Biography of ted danson
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Ted Danson Biography
Dec 29, Birth Place:
San Diego, California, USA
Biography
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Ted Danson
American actor (born )
Edward BridgeDanson III (born December 29, )[1] is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBCsitcomCheers (–), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was further Emmy-nominated for the FX legal drama Damages (–) and the NBC comedy The Good Place (–). He was the recipient of the Carol Burnett Award.
Danson made his film debut in in the crime drama The Onion Field. His breakout film role was in the comedies Three Men and a Baby () and Three Men and a Little Lady (). He also acted in Body Heat (), Creepshow (), Dad () and Saving Private Ryan ().
Danson's other leading roles on television include the CBS sitcom Becker (–) and the CBS dramas CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (–) and CSI: Cyber (–).[2][3] In , he starred in the second season of FX's anthology series Fargo. He has played roles in the HBO c
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Ted Danson is well known for his role as Sam Malone in the television series Cheers (). During the show's year run, he was nominated nine times for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and won twice, in and The role also earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in and He and his wife, actress Mary Steenburgen, starred in and were executive producers of the CBS comedy series Ink ().
Edward Bridge "Ted" Danson III was born in San Diego, California, to Jessica Harriet (MacMaster) and Edward Bridge Danson, Jr., who was an archaeologist and museum director. He has English, Scottish, and German ancestry. He was raised just outside Flagstaff, Ariz. Danson attended Stanford University, where he became interested in drama during his second year. In , he transferred to Carnegie-Mellon University (formerly Carnegie Tech) in Pittsburgh. After graduation, he was hired as an understudy in Tom Stoppard's Off Broadway production of