Ted Danson

Edward Bridge Danson III (lahir 29 Desember 1947)^[1] adalah seorang aktor Amerika. Ia meraih ketenaran dengan memerankan karakter utama Sam Malone di sitkom NBC Cheers (1982–1993), yang mana dia menerima dua Primetime Emmy Awards dan dua Golden Globe Awards. Ia juga dinominasikan Emmy untuk drama hukum FX Damages (2007–2010) dan komedi NBC The Good Place (2016–2020). Ia menerima Carol Burnett Award tahun 2025.

Ted Danson
Danson pada tahun 2018
Lahir	Edward Bridge Danson III 29 Desember 1947 (umur 77) San Diego, California, AS
Pendidikan	Stanford University Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Pekerjaan	Aktor
Tahun aktif	1975–sekarang
Suami/istri	Randall Gosch ​ ​ (m. 1970; c. 1975)​ Cassandra Coates ​ ​ (m. 1977; c. 1993)​ Mary Steenburgen ​ (m. 1995)​
Anak	2
Kerabat	Charlie McDowell (anak tiri) Jesse Bochco (menantu)
Penghargaan (2018) honorary doctor of Carnegie-Mellon University (en) (1993) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (en) (1990) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (en) star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (en)

Danson membuat debut filmnya pada tahun 1978 dalam drama kriminal The Onion Field. Peran terobosannya adalah dalam film komedi Three Men and a Baby (1987) dan Three Men and a Little Lady (1990). Dia juga berakting di Body Heat (1981), Creepshow (1982), Dad (1989) dan Saving Private Ryan (1998).

Peran utama Danson lainnya di televisi termasuk sitkom CBS Becker (1998–2004) dan drama CBS CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2011–2015) dan CSI: Cyber (2015–2016).^[2][3] Pada tahun 2015, ia membintangi musim kedua dari serial antologi FX Fargo. Dia telah memainkan peran dalam komedi HBO Bored to Death (2009–2011) dan Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024), sitkom NBC Mr. Mayor (2021–2022), dan komedi Netflix A Man on the Inside (2024–sekarang).

Danson telah menikah dengan aktris Mary Steenburgen sejak tahun 1995. Ia juga dikenal karena aktivismenya yang lama dalam konservasi laut dan menulis Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them (2011) bersama jurnalis Michael D'Orso.

Karya TV

• Somerset (cast member from 1975–1976)
• Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1979)
• The French Atlantic Affair (1979) (miniseries)
• The Women's Room (1980)
• Once Upon a Spy (1980)
• Benson (1981)
• Dear Teacher (1981)
• Our Family Business (1981)
• Magnum, P.I. (1981)
• Cheers (1982–1993)
• Cowboy (1983)
• Something About Amelia (1984)
• When the Bough Breaks (1986) (also executive producer)
• We Are the Children (1987)
• Ink (1996–1997) (also executive producer)
• Gulliver's Travels (1996) (miniseries, later released as a television movie)
• Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998)
• Queer as Folk (2000)
• Search for Atlantis(2000)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (2003)
• Becker (1998–2004)
• Living with the Dead (2002) (miniseries)
• It Must Be Love (2004)
• Our Fathers (2005)
• Help Me Help You (2006)
• Damages (2007)

Filmografi

• The Onion Field (1979)
• Body Heat (1981)
• Creepshow (1982)
• Little Treasure (1985)
• Just Between Friends (1986)
• A Fine Mess (1986)
• Three Men and a Baby (1987)
• She's Having a Baby (1988) (cameo)
• Cousins (1989)
• Dad (1989)
• Three Men and a Little Lady (1990)
• Made in America (1993)
• Getting Even with Dad (1994)
• Pontiac Moon (1994) (also executive producer)
• Loch Ness (1996)
• Jerry and Tom (1998)
• Homegrown (1998)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• Mumford (1999)
• Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (2001) (documentary)
• Fronterz (2004)
• The Moguls (2005)
• Knights of the South Bronx (2005)