Edward Bridge Danson III was born on December 29,1947 and is an American actor.
50 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 nominated for more Emmy Awards for roles in the legal drama Damages and the NBC dramedy The Good Place.
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Ted Danson was awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
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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's other leading roles on television include the CBS sitcom Becker, CBS drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and CSI: Cyber.
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Ted Danson is known for his longtime activism in ocean conservation.
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Ted Danson has been married to actress Mary Steenburgen since 1995.
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Ted Danson was born in San Diego to Edward "Ned" Bridge Ted Danson, Jr.
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Ted Danson has an older sister, Jessica Ann Haury.
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Ted Danson's ancestry is mostly English; his family is part Scottish.
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In 1961, Ted Danson enrolled in 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 attending Stanford University; in search of a better acting program he transferred to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
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Ted Danson received a bachelor of fine arts in drama in 1972.
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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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In 1982, Ted Danson was cast as a former local legend baseball player and bartender Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom Cheers.
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Ted Danson appeared as Sam Malone in guest-starring roles on other sitcoms, such as Cheers spin-off Frasier, The Jim Henson Hour, and The Simpsons.
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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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Ted Danson reprised the role of Sam Malone in a second-season episode of Frasier and did the voice over for his character in The Simpsons episode "Fear of Flying".
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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 the fall of 2006, playing a psychiatrist in the ABC sitcom Help Me Help You, which was cancelled at midseason due to low ratings.
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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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Critics often praised Ted Danson as being the highlight of the program, calling his character a "scene stealer".
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In March 2013, it was announced that Ted Danson signed a deal to be on CSI for two more years.
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In 2015, Ted Danson appeared in the second season of the TV show Fargo.
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From September 2016 to January 2020 Ted Danson appeared opposite Kristen Bell as the character Michael in the NBC sitcom The Good Place.
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Ted Danson has both been nominated for and won numerous awards for his performance as Michael.
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In July 2019, Ted Danson was cast as one of the main lead roles for the situation comedy Mr Mayor, in which he plays a wealthy businessman who runs for mayor of Los Angeles for all the wrong reasons.
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Ted Danson appeared in The Onion Field, Creepshow, Body Heat, Little Treasure, Just Between Friends, A Fine Mess, Dad, Made in America, Getting Even with Dad, Loch Ness, and Saving Private Ryan.
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Ted Danson spent several years caring for her and helping her recuperate.
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On October 7,1995, Ted Danson married actress Mary Steenburgen, whom he met on the set of the movie 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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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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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.