Don Draper
Role: Creative Director, Sterling Cooper
AKA: Dick Whitman Played by: Jon Hamm Jon Hamm met his wife, Anna Osceola on the set of Mad Men, when she had a role in the final episode. Related to: Betty Draper Megan Calvet Anna Draper Sally Draper Bobby Draper Gene Draper Archibald Whitman Adam Whitman Abigail Whitman First Appearance: S1E1 - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Final Appearance: S7E13 - Person to Person |
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Low Moments
There are so many low moments for Don Draper we had to just choose this one or it would take over the website.
Sending Adam away to stay out of his life S1E5: 5G
There is also "scandalizing his child" and lying to her, being willing to leave his kids to run away with Rachel, all of the cheating, lying, and gaslighting with Betty - not least of which is blaming her for Roger's indecency or getting information from her psychiatrist behind her back, his treatment of Faye, Alison, and Sal, professional harm on numerous occasions (forcing Pete to pull out of American Airlines, forcing the hiring of Danny after the drunken Life Cereal pitch, publishing the letter without consulting his partners, being petty about Roger and keeping him separate from Hilton, abandoning Pete in L.A.), making a pass at Stephanie, cruelty to Peggy and taking her for granted on multiple occasions, cheating on Megan and not joining her or telling her he was free from his job after she quit her New York acting job and moved to L.A., his reluctance to appreciate or be involved in his family (no birthday cake), assuming Don Draper's identity and not being honest with Betty, and his general indifference to people around him unless they provide value or momentarily intrigue him.
Memorable Moments
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Don Draper - Quotes
"Advertising is based on one thing: happiness." - Kodak presentation, S1E13: The Wheel
"Get out of here and move forward. This never happened. It will shock you how much it never happened." - to Peggy S2E5: The New Girl
"I keep going to a lot of places and ending up somewhere I've already been." - to Shelly, S3E1: Out of Town
"If you don't like what's being said, change the conversation." - at the Madison Square Garden meeting, S3E2: Love Among the Ruins
Peggy: What if I say no? You'll never speak to me again. Don: No. I'll spend the rest of my life trying to hire you. S3E13: Shut the Door, Have a Seat
"So I walked into Lane Pryce's office and I said, 'Fire us.'" S4E1: Public Relations
"Get out of here and move forward. This never happened. It will shock you how much it never happened." - to Peggy S2E5: The New Girl
"I keep going to a lot of places and ending up somewhere I've already been." - to Shelly, S3E1: Out of Town
"If you don't like what's being said, change the conversation." - at the Madison Square Garden meeting, S3E2: Love Among the Ruins
Peggy: What if I say no? You'll never speak to me again. Don: No. I'll spend the rest of my life trying to hire you. S3E13: Shut the Door, Have a Seat
"So I walked into Lane Pryce's office and I said, 'Fire us.'" S4E1: Public Relations
Quotes to and about Don Draper
"That is a very sensitive piece of horse flesh!" - Pete Campbell
"I hope she knows you only like the beginnings of things." - Faye Miller S4E13: Tomorrowland
"You're a coward. You don't want to run away with me. You just want to run away." - Rachel Menken S1E12: Nixon vs. Kennedy
"I don't say this easily, but you are not a good person." - Alison
"The only thing keeping you from being happy is the belief that you're alone." - Anna Draper S2E12: The Mountain King
"I never expect him to be anything other than what he is." - Peggy Olson, to Bobbie Barrett S2E5: The New Girl
"You have everything. And so much of it." - Peggy, S3E5: The Fog
"I hope she knows you only like the beginnings of things." - Faye Miller S4E13: Tomorrowland
"You're a coward. You don't want to run away with me. You just want to run away." - Rachel Menken S1E12: Nixon vs. Kennedy
"I don't say this easily, but you are not a good person." - Alison
"The only thing keeping you from being happy is the belief that you're alone." - Anna Draper S2E12: The Mountain King
"I never expect him to be anything other than what he is." - Peggy Olson, to Bobbie Barrett S2E5: The New Girl
"You have everything. And so much of it." - Peggy, S3E5: The Fog
Resources and articles about Don Draper
The Genius of Mad Men: How Don Draper Tells His Own Story to Create Meaning from Nothing by Phil Rosen - discussion includes seasons 1- 4
Mad Men Was Never About Don Draper by Jack Connolly, the Michigan Daily - the author erroneously refers to S4E1 as "Modern Love" instead of "Public Relations," but it's still an interesting read
The Genius of Mad Men: How Don Draper Tells His Own Story to Create Meaning from Nothing by Phil Rosen - discussion includes seasons 1- 4
Mad Men Was Never About Don Draper by Jack Connolly, the Michigan Daily - the author erroneously refers to S4E1 as "Modern Love" instead of "Public Relations," but it's still an interesting read
You may also have seen Jon Hamm in:
Your Friends and Neighbors
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Landman
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Fargo, Season 5
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