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Tom Selleck

Milestones

  • Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • Birthday: January 29, 1945
  • 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

  • 2007

    Will join the cast of the NBC drama "Las Vegas" as a billionaire who becomes the new owner of the Montecito Resort & Casino

  • 2006

    Guest-starred on several episodes of "Boston Legal" (ABC) as Ivan Tiggs

  • 2004

    Portrayed General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the A&E TV movie "Ike: Countdown to D-Day"

  • 2004

    Starred in the CBS miniseries opposite Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy in Scott Turow's crime thriller "Reversible Errors"

  • 2001

    Co-exective produced and starred in "Louis L'Amour's Crossfire Trail" (TNT)

  • 2001

    Made Broadway debut starring in the stage revival of "A Thousand Clowns"

  • 2000

    Starred as a presidential candidate in the TNT film "Running Mates"

  • 1998

    Returned to series TV as star of the CBS sitcom "The Closer"

  • 1997

    Garnered critical praise for his comedic performance as an openly gay TV reporter in the hit "In & Out"

  • 1996

    Was a recurring guest-star on the popular sitcom "Friends," (NBC) as Richard, Monica's boyfriend

  • 1988

    Formed his own production company, T.W.S. Productions

  • 1987

    First story credit, provided story for "Limbo", an episode of "Magnum, P.I."

  • 1980 to 1988

    Played the title role on the popular CBS detective-comedy-drama series, "Magnum, P.I."

  • 1979

    Co-starred in his miniseries debut, "The Sacketts", a Western melodrama

  • 1979

    Co-starred in the busted detective show pilot, "Boston and Kilbride"

  • 1978

    Co-starred in "The Gypsy Warriors", a busted WWII adventure series pilot

  • 1977

    Starred in "Bunco", a busted cop show pilot

  • 1975

    First starring role in TV-movie, "Returning Home" (ABC)

  • 1972

    First starring role in "Daughters of Satan", a supernatural melodrama

  • 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

  • 1970

    Appeared as a recurring character in 15 episodes of "Bracken's World", a primetime showbiz melodrama

  • 1970

    Feature acting debut, "Myra Breckenridge"

  • 1970

    First TV-movie, "The Movie Murderer" (NBC)

  • 1967

    Signed seven-year contract with 20th Century-Fox after leaving college

  • Appeared in the first of over 50 TV commercials beginning with a Pepsi ad in which he played a basketball player

  • Appeared in two episodes of "The Rockford Files" as Lance White, "the perfect detective"

  • Began working as a model in college

  • Born in Detroit, Michigan; moved to Sherman Oaks, California as a child

  • Did commercials for Salem cigarettes and Revlon

  • Executive produced a series of "B.L. Stryker" detective movies for ABC; Burt Reynolds and Ossie Davis starred

  • Made occasional appearances on the daytime soap "The Young and the Restless" as Jed Andrews

  • Picked out of a TV studio audience to be a contestant on "The Dating Game"

  • Seen in a Pepsi ad by Mae West who had him hired to play a stud in "Myra Breckinbridge"

  • Seen on "The Dating Game" by a talent scout

  • Served as executive producer for the last two seasons of "Magnum, P.I."

  • Won a basketball scholarship to USC

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