Roger Sterling

Role: Partner at Sterling Cooper and SCDP

Played by: John Slattery
Married to Talia Balsam, who plays Mona Sterling

Related to:  Mona Sterling   Jane Siegel
Margaret Sterling

First Appearance: S1E1 - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Final Appearance: S7E13 - Person to Person

Low Moments

Grabbing Betty after forcing himself over for dinner, and then apologizing to Don about it.
S1E7: Red in the Face

Not telling the other partners that Lucky Strike was leaving

The Double-Sided Aluminum twins evening

Leaving Mona for Jane, and pushing to sell Sterling Cooper to finance his divorce (while pretending it's not selfish)

My Old Kentucky Home performance 

Disinterest in his daughter (until it's too late)

Expecting Joan to take care of all his needs without being a full partner to her in return (see also: cheating on Mona)

Unprofessionalism in the meeting with Honda

Being petty to Don about his award after taking credit for finding and hiring him (which was also Don's work, not Roger's)

Resources and articles about Roger Sterling
It's Impossible Not to Like Roger - Flavorwire, 2015 - we would disagree that Roger creates Don; Don finds Roger
John Slattery - Interview about the LSD scenes in Far Away Places - Slate, 2012 (page includes pop-up ads)

You may also have seen John Slattery in:

Spotlight

Marvel franchise: Howard Stark

Desperate Housewives

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