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Ted Danson
Edward Bridge Danson III is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1982–1993), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was further Emmy-nominated for the FX legal drama Damages (2007–2010) and the NBC comedy The Good Place (2016–2020). He received the 2025 Carol Burnett Award.
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Born 29 December 1947 · Q381203
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2026· 8 entries
Associated Press News: Jean Smart, Ted Danson inducted into Television Academy Hall of Fame
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Yahoo: Television Academy Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony 2026 red carpet: Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Ted Danson and more
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AOL: EXCLUSIVE: 'Cheers' Star Ted Danson Reveals Why He Felt His Life Was 'A Lie'
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AOL: Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen Make Rare Red Carpet Appearance Alongside Their Granddaughters at L.A. Premiere of “The Dink”
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Page Six: Ted Danson says he couldn’t believe women found him attractive during ‘Cheers’ fame
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Page Six: Ted Danson says Bill Clinton grilled him about his ‘intentions’ with Mary Steenburgen using Secret Service
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2025· 1 entry
Us Weekly: Ted Danson Explains Why He Hates Love Scenes With Anyone But Wife Mary Steenburgen
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2024· 3 entries
Became the official spokesperson for Consumer Cellular, a telephone company
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Danson and Woody Harrelson started a Team Coco podcast called Where Everybody Knows Your Name where they interview celebrities about their lives and careers
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Starred as the leading role of Charles in the Netflix comedy series, A Man on the Inside, based on the 2020 Academy Award-nominee documentary The Mole Agent
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2019· 1 entry
Danson was arrested and charged along with actress Jane Fonda at a climate-change protest outside the United States Capitol in Washington, D
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of Carnegie-Mellon University (2018).
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2016· 1 entry
Attended the opening of Hillary Clinton's new campaign office in Lancaster, Pennsylvania at the old Queen Pharmacy on King Street
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2015· 2 entries
Danson appeared in the second season of the TV show Fargo, portraying Sheriff Hank Larsson
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Starred in the second season of FX's anthology series Fargo
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2011· 1 entry
Danson appeared in the music video for "Make Some Noise" by the Beastie Boys
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2007· 1 entry
Danson starred in the FX Network drama Damages as a corrupt billionaire, Arthur Frobisher
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2006· 2 entries
Danson received a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for his role in Knights of the South Bronx
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Playing a psychiatrist in the ABC sitcom Help Me Help You, which was canceled at midseason due to low ratings
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2002· 1 entry
TV Guide magazine named Cheers the 18th "Greatest Show of All Time"
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1999· 1 entry
Danson was presented with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
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1996· 1 entry
Three years after Cheers concluded, Danson starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom Ink with his real-life wife Mary Steenburgen
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1995· 1 entry
Danson married actress Mary Steenburgen, whom he met on the set of Pontiac Moon in 1993, and became the stepfather to Steenburgen's children, Lilly and Charlie, from her previous marriage to actor Malcolm McDowell
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1993· 2 entries
After his appearance wearing blackface at a Friars Club comedy roast in honor of Goldberg, and for using many racist slurs
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Cheers (1993).
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Cheers (1990).
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Which is about saving the environment (Danson played himself, Goldberg portrayed Mother Earth)
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1988· 1 entry
Danson got into a minor car accident in which he got a bloody nose; he was in some pain, but his nose wasn't broken
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1982· 1 entry
Danson was cast in the role of Sam Malone, a former local-legend baseball player and bartender, for the NBC sitcom Cheers
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1979· 1 entry
While giving birth to their first daughter, Kate, Coates suffered a stroke
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1972· 1 entry
Studied at Carnegie Mellon University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (1972).
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1961· 1 entry
At age 14, Danson enrolled at the Kent School, a university-preparatory school in Connecticut; he was a star player on the basketball team
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1947· 2 entries
Born 1947-12-29.
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Danson was born in San Diego to Edward Bridge "Ned" Danson Jr
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