Ted Danson

Cast as corrupt billionaire, Arthur Frobisher in the FX legal drama, "Damages"; earned Golden Globe and Emmy nominations in 2008 for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series; received an Emmy nomination in 2009 for Outstanding Guest Actor

Cast as Mitchell Garabedian, a Boston lawyer who took on the Boston Archdiocese in Showtime's "Our Fathers," an adaptation of David France's epic book about the sex scandals in the Roman Catholic Church

Starred in the A&E movie "Knights of the South Bronx"; earned a SAG nomination for Best Actor

Cast in a recurring role as himself on the HBO comedy series, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

Re-teamed with Lawrence Kasdan for "Mumford"

Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (November 10)

Delivered strong dramatic turn in the Showtime miniseries "Thanks of a Greatful Nation"

Starred in the CBS midseason replacement series "Becker"

Played title character in the award-winning NBC miniseries "Gulliver's Travels"; Steenburgen appeared as Mrs. Gulliver

Returned to series TV with the short-lived CBS sitcom "Ink"; co-starred Steenburgen

Executive produced and co-starred (with future wife Mary Steenburgen) in "Pontiac Moon"

Starred opposite Macaulay Culkin in "Getting Even with Dad"

Attracted media attention and considerable criticism when he performed a risque monologue in blackface at a Friars Club Roast in honor of Whoopi Goldberg

Appeared in the inevitable sequal, "Three Men and a Little Lady"

Co-produced the NBC sitcom "Down Home," which featured mostly New York stage actors

Cast opposite Isabella Rosselini in "Cousins"; a remake of the 1975 French film "Cousin, Cousine"

Co-starred with Tom Selleck and Steve Gutenberg in "Three Men and a Baby"

Executive produced (also starred) first TV-movie, "When the Bough Breaks" (NBC)

Starred opposite Glenn Close in the TV-movie about incest, "Something About Amelia" (ABC)

Breakthrough role as ex-baseball player and bartender, Sam Malone in the popular NBC sitcom "Cheers"

Portrayed the flip, cynical district attorney in Lawrence Kasdan's feature directing debut "Body Heat"

Had a supporting part in the ABC TV-movie "The Women's Room"

Screen acting debut as the sad-eyed, bagpipe-playing cop in "The Onion Field"

Moved to Los Angeles

Played regular role on the NBC daytime drama "Somerset"; acted with Sigourney Weaver and JoBeth Williams

Stage debut as understudy for the off-Broadway run of "The Real Inspector Hound"; later assumed role and toured with play

Appeared in Joseph Papp's Shakespeare-in-the-Park production of "Comedy of Errors"

Had recurring role on the NBC drama "The Doctors"

Raised in Flagstaff, AZ; grew up with Hopi and Navajo children

Taught acting at the Actors Institute in Los Angeles; also performed managerial duties