He played Ken Cosgrove on the AMC series Mad Men (2007–15)[2][3] and Cole Phelps in the video game L.A. Noire (2011),[4] for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Performer.

He met actress Connie Fletcher during their high school years while performing in community theater.

[6] Staton won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2008 and 2009 with the cast of Mad Men.

He has made appearances on shows such as 7th Heaven, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Without a Trace.

He performed extensive facial capture and voice acting for the video game L.A. Noire, in which he plays protagonist Cole Phelps.