Jon Hamm is the latest actor to join Taylor Sheridan’s new series Landman, which recently started production in and around Fort Worth.
Hamm will appear in a regular guest star role in the show about West Texas oil rigs. He’ll play Monty Miller, a Texas oil baron who has a history with Tommy Norris, played by Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton.
Other cast members include Demi Moore, Ali Larter, Michelle Randolph, Jacob Lofland, Kayla Wallace, James Jordan, Mark Collie and Paulina Chávez.
Landman started filming earlier this month, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, with scenes shot on Texas Christian University’s campus as recently as Thursday. Weeks earlier, a casting agency rounded up students and alumni to appear.
The show created by Sheridan, a Weatherford resident, along with Christian Wallace is based on the 11-part podcast Boomtown from Texas Monthly. Paramount+ describes Landman as a story about “roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom so big, it’s reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics.”
Hamm broke out in 2007 as Don Draper on AMC’s immortal series Mad Men. His role as the no-nonsense advertising executive won him an Emmy and two Golden Globes.
He’s stayed busy ever since, hosting Saturday Night Live three times and picking up Emmy nominations for his appearances on 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Last year, he starred in the fifth season of Fargo for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. He also appears on Apple TV+’s The Morning Show and Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens.
Last week, Demi Moore joined the cast of Landman as Cami, described as the wife of a powerful Texas oilman and a friend of Thornton’s character.
The show is the latest in Sheridan’s ever-growing portfolio of mostly Western titles, which now spans 1923, 1883, Special Ops: Lioness, Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King and Lawmen: Bass Reeves on Paramount+.
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