Tom Selleck
Overview
Thomas William "Tom" Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is an American actor, and film producer. He is best known for his starring role as Hawaii-based private investigator Thomas Magnum
on the 1980s television show Magnum, P.I.
. He also plays Police Chief Jesse Stone
in a series of made-for-TV movies based on the Robert B. Parker
novels. In 2010, he appears as NYPD Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in the drama Blue Bloods
on CBS.
He has appeared extensively on television in roles such as Dr.
Thomas Magnum
Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV was the main character and namesake of the popular American television series, Magnum, P.I.. Magnum was portrayed by Tom Selleck.-Early life:...
on the 1980s television show Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I. is an American television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 in first-run broadcast on the American CBS television network....
. He also plays Police Chief Jesse Stone
Jesse Stone novels
Jesse Stone is the lead character in a series of detective novels initially written by Robert B. Parker. They were among his last works, and the first series in which the novelist used the third-person narrative...
in a series of made-for-TV movies based on the Robert B. Parker
Robert B. Parker
Robert Brown Parker was an American crime writer. His most famous works were the novels about the private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the late 1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character were also...
novels. In 2010, he appears as NYPD Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in the drama Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods (TV series)
Blue Bloods is an American police procedural/drama series on CBS, filmed on location in New York City. The show premiered on September 24, 2010, with episodes airing on Fridays at 10:00 pm Eastern and Pacific/9:00 PM Central and Mountain....
on CBS.
He has appeared extensively on television in roles such as Dr.
Quotations
Blow me a raspberry.
At the audience of 'The Chevy Chase Show' in 1993 during the presentation of his Worst Supporting Actor 'Razzie' award statuette for his performance as King Ferdinand of Spain in Christopher Columbus: The Discovery.
I was Planning to Go into Architecture. But when I arrived [to sign up for courses] Architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it. So I signed up for acting instead.
televised interview broadcast the day before 'Laguna Heat' was shown on cable TV.
All I see is people out there who are hungry for more.
Tom Selleck talking about the public's desire to see more Western films in interview with Taylor Fogarty of American Western Magazine/ReadTheWest.com, January 2003.
I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it.
About revolvers, as Matthew Quigley in Quigley Down Under.