Early life and education

Sommer was born in Toledo, Ohio, and raised in Stillwater, Minnesota, where he was educated at Oakland Junior High School and Stillwater Area High School. He then went on to attend Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where he majored in theater and sang in The Concordia Choir. Sommer studied improvisation at the Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, and started an improv group, the Slush Puppies, in Moorhead. In 2004, he received his Master of Fine Arts in acting from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Sommer returned to the school in 2006 to teach icebreakers to law students, and again in 2008 to do an improv workshop with undergraduate theatre students.

Career

Sommer's most notable film role to date is as Anne Hathaway's friend Doug in the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada. He has appeared in commercials for companies such as Bud Light, Nextel, and Sprint.

From 2007 until its ending in 2015, Sommer maintained a regular role on AMC's period drama series Mad Men as Harry Crane, a media buyer who becomes head of the television department in a 1960s Madison Avenue ad agency. In 2008, Sommer appeared as a guest star in two episodes of NBC's mockumentary sitcom series The Office, portraying the role of Alex. In 2010, he played Jimmy Wilson in a guest appearance on Ugly Betty.

In 2011, Sommer guest starred in two episodes of The CW's drama-thriller series Nikita as electrical engineer and CIA consultant Malcolm Mitchell. The following year, he co-starred with Bob Odenkirk and Jenna Fischer in the romantic comedy film The Giant Mechanical Man. In May 2012, he began performances of the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Harvey on Broadway, co-starring alongside Jim Parsons. Also that same year, he guest starred in NBC's police procedural series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Boyd Hartwell.

On March 1, 2014, it was reported that Sommer had been cast in the CBS pilot Good Session; however, the network later declined to pick up the project to series. In November 2014, Sommer reprised his role as Harlan Emple in an episode of CBS' procedural drama series Elementary, after guest starring as the character in an episode the previous year. From February 2 to March 13, 2016, Sommer will star in the Off-Broadway revival of Sam Shepard's play Buried Child, alongside Ed Harris and Amy Madigan. In 2016, he will co-star in Rob Reiner's biopic LBJ as Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, in a cast including Woody Harrelson in the title role.

Personal life

Sommer lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Virginia Donohoe, whom he married on August 13, 2005. Together, the couple have a daughter, Beatrice Grace (born 2008), and a son, Patrick Ryan (born August 31, 2010).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Death 4 Told	Donnie	Segment: "Folklore"
2006	The Devil Wears Prada	Doug
2007	Pose Down	Fred	Video
2010	Radio Free Albemuth	FBI Agent #2	Cameo
2012	Celeste and Jesse Forever	Max
2012	The Giant Mechanical Man	Brian
2012	Fairhaven	Sam
2015	Hello, My Name Is Doris	Robert
2015	My Name Is David	His GRE Student
2016	LBJ	Pierre Salinger	Filming
2016	Girlfriend's Day	Buddy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Law & Order	Mike Scholl	Episode: "Talking Points"
2007-15	Mad Men	Harry Crane	80 episodes
2008	Without a Trace	Will Herring	Episode: "Article 32"
2008	The Office	Alex	2 episodes
2009	Law & Order	Zach Marshall	Episode: "Doped"
2009	The Storm	Dr. Jack Hoffman	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2010	Ugly Betty	Jimmy Wilson	Episode: "Fire and Nice"
2010	Burn Notice	Winston	Episode: "Friends and Enemies"
2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Scott Horan	Episode: "Man Up"
2011	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Veterinarian	Episode: "Vow of Silence"
2011	Nikita	Malcolm Mitchell	2 episodes
2012	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Boyd Hartwell	Episode: "Valentine's Day"
2013-14	Elementary	Harlan Emple	2 episodes
2014	The League	Freddie Mandino	Episode: "The Beach House"
2015	The Simpsons	Young Man (voice)	Episode: "My Fare Lady"
2015	Regular Show	Various (voice)	5 episodes
2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Agent Bill Ritz	Episode: "Skylar Astin Wears Blue Jeans and Weathered Brown Desert Boots"
2015	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Graham	Miniseries; 6 episodes
2015	Playing House	Brian	Episode: "Sleepless in Pinebrook"
2016	Love	Dustin	Episode: "Party in the Hills"
2016	Last Week Tonight	Apple Engineer	Episode: Season 3, episode 4, FBI-Apple encryption dispute segment

Other credits

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	L.A. Noire	John Cunningham	Voice and motion capture
2016	Firewatch	Henry	Voice

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Harvey	Duane Wilson	Roundabout Theatre Company, Broadway
2013	The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin	Chris Wyatt	Roundabout Theatre Company, Off-Broadway
2016	Buried Child	Bradley	The New Group, Off-Broadway

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
2007	Satellite Awards	Best Cast - Television Series	Mad Men	Won
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
2008				Won
2009				Won
2010				Nominated
2012				Nominated
2015				Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]