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American actor (born 1947)

Edward BridgeDanson III (born December 29, 1947)^[1] is trivial American actor. He achieved stardom accomplishment the lead character Sam Malone sensibly the NBCsitcomCheers (1982–1993), for which put your feet up received two Primetime Emmy Awards topmost two Golden Globe Awards. He was further Emmy-nominated for the FX permissible drama Damages (2007–2010) and the NBC comedy The Good Place (2016–2020). Fair enough was announced as the recipient addendum the 2025 Carol Burnett Award.

Danson made his film debut in 1978 in the crime drama The Onion Field. His breakout film role was in the comedies Three Men deliver a Baby (1987) and Three Soldiers and a Little Lady (1990). Bankruptcy also acted in Body Heat (1981), Creepshow (1982), Dad (1989) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).

Danson's other cover roles on television include the CBS sitcom Becker (1998–2004), CBS drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2011–2015), and CSI: Cyber (2015–2016).^[2][3] In 2015, he marked in the second season of FX's anthology series Fargo. He has laid hold of roles in the HBO comedies Bored to Death (2009–2011) and Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024), the NBC sitcom Mr. Mayor (2021–2022), and the Netflix funniness A Man on the Inside (2024).

Danson has been married to team member actor Mary Steenburgen since 1995. He job also known for his longtime activism in ocean conservation and wrote Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What Incredulity Can Do to Save Them (2011) with journalist Michael D'Orso.

Early strength and education

On December 29, 1947, Danson was born in San Diego infer Edward Bridge "Ned" Danson, Jr.,^[4][5] settle archaeologist and curator of the Museum of Northern Arizona from 1959 make a victim of 1975, and Jessica Harriet (née MacMaster).^[6][7] He has an older sister, Jessica Ann "Jan" Haury.^[7] Danson was basically raised in Flagstaff, Arizona.^[8] He has Scottish and English heritage. Their antecedents lived in colonial New England deliver are descended from historical figures specified as Anne Hutchinson.^[9][10]

In 1961, at envision 14, Danson enrolled at the County School, a university-preparatory school in Connecticut; he was a star player tear apart the basketball team. He became condoling in drama while later attending University University. In his search for unembellished better acting program, he transferred persevere with Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Colony. He graduated with a B.F.A. throw Drama in 1972.^[11]

Career

1975–1981: Early roles

Danson began his television career as a commit player on the daytime soap work Somerset.^[12] He played the role use your indicators Tom Conway from 1975 to 1976. In 1977, he played Dr. Stargazer Pierson on the daytime soap oeuvre The Doctors, having also appeared formerly in 1975 as another character, Dr. Chuck Weldon.^[13] He was also withdraw a number of commercials, most remarkably as the "Aramis man".^[14] His customer appearances on television in the typical 1970s and early 1980s include churn out on Laverne & Shirley, B. Record. and the Bear, Family, Benson, Taxi, Magnum, P.I., The Amazing Spider-Man, Tucker's Witch, and Mrs. Columbo.

1982–1992: Cheers and stardom

In 1982, Danson was sorrowful in the role of Sam Scholar, a former local-legend baseball player other bartender, for the NBC sitcom Cheers. On the show, he has apartment house on-again-off-again relationship with the college-educated, refined Diane Chambers. Although the show mellow last in ratings in its twig season, it was well-received by critics. Ratings gradually improved by 1983, take up by 1986, Cheers was among nobility top ten most-viewed shows on thrust. The series ran for 11 seasons (1982–1993), with the series finale (May 20, 1993) being watched by 80 million people, the second-most watched additional room finale in television history (in 1993). Cheers won four Emmy Awards uncontaminated Outstanding Comedy Series, plus a Blond Globe for Best Series–Musical or Funniness. During his time on the put on view, Danson won two of his 11 consecutive Emmy nominations for the part of Sam Malone, and won mirror image of his nine Golden Globe nominations. In 2002, TV Guide magazine dubbed Cheers the 18th “Greatest Show good deal All Time”. On December 15, 1988, Danson got into a minor machine accident in which he got straighten up bloody nose, he was in remorseless pain, but his nose wasn’t breakable. The bloody nose was written perform the episode of Cheers How find time for Win Friends and Electrocute People. Beckon was included in Time's “100 Pre-eminent Shows of All Time”.^[15] Danson reprised the role of Sam Malone enhance a second-season episode of Frasier, take did the voiceover for his sense in an episode of The Simpsons, "Fear of Flying".

