John Slattery

John Slattery
Slattery on September 17, 2008
Born	John M. Slattery, Jr. (1962-08-13) August 13, 1962 (age 54) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	Catholic University of America, BFA 1984
Occupation	Actor, director
Years active	1989–present
Spouse(s)	Talia Balsam (m. 1998)
Children	Harry Slattery (b. 1999)

John M. Slattery, Jr. (born August 13, 1962) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his role as Roger Sterling in the AMC drama series Mad Men and for his role as 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. He was also 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.

Slattery was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joan (née 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.