tom selleck

Selleck on the red carpet at the 60th Annual Academy Awards, April 11, 1988. Born Thomas William Selleck

January 29, 1945 (1945-01-29) (age 64)

Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Occupation Actor, Producer, Writer Years active 1969 – present Spouse(s) Jacqueline Ray (1972 - 1980)

Jillie Mack (1987 - present) [show]Awards won Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series

1984 Magnum, P.I. Golden Globe Awards Best Actor in a Television Drama Series

1985 Magnum, P.I. Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Supporting Actor

1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

Thomas William "Tom" Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is an American actor, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his starring role on the television show Magnum P.I. Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Early career 2.2 Movie stardom 2.3 Magnum P.I. 2.4 The Closer 2.5 Western roles 2.6 Friends 2.7 Las Vegas and upcoming movies 3 Awards & accolades 4 Personal life 4.1 Politics 5 Filmography 6 Commercials 7 Television work (includes made-for-TV movies) 8 References 9 External links //

Early life

Selleck was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Martha S. (née Jagger),[1] a homemaker, and Robert D. Selleck, an executive and real estate investor.[2][3] The family moved to Sherman Oaks when Selleck was growing up. His siblings include brothers Robert (born 1944) and Daniel (born 1950), and sister Martha. Selleck graduated from Grant High School, in 1962.[4]

Along with modeling, Selleck attended the University of Southern California on a basketball scholarship where he played for the Trojans.[5] He is a member of Sigma Chi fraternity[6] and a member of the Trojan Knights. While he majored in business administration, a drama coach suggested Selleck try acting. He then studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, under Milton Katselas.

Selleck served in the California National Guard and was activated for the Watts riots.

Career

Early career

Selleck's first TV appearance was as a college senior on The Dating Game in 1965 and again in 1967 - he lost both times. Soon after, he appeared in commercials for products such as Pepsi-Cola.

He began his career with bit parts in smaller movies, including the over-the-top Myra Breckinridge and Russ Meyer's The Seven Minutes with co-stars including Wayne Maunder and Harold J. Stone. He also appeared in number of TV series, mini-series and TV movies. Selleck also had a recurring role in the 1970s as Lance White in The Rockford Files. Lance was very trusting and always lucky, much to the annoyance of Jim Rockford, the show's star private eye played by James Garner. White would frequently say to Rockford, "Don't worry, Jim, clues will turn up" and then a clue would just turn up, much to Rockford's consternation, for whom obtaining clues required hard work and hard knocks. Selleck's character was based on one played in Garner's earlier TV series Maverick (1957) by Wayde Preston in that series' highest-rated