Mad Men’s cast is full of incredibly great actors playing deeply complicated characters, from Jon Hamm to Elisabeth Moss.
Almost every important character is involved in ad*lterous affairs, unethical backroom dealings, and the pervasive spread of secondhand smoke. Mad Men is a subversively action-free show focusing on the evil executives of a New York advertising business in the 1960s.
Whereas The Sopranos and Breaking Bad could rely on mob ki!!ings and rail robberies to keep viewers interested, Mad Men had to rely solely on its characters and their interpersonal difficulties.
The cast of Mad Men earned two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series over the course of seven critically acclaimed seasons.
Many Mad Men’s cast members were nominated for Emmys and Golden Globes for their respective performances; some even won.
The writers imagined a cast of rich, three-dimensional people, and the model brought them to life. Some of television’s most prolific actors deliver nuanced performances in Mad Men.
Jon Hamm As Don Draper
Dick Whitman is his real name, and he stole his identity from his commanding officer during the Korean War. For his performance on Mad Men, Hamm received an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The actor has played scene-stealing supporting characters in films such as Bridesmaids, Baby Driver, and the superior sequel Top Gun: Maverick.
Elisabeth Moss As Peggy Olson
Moss has been called “The Queen of Peak TV” by Vulture for her roles in Mad Men and other well-known TV series. Moss previously starred in The West Wing as Zoey Bartlet, President Josiah Bartlet’s youngest daughter, and then as June Osborne in Hulu’s widespread TV adaption of The Handmaid’s Tale, for which she won two Emmys.
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John Slattery As Roger Sterling
He played journalist Ben Bradlee, Jr. in the Best Picture-winning picture Spotlight and Tony Stark’s father, Howard, in multiple Marvel Cinematic Universe films.
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Christina Hendricks As Joan Holloway
By the end of the series, she has advanced to the rank of junior partner. Joan spent the whole series having an on-again, off-again relationship with Roger. Between seasons 2 and 3, she married Dr. Greg Harris, but the marriage dissolved when he went to Vietnam.
For her role in Mad Men, Hendricks got six Emmy nods. She also appeared as a supporting actress in Drive, Ginger & Rosa, and Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut Lost River.