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Tom Selleck

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Tom Selleck is an American actor born in 1945 whose career is anchored in long-running television. He broke through as the private investigator Thomas Magnum in Magnum, P.I., which ran from 1980 to 1988 and brought him five Emmy nominations and a win in 1984, and he later played New York police commissioner Frank Reagan in Blue Bloods from 2010 to 2024. He also played Jesse Stone in nine television films adapted from the Robert B. Parker novels. In film he is best known as the bachelor architect Peter Mitchell in Three Men and a Baby and its sequel, and he appeared in Quigley Down Under, Mr. Baseball and Lassiter. Recurring guest roles in Friends, The Rockford Files and Las Vegas rounded out his work. Outside acting he served in the California Army National Guard and co-founded Character Counts!.

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1945 1
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Primetime Emmy Award 1
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1. Tom Selleck (Wikipedia)
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    born January 29, 1945
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    is an American actor
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    five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1984
  • Associated With: Television, Lead, television
    playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, P.I.
  • Associated With: Film, Lead, film
    Selleck played bachelor architect Peter Mitchell in Three Men and a Baby
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