Thomas William “Tom” Selleck is an actor best known for playing private eye Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, P.I. With his severe personality, dark appearance, and distinctive mustache, he is a strong option to play the police and investigators parts for which he had often been offered.
He portrays Police Chief Jesse Stone in a number of television movies based on Robert B. Parker’s books, maintaining his appearance.
Long before he was finally spotted, the outstanding actor had been working in the entertainment industry. Before Magnum, P.I. came along and made him famous, he had played supporting parts in a number of movies and television shows.
After that part, he started getting bigger roles in movies and television shows. He also got a part in the film Three Men and a Baby, which went on to become a great financial success.
For the athletic basketball player who had studied business administration, acting seemed an odd career. On the recommendation of a theater instructor, he started acting.
With little jobs and gradually worked his way up to become the acclaimed and in-demand actor he is today. He was active in sports when he was younger and is a skilled beach volleyball player.
Tom Selleck’s Date of Birth and Parents
He is the son of Robert Dean Selleck and Martha Jagger. His mother was a stay-at-home mom, while his father was an executive and real estate, investor. His sibling’s number three.
Tom Selleck’s Education
He attended Grant High School, where he received his diploma in 1962. He had an athletic build and participated in several sports. He was able to attend the University of Southern California because of a basketball scholarship.
He chose business administration as his major. He also used to model, and his theater instructor encouraged him to attempt acting. At the Beverly Hills Playhouse, he started acting under Milton Katselas.
Tom Selleck’s Career
He started out as an actor by taking on modest roles in television programs. In 1965, he made an appearance on The Dating Game as a college senior, a part he again played in 1967.
He also began performing in commercials. When he first started out, he grabbed whatever available employment.
He was able to find work throughout the 1970s playing small parts in movies and television shows including The Movie Murderer (1970), Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1973), Charlie’s Angels (1976), and The Sacketts (1979).
The brilliant actor’s career was not progressing in the manner he would have liked it to; even after working for years, he mostly went undetected despite his attractive appearance, remarkable body, and acting abilities.
When he received a part in the TV show Magnum, P.I., this changed.
In the TV show Magnum, P.I., he played Thomas Magnum, a private eye. The series, which was broadcast on the CBS network from 1980 to 1988, was a huge success and one of the most watched programs in the country.
Following his popularity as an actor on television, his cinematic career also developed. In the 1987 comedy Three Men and a Baby, he costarred alongside Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg. One of the year’s major hits is the movie.
From 1996 through 2000, he appeared in 10 episodes of the comedy Friends as Dr. Richard Burke. Despite the fact that his part was just a guest appearance, the crowd and reviewers both praised his performance highly.
He was a candidate for the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award.
He appeared in the romantic comedy In & Out in 1997, which also featured Joan Cusack, Kevin Kline, and Matt Dillon. The statement Tom Hanks gave during the Oscars ceremony in 1994 about the amazing LGBT guys he has met served as the basis for the film.
In the TV comedy The Closer, he played a successful advertising firm CEO. The program, which aired on CBS in 1998, featured him in ten of its episodes.
He played A.J. Cooper in the TV show Las Vegas from 2007 to 2008. The program was centered on a group of casino workers who dealt with problems that came up at work.
He co-starred with Kathy Baker in the 2007 television mystery movie Jesse Stone: Sea Change.
A police chief who is looking into an unsolved murder was the focus of the Robert Parker book that served as the basis for the film. He reprised his Jesse Stone character in further films in the series as well.
He began as Frank Reagan in the police procedural series Blue Bloods in 2010. The show centers on the daily activities of a family of New York City Police Department officers.