Tom Selleck
Milestones
- Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Birthday: January 29, 1945
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2007
Portrayed small-town Police Chief Jesse Stone who is frustrated by his boring job and misses his ex-wife in another TV movie for CBS, "Sea Change"; earned an Emmy nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
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2007
Will join the cast of the NBC drama "Las Vegas" as a billionaire who becomes the new owner of the Montecito Resort & Casino
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2006
Guest-starred on several episodes of "Boston Legal" (ABC) as Ivan Tiggs
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2004
Portrayed General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the A&E TV movie "Ike: Countdown to D-Day"
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2004
Starred in the CBS miniseries opposite Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy in Scott Turow's crime thriller "Reversible Errors"
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2001
Co-exective produced and starred in "Louis L'Amour's Crossfire Trail" (TNT)
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2001
Made Broadway debut starring in the stage revival of "A Thousand Clowns"
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2000
Starred as a presidential candidate in the TNT film "Running Mates"
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1998
Returned to series TV as star of the CBS sitcom "The Closer"
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1997
Garnered critical praise for his comedic performance as an openly gay TV reporter in the hit "In & Out"
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1996
Was a recurring guest-star on the popular sitcom "Friends," (NBC) as Richard, Monica's boyfriend
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1988
Formed his own production company, T.W.S. Productions
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1987
First story credit, provided story for "Limbo", an episode of "Magnum, P.I."
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1980 to 1988
Played the title role on the popular CBS detective-comedy-drama series, "Magnum, P.I."
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1979
Co-starred in his miniseries debut, "The Sacketts", a Western melodrama
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1979
Co-starred in the busted detective show pilot, "Boston and Kilbride"
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1978
Co-starred in "The Gypsy Warriors", a busted WWII adventure series pilot
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1977
Starred in "Bunco", a busted cop show pilot
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1975
First starring role in TV-movie, "Returning Home" (ABC)
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1972
First starring role in "Daughters of Satan", a supernatural melodrama
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1971
Played a small role as a publisher in Russ Meyer's "The Seven Minutes", based on Irving Wallace's novel about a pornography trial
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1970
Appeared as a recurring character in 15 episodes of "Bracken's World", a primetime showbiz melodrama
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1970
Feature acting debut, "Myra Breckenridge"
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1970
First TV-movie, "The Movie Murderer" (NBC)
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1967
Signed seven-year contract with 20th Century-Fox after leaving college
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Appeared in the first of over 50 TV commercials beginning with a Pepsi ad in which he played a basketball player
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Appeared in two episodes of "The Rockford Files" as Lance White, "the perfect detective"
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Began working as a model in college
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Born in Detroit, Michigan; moved to Sherman Oaks, California as a child
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Did commercials for Salem cigarettes and Revlon
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Executive produced a series of "B.L. Stryker" detective movies for ABC; Burt Reynolds and Ossie Davis starred
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Made occasional appearances on the daytime soap "The Young and the Restless" as Jed Andrews
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Picked out of a TV studio audience to be a contestant on "The Dating Game"
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Seen in a Pepsi ad by Mae West who had him hired to play a stud in "Myra Breckinbridge"
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Seen on "The Dating Game" by a talent scout
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Served as executive producer for the last two seasons of "Magnum, P.I."
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Won a basketball scholarship to USC