Rich Sommer

Biography

Rich Sommer (Richard Olen Sommer II, born February 2, 1978, Toledo, Ohio) is an American actor who was raised in Stillwater, Minnesota, where he attended Stillwater Area High School. He earned a BA in Theater from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where he founded the improv group Slush Puppies, then studied improvisation at the Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis before earning an MFA in Acting from the joint Case Western Reserve University / Cleveland Play House program in 2004. He also trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York. His breakthrough came when he was cast at the last minute as Harry Crane on Mad Men (2007–2015), a role spanning 92 episodes for which the ensemble cast won two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He also voiced Henry in the 2016 video game Firewatch and has been a recurring guest on The George Lucas Talk Show. He is married to actress Virginia Donohoe, whom he met during graduate studies; they married on August 13, 2005, and have two children, Beatrice (born 2008) and Patrick Ryan (born 2010). His notable film credits include The Devil Wears Prada (2006) (Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) (Kimberly Sturdivant, Andy Samberg), The Giant Mechanical Man (2012) (Topher Grace, Zoe Kazan), Fairhaven (2012) (Sarah Paulson, Chris Messina), Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015) (Sally Field, Andy Samberg), LBJ (2016) (Mark Ruffalo, Matthew McConaughey), Summer of 84 (2018) (Sophia Lillis, Barry Pepper), A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018) (James Franco, Chris Parnell), King Richard (2021) (Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis), Fair Play (2023) (Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich), BlackBerry (2023) (Glen Powell, Tatum McCrae), Everything to Me (2024) (Kaley Cuoco, Michael Cudlitz), and Tony (2026) (Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas). On television he is best known for Mad Men (2007–2015), with additional appearances in The Office (2008), Elementary, GLOW (2017), Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017), The Dropout (2022), Minx (2022), and Suits: L.A. (2025).