'Mad Men' Cast: Where Are They Now?

'Mad Men'

It’s been almost a decade since the final episode of Mad Men wrapped up on an unforgettable closing moment, as incorrigible ad man Don Draper (Jon Hamm) seemingly found inner peace at a meditation retreat—and dreamed up a game-changing campaign for Coca Cola while he was at it. Initially an under-the-radar period drama running on a network that most TV viewers hadn’t heard of, the sumptuously detailed, character-driven AMC series became one of the defining shows of the “Peak TV” era. Over the course of seven seasons, Mad Men chronicled the shifting fortunes of an ad agency and its employees in 1960s New York, exploring the dynamics of gender and power in the workplace against a backdrop of a rapidly changing America.

Here’s a rundown of what the major cast members have been doing since the show ended and where they are now.

Mad Men Cast: Where Are They Now?

Jon Hamm (Don Draper)

After many years of struggling to make it in Hollywood, working as a waiter in between bit parts in movies, Hamm scored the career-redefining role of Don Draper. "I was on the bottom of everyone's list,” Hamm has said of his industry status at the time when he auditioned for the role, but that all changed as the show rapidly gathered buzz.

After finally winning a long-awaited Emmy for Mad Men’s final season, Hamm has gone on to star in movies including Baby Driver (2017), Bad Times At The El Royale (2018) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). He’s also continued to work regularly in TV, starring as an Elon Musk-esque billionaire in the third season of The Morning Show on Apple TV+, and the black-hearted Sheriff Roy Tillman in Season 5 of FX’s Fargo.

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Elisabeth Moss (Peggy Olson)

Moss was one of the more experienced TV actors in the show’s original cast, having played the president’s daughter Zoey Bartlet in all seven seasons of The West Wing. Her Mad Men character Peggy Olson goes on one of the show’s most satisfying character journeys, transforming from a timid secretary into Don’s protégé before ultimately surpassing him.

Moss has since been dubbed “the Queen of Peak TV”, thanks to her unnerving knack for picking juicy roles in widely acclaimed series. She played a hardened detective in Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake, and since 2017 has starred as June Osborne in Hulu’s sprawling adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale. She has also appeared in movies including Us (2019) and The Invisible Man (2020). She'll next appear in the miniseries The Veil on FX for Hulu.

January Jones (Betty Draper)

After originally auditioning to play Peggy, Jones was cast as Don’s wife Betty Draper, whose cloistered life in the suburbs becomes increasingly unbearable throughout the show’s early seasons. Prior to the show, she had appeared in a number of comedies including American Pie 3: The Wedding (2003) and Love Actually (2003).

While Mad Men was airing, Jones continued to act in movies, playing the role of Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class (2011). Her biggest role since the show ended was in the post-apocalyptic TV comedy show The Last Man On Earth, in which she was a series regular.

Christina Hendricks (Joan Holloway)

Hendricks had appeared in a handful of TV shows prior to being cast as Joan Holloway, but as was the case for many of her co-stars, the show launched her to prominence. During the show’s run, she had a significant role in Nicolas Winding Refn’s dreamy action thriller Drive (2011), and reunited with her co-star Ryan Gosling in his 2014 directorial debut Lost River. More recently, Hendricks starred in the NBC crime comedy series Good Girls alongside Mae Whitman and Retta, playing one of a trio of suburban moms who become wrapped up in a criminal enterprise. Her most recent credit is in the Apple TV+ show The Buccaneers, and on the personal front, she tied the knot with her fiancé, George Bianchini, in April, after a year-long engagement.

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Vincent Kartheiser (Pete Campbell)

Before being cast as the calculating Pete Campbell, Kartheiser had a memorable role on the fourth season of cult classic series Angel (a spinoff of Buffy the Vampire Slayer), where he played the semi-demonic son of the title character. Since Mad Men ended, he’s made appearances in shows including Hulu’s The Path and HBO Max’s Titans.

John Slattery (Roger Sterling)

Slattery was a veteran actor by the time he was cast as the wry Roger Sterling, having appeared in movies including The Station Agent (2003), Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Revolutionary Road (2007). Since Mad Men, he’s appeared as Howard Stark in a number of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, and played journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. in 2016’s Oscar Best Picture winner Spotlight. He and Hamm also reunited in the 2022 crime comedy movie Confess, Fletch, in a scene Vulture described as “joyfully perfect.”

Kiernan Shipka (Sally Draper)

Shipka was just 7 years old when she was originally cast as Sally Draper, Don and Betty’s long-suffering daughter. As Shipka matured over the seasons and Sally was given more and more to do, her screen presence became clear. “I got really lucky as a kid,” she has told Page Six of her experience on the show. “Just to be trusted with the performance and not really doubted. And I think in turn, I just didn’t really doubt myself and I found my abilities in ways that I might not have if they were stifled or people tried to shape or shift them in some kind of way.”

A few years after Mad Men wrapped, Shipka was cast in the lead role of Sabrina Spellman in Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. She’s also appeared in the Ryan Murphy-produced biographical drama Feud: Betty and Joan (2017), and the star-studded HBO series White House Plumbers (2023).

Jessica Paré (Megan Calvet)

Paré joined the show in its fourth season, playing the initially peripheral role of new SCDP secretary Megan Calvet, who went on to become the second Mrs. Don Draper. Her legendary performance of “Zou Bisou Bisou” remains one of the show’s most iconic moments. Since Mad Men, Paré has had a starring role in the CBS military drama series SEAL Team, playing a CIA liaison.

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