crazy men is a period drama that aired for seven seasons on AMC and featured a strong ensemble cast including Christina Hendricks, Jon Hamm, Elizabeth Moss, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, John Slattery, and Kiernan Shipka. The series followed the staff of the fictional New York advertising agency Sterling Cooper. The title of crazy men is explained in the pilot episode as a phrase used to describe 1950s advertisers, where Mad is short for Madison Avenue. However, there is limited evidence to prove that this phrase was used in a historical sense.
crazy men is centered around the personal life of the charismatic protagonist Don Draper. An advertising genius with a penchant for infidelity, Draper has a dark secret past that he fiercely protects. The series has been critically acclaimed for many years and has been hailed with acclaim and awards for its writing, acting and directing. The cast of the show has had successful careers since then crazy men ended in 2015 and went on to star in several hit shows and movies, including: The chilling adventures of Sabrina, good girls, Spotlightand The Invisible Man. Here’s where the cast of crazy men is today.
Jon Hamm
Emmy Award Winner Jon Hamm has been busy since his time as Don Draper came to an end. He has had numerous voice roles in shows such as: The Amazing Gayl Stack, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidtand MODOK Furthermore, Hamm starred in the TV series Good omens and Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. As for movie roles, he starred as Joe Finney in the crime drama No sudden movementopposite Benicio Del Toro and Don Cheadle, and as Admiral Beau Simpson in Top Gun: Maverick. His upcoming projects include: Maggie Moore(s)a movie directed by John Slattery.
Christina Hendriks
Christina Hendriks is undoubtedly best known for her role as Joan Holloway in crazy men. As such, it may come as a surprise to her cop almost dropped her as a client when she agreed to take on the role. Wouldn’t that have been a mistake? Since her breakthrough role as Holloway, Hendricks has starred in several TV series such as: Hap & Leonard, Another Period, and tin star. Her most notable TV role since crazy menhowever, is the crime drama? good girls, which was unfortunately canceled after its third season. Hendricks has also taken on film roles in Zoolander 2, Bad Santa 2and The Strangers: Prey by Night, although in the latter she is criminally underused. She will be the next star in The Legendary Life of AJ Fikrywhich is based on a New York Times bestseller of the same name by Gabrielle Zevin.
January Jones
Since her time crazy men as disenchanted housewife Betty Draper, January Jones starred in the TV series Return of the Mac, The last man on earth, the politician, and Turn out. She’s also ready to star in the helpers and the spooky crime thriller God as a bulletopposite Jamie Fox, Ethan Suplee and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
Vincent Kartheiser
Ever since he parted ways with Pete Campbell in… crazy men, Vincent Kartheiser has been busy starring in the television series ordinary, The path, The OA, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Proven innocentand the boat. He also played in My friend Dahmer, the social dilemma, and the creepy psychological horror movie ultrasound. Kartheiser recently caused a stir when he and his eight-year-old wife, Alexis Bledel, announced their impending divorce.
Elizabeth Moss
Elizabeth Moss starred in several television productions since playing Peggy Olson on crazy men. Her most notable projects are playing as June Osborne in The Handmaid’s Tale. The role has earned her two Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes and a Critics Choice Award. The series has been renewed for its sixth and final season with Hulu, but will continue with a sequel. Further to The Handmaid’s TaleMoss also starred in the series top of the lake and Shining Girls. As for film, she starred in The invisible man, U.Sand The Old Man and the Gun. Her upcoming projects include: Francis and the godfather and Next goal winswhich is directed by Taika Waititi.
John Slattery
Apart from directing the aforementioned Maggie Moore(s), John Slattery starred in several TV shows and movies since his time as Roger Sterling on AMC’s Crazy men. Most notably, he played in the popular HBO show Veep and the Prime Video series Modern love. He also played in Churchill, ant man, Spotlightand Avengers: Endgame. More recently, he reunited with Jon Hamm for the 2022 comedy Brooks, Fletch.
Kiernan Shipka
Kiernan Shipka came of age on the small screen by playing Sally Draper in the critically acclaimed drama. Since then she has starred in the hit TV miniseries Feudand made a splash as the titular character in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. More recently, Shipka starred in Swimming with sharks and The White House plumbers. As for movie roles, she starred opposite Stanley Tucci in the sci-fi horror The silence. She also starred in the Christmas rom-com Let it Snow. Her upcoming projects include: Total killer, darlings, and the Rode. As of 2019, she has been romantically linked to Christian Coppola. Despite so many career prospects, Shipka recently pitched a Sally Draper spinoff series, stating, “I’m ready to see [Sally] again. I’m ready to see what she’s up to. I feel like I have so many ideas for what she would do.”