Jon Hamm named Man of the Year — Harvard Gazette

Actor Jon Hamm is the recipient of the 2025 Man of the Yr award, The Hasty Pudding Theatricals introduced Tuesday.

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theatrical group within the U.S., yearly presents the Man and Lady of the Yr Awards to performers who’ve made lasting and spectacular contributions to the world of leisure. The Man of the Yr award was established in 1967, with previous recipients together with Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Harrison Ford, Samuel L. Jackson, Ryan Reynolds, and final 12 months’s recipient Barry Keoghan, the 57th Man of the Yr. 

The Man of the Yr festivities will happen on Jan. 31, when The Hasty Pudding Theatricals hosts a celebratory roast for Hamm at 6 p.m. and presents him along with his Pudding Pot at Farkas Corridor, the Pudding’s historic residence within the coronary heart of Harvard Sq. since 1888. A press convention will observe the roast at 6:20 p.m. Afterward, Hamm will attend a preview of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 176th manufacturing “101 Damnations.”

“Let’s hope our roast doesn’t give him any coronary heart palpitations — he’s had sufficient drama with that,” mentioned Producer Willow Woodward. “However along with his work ethic, we’re assured he’ll tackle our stage with as a lot grit as Texas oil fields. He’s the right man to strike gold and earn his Pudding Pot this January.” 

“We’re past excited to honor Jon Hamm as our 2025 Man of the Yr,” mentioned President Cathy Stanton. “In fact, to assert his Pudding Pot, he’ll need to show he’s the true Jon Hamm — we’ve seen how good he’s at preserving an id beneath wraps!”

Hamm’s nuanced portrayal of the high-powered promoting govt Don Draper on AMC’s award-winning drama collection “Mad Males” firmly established him as certainly one of Hollywood’s most gifted and versatile actors. He earned quite a few accolades for his efficiency, together with an Emmy Award in 2015 for Excellent Actor in a Drama Collection, Golden Globe Awards in 2016, Tv Critics Affiliation Awards in 2011 and 2015, a Critic’s Alternative Tv Award in 2011, in addition to a number of Display Actors Guild nominations. 

At present, Hamm might be seen within the Paramount drama collection “Landman.” Hamm seems reverse Billy Bob Thornton and Demi Moore within the modern-day story of fortune in search of on the planet of West Texas oil rigs. The collection broke data when it debuted because the most-watched unique present in Paramount+ historical past throughout its first 4 weeks. 

Subsequent, Hamm will star within the upcoming Apple TV+ collection, “Your Mates and Neighbors.” The collection will premiere on Apple TV+ in April. Moreover, Hamm will lead the live-action tv collection adaptation of the psychological thriller podcast “American Hostage,” wherein he additionally starred. Hamm will reprise his function from the audio collection that tells the true story of a radio reporter who’s thrust right into a life-or-death state of affairs when a hostage taker calls for to be interviewed on his present. Hamm starred within the fifth season of FX’s critically acclaimed anthology collection “Fargo,” which premiered in November 2023. Hamm acquired an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Display Actors Guild Award nomination for his excellent efficiency because the villainous Sheriff Roy Tillman and the present acquired a 2024 Critic’s  Alternative Award nomination within the class of Greatest Restricted Collection. Hamm may be seen in season three of Apple TV+’s “The Morning Present,” the place he acquired an Emmy nomination as Excellent Supporting Actor in a Drama Collection.

A local of St. Louis, Missouri, Hamm acquired his bachelor of arts in English on the College of Missouri-Columbia and at the moment resides in Los Angeles.