Award-winning actor Jon Hamm, best known for his roles in “Mad Men” and more recently “Fargo” and “Landman,” was honored as the 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

While Hamm may be best known for playing brooding ad man Don Draper, he's "forever grateful" to Lorne Michaels for allowing him to show off his funny side.

Did you all seriously think I was dead," Hamm joked with a crowd at the school's Farkas Hall on Friday, Jan. 31

Jon Hamm has been honored as Hasty Pudding Theatricals' 2025 Man of the Year at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.