Daniel Hamm, manager of a family trucking company and Deborah Hamm, a secretary.
Following the completion of his high-school degree, John attended the University of Texas to gain his diploma. At the University of Texas, in November of 1990, John was a part of Sigma Nu, a fraternity house which landed him in prison after he got caught in a violent fraternity hazing incident.
John lit the jeans of a pledge in the fraternity after shoving his head in the dirt, following which he hit the pledge with a paddle near his kidney. The real problem arose after John chased the pledge across the fraternity with a hammer claw around his testicles. All this hazing done by John to the pledge led the latter to the hospital, following which he dropped out of university and John transferred to the University of Missouri.
After John completed his education, he returned to his high school to give acting lessons. John worked as a waiter while he continued to audition foe different roles. After several failed auditions John landed the role of Burt Ridley in Providence, an NBC series. John Hamms has the public image of being a sex symbol and was named as one of the sexiest men living in 2007.
As everyone says we know when we are in love and ready to settle down, and it got proven in John’s case as even though John was in a long-term relationship with Jenifer Westfeldt, he didn’t marry her but following their separation, John became committed with Anna Osceola and the two tied the knot after two years of dating. Some of John’s known work consists of Ira & Abby, Maggie Moore, Top Gun Maverick, Gilmore Girls, Charmed and Grimsburg.
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John Hamm’s Net Worth
John Hamm enjoys an estimated net worth of $45 M, most of which is contributed to his successful career as an actor. John charged $275,000 per episode for the filming of Mad Men, and at one point, his collective income for one season of Mad Men ranged between $4 M- $4.5 M.
John has an estimated salary of $4M annually and $0.3 M on a monthly basis. John’s net worth increased significantly from $30 M in 2018 to $50 M in 2023. John co-owns a penthouse with his ex-partner Jennifer Westfeldt in Manhattan worth $2.45M, which was later put on rent after the couple went their separate way. In Los Feliz, John owns a four-bedroom house worth $3.75 M.
John is set to sign a contract with Mercedes Benz to cover several advertisements that will be worth $15 M to 25M. If John is to sign the alleged contract his yearly income will increase by $3 M – 5 M. Apart from his career as an actor, John also works as a professional voice actor, which supplements his income and net worth.
John has collaborated with brands like H&M and American Airlines. John is the co-founder of Point West Pictures, a production company. John Hamm keeps his personal life under wraps thus the actor doesn’t have an Instagram account to keep his fans updated on the events of his life.
A part of John’s net worth is supplemented from the commercials he has worked in including the Super Bowl Commercial in 2023. John had worked in the commercial for Hellmann Mayonnaise.
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