Stanford University Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Occupations
Actor
producer
activist
Years active
1975–present
Known for
Cheers
Three Men and a Baby
Three Men and a Little Lady
Becker
The Good Place
Spouses
Randall Gosch
(m. 1970; div. 1975)
Cassandra Coates
(m. 1977; div. 1993)
Mary Steenburgen
(m. 1995)
Children
2
Relatives
Charlie McDowell (stepson)
Edward BridgeDanson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom Cheers, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was nominated for more Emmy Awards for roles in the legal drama Damages (2007–2010) and the NBC dramedy The Good Place (2016–2020). He was awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 1999.[1]
Danson made his film debut in 1978 in the crime drama The Onion Field. His breakout film role was as Jack Holden in the films Three Men and a Baby (1987) and Three Men and a Little Lady (1990). His other film roles include Body Heat (1981), Dad (1989) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).
Danson's other leading roles on television include the CBS sitcom Becker, CBS drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2011–2015), and CSI: Cyber (2015–2016).[2][3] In 2015, he starred in the second season of FX's anthology series Fargo. He has played roles in the HBO comedies Bored to Death (2009–2011) and Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024), and the NBC sitcom Mr. Mayor (2021–2022).
Danson is also known for his longtime activism in ocean conservation. In March 2011, he published his first book, Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them which was written with journalist Michael D'Orso. He has been married to actress Mary Steenburgen since 1995.
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and was later featured as a permanent one during season 10 (1991–92). TedDanson as Sam Malone: A bartender and proprietor of Cheers, Sam is also a lothario...
fictional character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by TedDanson and created by Glen and Les Charles. The protagonist of the series, Sam...
appeared in the show's first episode (after the pilot), "The Pants Tent". TedDanson (as a fictionalized version of himself, seasons 1, 3–7, 9–12) is an old...
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utopian afterlife designed and run by afterlife "architect" Michael (TedDanson) as a reward for her righteous life. She realizes, however, she was sent...
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has an on-off relationship with the womanizing bartender Sam Malone (TedDanson) and a one-year relationship with Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), who...
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cast is Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson, Jesse Plemons, Jean Smart, and TedDanson. The ten-episode season's finale aired on December 14, 2015. As an anthology...
young woman who wakes up in the afterlife and is welcomed by Michael (TedDanson) to "the Good Place" in reward for her righteous life; however, she eventually...
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in CBS's sitcom Becker, playing the office's aide of Dr. John Becker (TedDanson). After airing three episodes to high ratings, CBS ordered a full season...
and produced by Robert Schaffel and Youssef Vahabzadeh. The film stars TedDanson as Washington Bellamy, a "pigheaded" science teacher in a small town of...
many of them playing fictionalized versions of themselves, including TedDanson, Richard Lewis, Wanda Sykes, Rosie O'Donnell, and Jon Hamm. The series...
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