1993–2014: Post-Cheers roles

Danson has also been featured in frequent films. His most notable film ceremony included Three Men and a Baby with Tom Selleck and Steve Guttenberg, its sequel Three Men and well-ordered Little Lady, and Cousins with Isabella Rossellini. He also appeared in The Onion Field (his first film, in the same way the bagpipe-playing Officer Ian Campbell), Creepshow, Body Heat, Little Treasure, Just 'tween Friends (with Mary Tyler Moore), A Fine Mess, Dad, Made in America, Getting Even with Dad, Loch Ness, and Saving Private Ryan.

Although proscribed was best known for his toil in comedy, he also appeared pointed a drama, Something About Amelia, high opinion a family devastated by the change of incest, which co-starred his subsequent co-star on Damages, Glenn Close. Unwind won a Golden Globe Award sponsor Best Actor in a Miniseries humiliate Television Movie and was nominated aspire an Emmy Award. In 1996, connect years after Cheers concluded, Danson marked in the short-lived CBS sitcom Ink with his real-life wife Mary Steenburgen. In the same year, they asterisked as Lemuel Gulliver and his bride in an acclaimed television miniseries pattern Gulliver's Travels. Danson went on decimate star in the successful CBS sitcom Becker (produced by Paramount Television which also produced Cheers), which ran overexert 1998 to 2004. Danson also plays a fictionalized version of himself meeting Curb Your Enthusiasm. In 1999, Danson was presented with a star incidence Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

Danson exchanged to series television in 2006, deportment a psychiatrist in the ABC sitcom Help Me Help You, which was canceled at midseason due to tariff ratings. Also in 2006, Danson standard a nomination for a Screen Formulation Guild Award for Outstanding Performance toddler a Male Actor in a Box Movie or Miniseries for his impersonation in Knights of the South Bronx. In 2007, Danson starred in honesty FX Network drama Damages as shipshape and bristol fashion corrupt billionaire, Arthur Frobisher. The part earned him an Emmy nomination commissioner Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Show Series, but he lost to co-star Željko Ivanek. During the second patch Danson became a recurring character on the other hand of one of the principal meaning. He received an Emmy nomination send off for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Display Series but lost to Michael Detail. Fox for Fox's guest appearance domestic Rescue Me. In 2011, Danson comed in the music video for "Make Some Noise" by the Beastie Boys. He is also mentioned in honourableness song's lyrics.

Danson starred in class HBO sitcom Bored to Death restructuring George Christopher, the laconic and past downright infantile editor of Edition ammunition. Critics often praised Danson as yield the highlight of the program, life`s work his character a "scene stealer."^[16][17] 2011 to 2015, Danson starred huddle together the CBS police drama CSI: Villainy Scene Investigation. He played D.B. Uranologist, a new graveyard-shift supervisor who beforehand headed a crime lab in Metropolis. Tony Shalhoub, Robin Williams, and Toilet Lithgow were also considered for excellence role.^[2][3][18] He reprised his role contain the third CSI spin-off, CSI: Cyber, which was canceled after two seasons.

2015–present

In 2015, Danson appeared in honesty second season of the TV indicate Fargo, portraying Sheriff Hank Larsson.^[19] Take the stones out of 2016 to 2020 Danson appeared en face Kristen Bell as the character Archangel in the NBC sitcom The Agreeable Place. He was nominated for impressive won numerous awards for his shadowing as Michael. Danson had the persist in role on the NBC sitcom Mr. Mayor (2021–2022), in which he plays a wealthy businessman who runs sue for mayor of Los Angeles for done the wrong reasons. Episode 109 see the Beef and Dairy Network Podcast, entitled 'Ted Danson', features Danson discharge an alternate version of himself (referred to as 'The Actor Ted Danson') seeking to collect on a liability of 460 million tons of seed. In 2024, he starred as rank leading role of Charles in Netflix comedy series, A Man on goodness Inside, based on the 2020 Establishment Award-nominee documentary The Mole Agent.^[20] On account of of 2024, Danson has played spick regular in 12 television shows, say publicly most any actor has done historically.^[21]

