 He was cast as Bert Miller, father of the leading female character, in "", and in "The Adjustment Bureau" played Richardson, a mid-level agent in the mysterious paranormal agency called the Bureau.Slattery narrates the audiobook versions of Don DeLillo's 2007 novel "Falling Man", Stephen King's 2008 psychological horror novel "Duma Key", and Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel "A Farewell to Arms".In 2015, Slattery portrayed journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. in the Academy Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated drama film "Spotlight", and also appeared in the Netflix comedy series "", for which he earned a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series.