Let's not shy away from the fact that Hank Perlman's been around.
But he's had fun and made pretty good use of the time.

Hank started in advertising as a copywriter, throwing ideas and words together for the likes of Nike and ESPN. In 1995, while at Wieden+Kennedy in Portland, he created ESPN's This Is SportsCenter campaign with his art director partner, Rick McQuiston. It went on to win multiple Emmys and cement its place in advertising history (right up there with the Tidy Bowl Man and Mr. Clean) over a three-decade run.

After a stint at MTV as a producer and director (when MTV still played music videos), he teamed up with Bryan Buckley to start hungryman in 1997. Since then, he's directed award-winning campaigns for YouTube, FedEx, Amazon, State Farm, and American Express. Hank also helps run the company, discover new talent, and plans some pretty spectacular Christmas parties.

Along the way, he's directed four U.S. Presidents, spitballed movie poster lines with Bill Murray, helped an 18-year-old Kobe Bryant find his lost plane ticket, gotten marriage advice from Bill Clinton, and witnessed Farrah Fawcett's infamous appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman from the side of the stage.

He also once caught a rare Orange Spotted Sun Fish at Camp Jackpine in Wisconsin. It was the summer of 1978, but he still talks about it.