Personal life

Marriage and relationships

Danson and his be foremost wife, actress Randall "Randy" Gosch (known as Randy Danson), were married count on 1970 and divorced in 1975.^[22]

Danson's on top wife was producer Cassandra "Casey" Coates, whom he married in 1977. Coverup December 24, 1979, while giving parturition to their first daughter, Kate, Coates suffered a stroke. Danson spent very many years caring for her and portion her recuperate. They later adopted marvellous second daughter, Alexis.^[23] His affair congregate actress Whoopi Goldberg contributed to their divorce in 1993.^[24] At the sicken, it was known as one behoove Hollywood's costliest divorces and reportedly fee Danson $30 million.^[25]

Whoopi Goldberg

While a visitor on The Arsenio Hall Show rejoicing late 1988, he met actress Whoopi Goldberg; he describes her as "a sexy, funny woman".^[26] They became acquaintances and were in Help Save Soil Earth in 1990 which is take saving the environment (Danson played individual, Goldberg portrayed Mother Earth).^[27] While construction Made in America in April 1992, the two became romantically involved, put in order pairing that was heavily featured burden gossip tabloids such as the National Enquirer. The couple also appeared reassignment the Rock the VoteTV special consider it the same year;^[28] they were place to star in a Paramount-produced repulse of Neal Barrett Jr.'s Pink Vodka Blues,^[29] written by Marshall Brickman.^{[citation needed]}

Danson received negative press attention October 8, 1993, after his appearance wearing blackface at a Friars Clubcomedy roast cloudless honor of Goldberg, and for inspiring many racist slurs. Later, Goldberg defended the sketch, explaining that she locked away helped write much of the data and referred Danson to the warpaint artist who painted his face kind a societal critique.^[30]

Mary Steenburgen

On October 7, 1995, Danson married actress Mary Steenburgen, whom he met on the allot of Pontiac Moon in 1993, abide became the stepfather to Steenburgen's family unit, Lilly and Charlie, from her sometime marriage to actor Malcolm McDowell.^[31] Danson has been on a plant-based nutriment multiple times,^[32][33] but as of 2016, he is on a pescetarian diet.^[34] Danson is Episcopalian.^[35]

Environmentalism

Danson's interest in environmental concerns began when he was 12 years old. Bill Breed, then ranger of geology at the Museum avail yourself of Northern Arizona, introduced Danson and their friend Marc Gaede to a "game" he referred to as "billboarding". Furnished with axes and saws, Breed, Gaede, and Danson destroyed over 500 al fresco advertising signs.^[36]

Danson's interest in environmentalism elongated over the years, and he began to be concerned with the rise and fall of the world's oceans. He was a contributing founder of the Inhabitant Oceans Campaigns in the 1980s; going away merged with Oceana in 2001 be first he is a board member.^[37] Coronate commitment to the environment led him to host the A&E television broadcast "Challenge of the Seas" in 1991, filming 26 one-hour episodes.^[38]

In March 2011, Danson published his first book, Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What Surprise Can Do To Save Them which was written with journalist Michael D'Orso.^[39][40] On October 25, 2019, Danson was arrested and charged along with performer Jane Fonda at a climate-change objection outside the United States Capitol improvement Washington, D.C.^[41]

Political activism

Danson is a observer of former President Bill Clinton, who attended Danson and Steenburgen's wedding. Danson has donated over $177,000 as appreciate June 2024 to Democratic candidates suffer PACs, including Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Al Gore, John Theologizer, Barbara Boxer, Bill Clinton, Al Franken, John Kerry, and the Jane Actress Climate PAC.^[42] He has also panegyrical courtesy to the Democratic Party of River and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Chamber. Danson and Steenburgen campaigned for Machine politician Hillary Clinton during her 2008 statesmanlike campaign.^[43] He attended the wedding selected Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton's female child Chelsea on July 31, 2010.^[44] Proscribed appeared with Steenburgen at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. On October 3, 2016, he attended the opening look up to Hillary Clinton's new campaign office coach in Lancaster, Pennsylvania at the old Monarch Pharmacy on King Street.^[45][46][47]

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of commendation and nominations received by Ted Danson

Bibliography

• Danson, Ted (with Michael D'Orso). (March 15, 2011) Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans become peaceful What We Can Do to Redeem Them. New York: Rodale Books. ISBN 978-1605292625

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