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Tom Selleck

Acting

Born January 29, 1945 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Also known as Thomas William Selleck

Biography

Thomas William "Tom" Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is an American actor and film producer, best known for his starring role as Hawaii-based private investigator Thomas Magnum on the 1980s television show Magnum, P.I.. He also plays Jesse Stone in a series of made-for-TV movies based on the Robert B. Parker novels. In 2010, he appears as Commissioner Frank Reagan in the drama Blue Bloods on CBS. He has appeared extensively on television in roles such as Dr. Richard Burke on Friends and A.J. Cooper on Las Vegas. In addition to his series work, Selleck has appeared in more than fifty made for TV and general release movies, including Mr. Baseball, Quigley Down Under, Lassiter and his most successful movie release Three Men and a Baby, which was the highest grossing movie in 1987.

Awards & recognition

  • Golden Globe Awards · 1985
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series · 1984
  • Horatio Alger Award
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

Friends

1994as Richard Burke

This Is Bob Hope...

2017as Self

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

2006as Narrator (voice)

Boston Legal

2004as Ivan Tiggs

Friends: The Reunion

2021as Self

Blue Bloods

2010as Frank Reagan

The Fall Guy

1981

The Rockford Files

1974as Lance White

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Thomas Magnum

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Family Guy

1999as Tom Selleck (archive footage)

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Thomas Magnum

Taxi

1978as Mike Beldon

Conan

2010as Self

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009as Peter Mitchell (archive footage)

Elway To Marino

2013as Narrator (voice)

Las Vegas

2003as A.J. Cooper

The 26th Street Garage: The FBI's Untold Story of 9/11

2021as Narrator

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

2007as Jesse Stone

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

Jesse Stone: No Remorse

2010as Jesse Stone

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

2009as Jesse Stone

Meet the Robinsons

2007as Cornelius Robinson (voice)

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

2006as Jesse Stone

Jesse Stone: Night Passage

2006as Chief Jesse Stone

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

2012as Jesse Stone

Stone Cold

2005as Jesse Stone

Coma

1978as Sean Murphy

Mannix

1967

The American West

2016as Self

Quigley Down Under

1990as Matthew Quigley

Simon & Simon

1981

Charlie's Angels

1976as Dr. Alan Samuelson

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

2015as Jesse Stone

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

2004as General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Last Stand at Saber River

1997as Paul Cable

Midway

1976as Aide to Capt. Cyril Simard

In & Out

1997as Peter Malloy

The Shadow Riders

1982as Mac Traven

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

2011as Jesse Stone

The Daily Show

1996as Self

Crossfire Trail

2001as Rafe Covington

Broken Trust

1995as Judge Timothy Nash

Monte Walsh

2003as Monte Walsh

Three Men and a Baby

1987as Peter Mitchell

An Innocent Man

1989as Jimmie Rainwood

Killers

2010as Mr. Kornfeldt

Three Men and a Little Lady

1990as Peter Mitchell

High Road to China

1983as Patrick O' Malley