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Rich Sommer Biography

Richard Olen Sommer II (born February 2, 1978) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Harry Crane on the AMC drama series Mad Men. He is also known for his roles in the comedy-drama films The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), The Giant Mechanical Man (2012), and Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015).

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The 12 years that I was improvising are why I got the number of commercials I got when I was in New York and why I got The Devil Wears Prada, and its why I even got in the door for Mad Men.

Doors, Men, New York, Number, Years, York

My only foray into anything stock-market-related was in my eighth grade social studies class. I have steered clear ever since.

Class, Foray, Grade, Social, Steered, Study

I can juggle, not well. . . I can balance a broom on my chin. I can do very simple carny tricks, a little sleight of hand with cards and coins.

Balance, Carny, Hands, Juggle, Simple

I've certainly had less practice at fatherhood than I have at acting, but in fatherhood, at least my failures are private!

Acting, Fatherhood, Practice, Private

I'm a bit of a nerd, and my extracurricular activity is nerd games.

Activity, Extracurricular Activities, Games, Nerd

Improv definitely made me a better auditioner, without a doubt. We did do an audition semester in grad school, and that was helpful for those times that you have a script and you have a few days to prepare it, to really work on sides. But the auditions I was doing in New York, if you got it the night before, you were very lucky.

Audition, Improv, New York, Night, Prepare, School

I don't know if it's the sunshine, or the fact that I actually have a job, but I do like L. A. a lot. In New York, it can be gray and rainy and cold, and you still don't have any money, and you feel like a bad Dickens character.

Bad, Character, Gray, Jobs, Like, New York

Frankly, as much as I love to improvise, it hasn't been difficult to stick to the script on 'Mad Men. ' The writing is so precise, and the story so carefully crafted, that I don't think there's room - or need - for ad libbing. I could never come up with dialogue as lovely as these writers do, anyway.

Dialogue, Men, Story, Thinking, Writing

For the three years I lived in New York leading up to moving out to Los Angeles for 'Mad Men,' I was an office temp at Ernst & Young in Times Square. That's about as desk-jobby as it can get. There was a lot of, 'Go two floors up and make a copy of this and then bring it to me. '

Lived, Mad, Men, Moving, New York, Years

Im pretty quick to delete something off of my phone if its become obsolete. And things like RSS readers have made life easier - all of the headlines are going to be related to a topic Im interested in.

Easier, Headlines, Interested, Phones, Rss, Topics

I'm a Joseph Abboud fan. I'm a Hugo Boss fan. I'm a Brooks Brothers fan. As far as suits go, those are my go-tos.

Abboud, Boss, Brother, Brothers, Fan, Fans

I abhor 'baby talk. ' I speak to kids like I would any other person, and they seem to respond to it.

Baby, Kids, Speak, Talk

After 'Urinetown,' 'Avenue Q' and now 'Mormon,' is there an envelope remaining to be pushed?

Avenues, Envelope, Envelopes, Mormon, Pushed, Remaining

I only aim for fashion that's long dead.

Aim, Dead, Fashion, Long

Three times a year, theres Strategicon convention, and I go for the board games. It happens Presidents Day, Labor Day, and Memorial Day weekends. You go and take a look at the new board games and meet a couple of board game designers, and you can check out games you dont own from the library and then return them.

Convention, Couple, Games, Memorial Day, Weekend, Year