--- title: Mad Men's Kiernan Shipka Lists 8 Bobby Draper Actors description: Most fans of the AMC drama know that the actor who played Bobby Draper changed several times throughout the series. canonical: https://time.com/4110671/mad-mens-kiernan-shipka-sally-bobby-draper/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-12T23:12:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:56.460Z og:title: Mad Men's Kiernan Shipka Looks Back on the 8 Bobby Drapers og:description: Her list includes "Bucket Head Bobby" and "Slurpee Bobby" og:url: https://time.com/4110671/mad-mens-kiernan-shipka-sally-bobby-draper/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c3e34c9a2896de5/698870d7428a9edebccd012a/kiernan-shipka-bobby-draper-list.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Kiernan Shipka Bobby Draper List og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mad Men's Kiernan Shipka Looks Back on the 8 Bobby Drapers twitter:description: Her list includes "Bucket Head Bobby" and "Slurpee Bobby" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c3e34c9a2896de5/698870d7428a9edebccd012a/kiernan-shipka-bobby-draper-list.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Mad Men's_ Kiernan Shipka Reminisces About the 8 Bobby Drapers > Sponsored content. 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Actress Kiernan Shipka attends Teen Vogue Celebrates the 13th Annual Young Hollywood Issue with Emporio Armani on October 2, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. Stefanie Keenan / Contributor  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 12, 2015 11:12 PM UTC Kiernan Shipka played Sally Draper, Don’s daughter, on _Mad Men_ for all of the drama’s seven seasons. However, most fans of the AMC drama know that the actor who played Bobby Draper, Don’s son, changed several times throughout the series. In fact, the character was portrayed by eight different boys, according to a [list](https://li.st/l/7UUcBiRlFQppDn3WTnqkf4) recently posted by Shipka in which she recounted memories of all the “cool kids” who played her onscreen brother. There are the four Bobbies who most viewers are familiar with who were actually credited on the show, including Bobby #2, Aaron Heart, who “had some pretty cool boots” and Bobby #4, Mason Vale Cotton, who “loves football and can rock a tux.” However there were also some lesser known Bobbies who were only featured in a single scene or episode, such as “Bucket Head Bobby,” “Pillow Face Bobby” and “Slurpee Bobby,” anointed as such due to his mom’s attempts to bribe him with 7-Eleven slurpees to make him behave. Read Shipka’s full [post](https://li.st/l/7UUcBiRlFQppDn3WTnqkf4) on The List App. ## Transcript Hey, you still awake, Lois, honey? Dad? That's right, I'm your daddy. [ MUSIC ] We have to start early. We've got a lot of ground to cover. Rule number 1. You can't question my ways. Mother's lock up your daughters. Cows prepared to be tipped. I'm hip. I surf the web. I text. LOL, laugh out loud. OMG, oh my God. You know I love you right, Meg? Dad. No don't Dad me, come on. Goddamnit, Dad get off our Xbox. Hang on I almost caught the dragon. Son, your mother asked me to come up here and kill you. Daddy, would you please put on this tie? No, I won't put on no tie. What's going on around here? What are you's doing? Why can't anybody tell me anything? I want one good reason. Because we're your parents and you're our child, that's reason enough. Are you out of your damn mind? [ LAUGH ] Ashley! [ MUSIC ] I'd had an unusually light breakfast that morning. Yogurt with a little fruit- Dad. So I was pretty darn hungry. Dad. Do I look suspicious? Insurance is like marriage. You pay, pay. You never get anything back. [ LAUGH ] Besides, besides the car isn't worth more than a 100 bucks with both kids in it. Frankly, Mr. Gallagher, your son's behavior has been among the most egregious I've seen at this school, and I've been here a long time. Niles, what brings you here? Well it's my place too. I can have company if I want. If we're gonna be brutally honest, that drawing you made of me when you were three was far from a perfect likeness. You put it on the fridge. It was pity fridge. I have a prank too. One where my foot doesn't plow through your ****. 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