1. Edward Bridge Danson III was born on December 29,1947 and is an American actor.
49 Facts About Ted Danson
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Ted Danson achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom Cheers, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
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Ted Danson was further Emmy-nominated for the FX legal drama Damages and the NBC comedy The Good Place.
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Ted Danson was the recipient of the 2025 Carol Burnett Award.
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Ted Danson made his film debut in 1978 in the crime drama The Onion Field.
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Ted Danson acted in Body Heat, Creepshow, Dad and Saving Private Ryan.
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Ted Danson's other leading roles on television include the CBS sitcom Becker and the CBS dramas CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and CSI: Cyber.
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Ted Danson has been married to actress Mary Steenburgen since 1995.
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Ted Danson is known for his longtime activism in ocean conservation and wrote Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them with journalist Michael D'Orso.
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On December 29,1947, Ted Danson was born in San Diego to Edward Bridge "Ned" Ted Danson Jr.
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Ted Danson has an older sister, Jessica Ann "Jan" Haury.
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In 1961, at age 14, Ted Danson enrolled at the Kent School, a university-preparatory school in Connecticut; he was a star player on the basketball team.
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Ted Danson became interested in drama while later attending Stanford University.
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Ted Danson began his television career as a contract player on the daytime soap opera Somerset.
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Ted Danson played the role of Tom Conway from 1975 to 1976.
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Ted Danson was in a number of commercials, most notably as the "Aramis man".
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Ted Danson appeared in the films The Onion Field and Body Heat.
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In 1982, Ted Danson was cast in the role of Sam Malone, a former local-legend baseball player and bartender, for the NBC sitcom Cheers.
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On December 15,1988, Ted Danson got into a minor car accident in which he got a bloody nose; he was in some pain, but his nose wasn't broken.
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Ted Danson reprised the role of Sam Malone in a second-season episode of Frasier, and did the voiceover for his character in an episode of The Simpsons, "Fear of Flying".
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Ted Danson appeared in numerous films during his time on the series.
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Ted Danson appeared in Creepshow, Little Treasure, Just Between Friends, A Fine Mess, and Dad.
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Ted Danson won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie and was nominated for an Emmy Award.
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In 1996, three years after Cheers concluded, Ted Danson starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom Ink with his real-life wife Mary Steenburgen.
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Ted Danson went on to star in the successful CBS sitcom Becker, which ran from 1998 to 2004.
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Ted Danson plays a fictionalized version of himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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In 1999, Danson was presented with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
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Ted Danson returned to series television in 2006, playing a psychiatrist in the ABC sitcom Help Me Help You, which was canceled at midseason due to low ratings.
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Also in 2006, Ted Danson received a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for his role in Knights of the South Bronx.
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In 2007, Ted Danson starred in the FX Network drama Damages as a corrupt billionaire, Arthur Frobisher.
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Ted Danson received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series but lost to Michael J Fox for Fox's guest appearance in Rescue Me.
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In 2011, Ted Danson appeared in the music video for "Make Some Noise" by the Beastie Boys.
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Ted Danson starred in the HBO sitcom Bored to Death as George Christopher, the laconic and sometime downright infantile editor of Edition magazine.
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Ted Danson reprised his role in the third CSI spin-off, CSI: Cyber, which was canceled after two seasons.
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In 2015, Ted Danson appeared in the second season of the TV show Fargo, portraying Sheriff Hank Larsson.
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From 2016 to 2020 Ted Danson appeared opposite Kristen Bell as the character Michael in the NBC sitcom The Good Place.
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Ted Danson was nominated for and won numerous awards for his performance as Michael.
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Ted Danson spent several years caring for her and helping her recuperate.
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Ted Danson received negative press attention October 8,1993, after his appearance wearing blackface at a Friars Club comedy roast in honor of Goldberg, and for using many racist slurs.
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On October 7,1995, Ted Danson married actress Mary Steenburgen, whom he met on the set of Pontiac Moon in 1993, and became the stepfather to Steenburgen's children, Lilly and Charlie, from her previous marriage to actor Malcolm McDowell.
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Ted Danson has been on a plant-based diet multiple times, but as of 2016, he is on a pescetarian diet.
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Armed with axes and saws, Breed, Gaede, and Ted Danson destroyed over 500 outdoor advertising signs.
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Ted Danson was a contributing founder of the American Oceans Campaigns in the 1980s; it merged with Oceana in 2001 and he is a board member.
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In March 2011, Ted Danson published his first book, Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do To Save Them which was written with journalist Michael D'Orso.
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On October 25,2019, Danson was arrested and charged along with actress Jane Fonda at a climate-change protest outside the United States Capitol in Washington, DC.
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Ted Danson is a friend of former President Bill Clinton, who attended Ted Danson and Steenburgen's wedding.
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Ted Danson has donated to the Democratic Party of Arkansas and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
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Ted Danson attended the wedding of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton's daughter Chelsea on July 31,2010.
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Ted Danson appeared with Steenburgen at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.