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John Slattery, Jon Hamm, and January Jones sit around a dining table with drinks and cigarettes in a warmly lit scene from the television series Mad Men.
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John Slattery, Jon Hamm, and January Jones sit around a dining table with drinks and cigarettes in a warmly lit scene from the television series Mad Men.
Mad Men (From left) Roger Sterling (played by John Slattery), Don Draper (Jon Hamm), and Betty Draper (January Jones) in a 2007 episode of the television series Mad Men.

Don Draper is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television drama series Mad Men. Played by Jon Hamm, Draper is the handsome and talented creative director of the New York City advertising agency Sterling Cooper. The show, set in the 1960s, uses Draper's life and career as a lens to explore the era's changing social mores and advertising industry. Draper is often portrayed as outwardly successful but inwardly conflicted, burdened by a secret past involving stolen identity. The series, created by Matthew Weiner, was widely praised for its nuanced characters and stylish depiction of the 1960s.12

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