Tom Selleck

Birthday: 29 January 1945, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Birth Name: Thomas William Selleck

Height: 192 cm

Thomas William Selleck is an American actor and film producer, 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 S. (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. Show less «

There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a mustache and so did he. But h...Show more »

There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a mustache and so did he. But he was the number one star in the world, so there wasn't really much confusion. Show less «

I just really want people to see this movie and I hope they like it, because to me Monte Walsh (2003...Show more »

I just really want people to see this movie and I hope they like it, because to me Monte Walsh (2003) probably reflects my sensibilities more than any other I've done in the Western genre. I'm really proud of it and I think it may be the best role I've ever had. Show less «

[interview with Taylor Fogarty of American Western Magazine/ReadTheWest.com, 1/93] All I see is peop...Show more »

[interview with Taylor Fogarty of American Western Magazine/ReadTheWest.com, 1/93] All I see is people out there who are hungry for more [movie westerns]. Show less «

I don't know if my political opinions ever lost me work, but I know for sure they never got me any.

[About his parents]: I could go into analysis for 20 years and not blame them for anything.

[televised interview broadcast the day before Laguna Heat (1987) was shown on N.Y. cable TV] I was p...Show more »

[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. Show less «

I was offered Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992), with Marlon Brando, who in my generation w...Show more »

I was offered Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992), with Marlon Brando, who in my generation was the Man. I said I'd only do it if Brando was in it. But when I got on set, instead of seven scenes with Brando, there was only one and he didn't speak. I tried to quit, but I was warned I'd be sued. It was a horrible movie! Gene Siskel reviewed my hair. I realized that wanting to act with someone, even Brando, was a bad reason to take a role. Show less «

[explaining why he refused a cameo in the film adaptation Magnum P.I. of his TV series Magnum, P.I. ...Show more »

[explaining why he refused a cameo in the film adaptation Magnum P.I. of his TV series Magnum, P.I. (1980)] I tell you what worries me -- because I love "Magnum" and we have loyal fans -- is they take these TV show titles, and they buy them and they spend $100 million on special effects, and then they make fun of them and trivialize it. Then they try and get the actor who used to be in it to do some ridiculous cameo to prove to the audience that it's OK. And I will not do that. Show less «

Popularity is the pocket change of history. The true measure is courage. There will never be another...Show more »

Popularity is the pocket change of history. The true measure is courage. There will never be another Charlton Heston. Show less «

Unless you treat failure as part of the journey, you're never going to get anywhere.

[About Charlton Heston] If a guy as good and decent with as much grace as Chuck Heston can stand up ...Show more »

[About Charlton Heston] If a guy as good and decent with as much grace as Chuck Heston can stand up for an issue that I think is very important ... then I certainly could stand up and I plan on remaining a life member for life. Show less «

[interview in American Western Magazine, 1/01] Why westerns get segregated into a genre in Hollywood...Show more »

[interview in American Western Magazine, 1/01] Why westerns get segregated into a genre in Hollywood, I don't know . . . It's just good entertainment. Show less «

It's not that conservatives don't care. We do. We just have different answers than liberals do. It's...Show more »

It's not that conservatives don't care. We do. We just have different answers than liberals do. It's a difference of the mind, not of the heart. Show less «

Tom Selleck

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