By Dustin Rowles | Mad Men | September 20, 2015 |
By Dustin Rowles | Mad Men | September 20, 2015 |
One of the big stories going into tonight’s Emmy Awards is whether Jon Hamm — who has been nominated an eighth time for playing Don Draper on Mad Men — will finally walk away with an award. It’s been a rough ride for Hamm, but to be honest, it’s been a difficult ride for all off the actors on Mad Men. In seven years, Mad Men has never won an acting award, despite being nominated 33 times.
That’s insane. It’s not just Hamm, either. Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Robert Morse, and Christina Hendricks have been nominated multiple times. This year, only Hamm, Moss, and Hendricks have been nominated, so they are the last hopes remaining for one of the best acted series ever to go home with an acting award.
There are a few conspiracy theories floating around about why no actor has ever won an Emmy despite all the nominations, but if you look at the competition, you can chalk 95 percent of it up to simple bad luck.
Let’s take a look back at who all the actors have lost out to in previous years.
2014
Jon Hamm lost to Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
Christina Hendricks lost to Anna Gunn in Breaking Bad
2013
Jon Hamm lost to Jeff Daniels in The Newsroom
Elisabeth Moss lost to Claire Danes in Homeland
Christina Hendricks lost to Anna Gunn in Breaking Bad
Harry Hamlin lost to Dan Bucatinsky in Scandal
Robert Morse lost to Dan Bucatinsky in Scandal
Linda Cardellini lost to Carrie Preston in The Good Wife
2012
Jon Hamm lost to Damien Lewis in Homeland
Elisabeth Moss lost to Claire Danes in Homeland
Christina Hendricks lost to Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey
Jared Harris lost to Aaron Paul in Breaking Bad
Julia Ormond lost to Martha Plimpton in The Good Wife
Ben Feldman lost to Jeremy Davies in Justified
2011
Jon Hamm lost to Kyle Chandler in Friday Night Lights
Elisabeth Moss lost to Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife
John Slattery lost to Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones
Christina Hendricks lost to Margo Martindale in Justified
Robert Morse lost to Paul McCrane in Harry’s Law
Randee Heller lost to Loretta Devine in Grey’s Anatomy
Cara Buono lost to Loretta Devine in Grey’s Anatomy
2010
Jon Hamm lost to Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
January Jones lost to Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer
John Slattery lost to Aaron Paul in Breaking Bad
Christina Hendricks lost to Archie Panjabi in The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss lost to Archie Panjabi in The Good Wife
Robert Morse lost to John Lithgow in Dexter
2009
Jon Hamm lost to Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
Elisabeth Moss lost to Glenn Close in Damages
John Slattery lost to Michael Emerson in Lost
2008
Jon Hamm lost to Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
John Slattery lost to Zeljko Ivanek in Damages
Robert Morse lost to Glynn Turman in In Treatment