10 Male Leads That Made Their TV Show A Hit
6. Donald Draper - Mad Men
Donald Draper “made” Mad Men, at least in my eyes. The charming head of creative, played by Jon Hamm, is a dark, troubled character who just can’t seem to do things right. He is great at his job, but unwilling to compromise. Women love him, which explains his broken marriage and bad relationship with his kids.
Hamm’s career was made through this role, as he plays the smooth-talking, husky-voiced Donald Draper amazingly. Draper’s monologues and advertisement pitches in the show are breath-taking, and his internal struggles and pain comes right to the surface in many ways, throughout the show.
Donald Draper is the perfect example of a strong, charming, and broken man.