Tom Selleck

Description:

Thomas William Selleck is an American actor and film producer, best known for his starring role as Hawaii-based private investigator "Thomas Magnum" on the 1980s television series, Magnum, P.I. (1980).

Selleck was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Martha (Jagger), a homemaker, and Robert Dean Selleck, a real estate investor and executive. He is of mostly English descent, including recent immigrant ancestors. Selleck has appeared extensively on television in roles such as "Dr. Richard Burke" on Friends (1994) and "A.J. Cooper" on Las Vegas (2003). In addition to his series work, Selleck has appeared in more than fifty made-for-TV and general release movies, including Mr. Baseball (1992), Quigley Down Under (1990), Lassiter (1984) and, his most successful movie release, 3 Men and a Baby (1987), which was the highest grossing movie in 1987.

Selleck 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 series, Blue Bloods (2010) on CBS.

Overview

Birthday January 29, 1945
Born In Detroit, Michigan, USA
Height 193 cm
Spouse/Ex- Jillie Mack August 7, 1987 - present (1 child),Jacqueline Ray May 15, 1971 - August 10, 1982 (divorced)
Parents Martha S. Selleck (Jagger)
Children Hannah Selleck

Did you know

Trivia Has played the same character (Thomas Magnum) on three different series: Magnum, P.I. (1980), Simon & Simon (1981) and Murder, She Wrote (1984).
Quotes [televised interview broadcast the day before Laguna Heat (1987) was shown on N.Y. cable TV] I was planning to go into Architecture. But when I arrived [to sign up for courses], "Architecture" was filled up. "Acting" was right next to it. So I signed up for Acting instead.
Salaries $150,000 per episode
Trademarks Prominent eyebrows and moustache.

Scores

Blue Bloods
• 43m
7.7
Magnum, P.I.
• 48m
7.5
In & Out
• 1h 30m
6.4
Three Men and a Baby
• 1h 42m
6.1
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