Jon Hamm won a farewell Golden Globe Sunday in his last chance to be honored as Don Draper in “Mad Men,” a sentimental choice among television awards that emphasized the medium’s diversity and put the spotlight on some lesser-known performances.
AMC’s “Mad Men” ended its run with a memorable scene, ad man Draper supposedly getting the idea for a Coke commercial that was a landmark in the 1970s. Hamm, in accepting his second Golden Globe for his role, joked that he appreciated writers not taking his suggestion to end the series with music from the British band Chumbawamba.
“Thank you so much to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for supporting our show for as long as you did – all the way to the end,” he said.
Veteran actor Christian Slater was another popular choice in the room at the Beverly Hills Hotel. He won for playing the title role in “Mr. Robot,” a hacker who tries to recruit series star Roni Malek into his anarchist group. The critically-applauded series is a key one for the USA network as it tries to establish edgier fare.
“Thank you, Hollywood, for letting me do what I love to do for the last four decades,” Slater said.