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My Take
Aaron Staton is, to me, a textbook case of range earning respect over flash. Carnegie Mellon training, a memorable run as Ken Cosgrove on Mad Men with back-to-back ensemble awards, and then a lead turn in L.A. Noire that drew a BAFTA nomination, proving he can carry a story in pixels as well as in front of a camera. Actors who move fluently between stage, screen, and games are rarer than people assume. I am drawn to performers who win loyalty through sheer technique rather than spectacle, and Staton feels like one of those steady, undervalued talents.
Overview
Aaron Staton (born August 10, 1980) is an American actor. He played Ken Cosgrove on the AMC series Mad Men (2007–15) and Cole Phelps in the video game L.A. Noire (2011), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Performer.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Aaron Staton
- Name (Japanese)
- アーロン・スタトン
- Reading
- あーろん・すたとん
- Born
- August 10, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Monkey
- Origin
- Huntington, West Virginia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Carnegie Mellon University
Awards & achievements
- 2009 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
- 2010 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Stage actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.