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John Slattery

John Slattery

4 films · 264 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20002022

Born 13 August 1962 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

John M. Slattery, Jr. is an American actor and director, best known for his roles as Roger Sterling on AMC's series Mad Men, Frank Jaffe in Confess, Fletch, Howard Stark (Tony Stark's father) in the Marvel movie series, Paul LeBlanc on FOX's NEXT, Dwight Eisenhower in Churchill, Lyle Bettencourt on CBS's The Good Fight, Richardson in The Adjustment Bureau, Cravely in Charlie Wilson's War, Bud Gerber in Flags of Our Fathers, Peter Benedict on WB's Jack & Bobby, Roland Yates in Bad Company, Dr. Richard Meyers on Lifetime's sitcom Maggie, FBI Agent Corman in Eraser, and Al Kahn on ABC's Homefront.

He has been married to actress Talia Balsam since 1998 and they have a son, Henry.

How their films are shot

Measured across 264 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work John takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 43% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work John takes.

Time of day

Night43%
Day39%
Interior12%
Golden hour4%

Lighting

Low key45%
Natural40%
High key13%

Shot size

Medium56%
Wide20%
Closeup14%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level87%
High angle7%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral70%
Tense19%
Lonely6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 264 frames from John Slattery's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.