Ted Danson

Ted Danson

Birthday: 1947-12-29

Place of Birth: San Diego, California, USA

Biography: Edward Bridge “Ted” Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for his role as central character Sam Malone in the sitcom Cheers, and his role as Dr. John Becker on the series Becker. He also plays a recurring role on Larry David's HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm, starred alongside Glenn Close in legal drama Damages and is now a regular on the HBO comedy series Bored to Death. In his thirty-year career, Danson has been nominated for fourteen Primetime Emmy Awards, winning two; ten Golden Globe Awards nominations, winning three; one Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination; one American Comedy Award and a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. He was ranked second in TV Guide's list of the top 25 television stars. Danson has also been a longtime activist in ocean conservation. In March 2011, he published his first book, "Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans And What We Can Do To Save Them," written with journalist Michael D'Orso. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ted Danson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fou...

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Dad
Dad

A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. H...

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Mumford
Mumford

When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same nam...

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3 Men and a Little Lady
3 Men and a Little Lady

Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. W...

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Cousins
Cousins

When Larry and Maria learn that their respective spouses are cheating on them, they try to turn the ...

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Mad Money
Mad Money

Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed....

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Made in America
Made in America

A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that wasn't bad enough, he's...

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3 Men and a Baby
3 Men and a Baby

Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends....

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The Paley Center Salutes The Good Place
The Paley Center Salutes The Good Place

In anticipation and celebration of the fourth and final season of NBC’s critically applauded and Emm...

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The Onion Field
The Onion Field

An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loophole...

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The End of the Line
The End of the Line

Examines the devastating effect that overfishing has had on the world's fish populations and argues ...

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Getting Even with Dad
Getting Even with Dad

Con man Ray is going after one last heist – a stash of rare coins – when his estranged son Timmy une...

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Body Heat
Body Heat

During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while p...

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Our Fathers
Our Fathers

In the '80s, priests and especially the Father Geoghan arrested for sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal...

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Fight for Your Right Revisited
Fight for Your Right Revisited

Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young" Beast...

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Nobel Son
Nobel Son

Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson i...

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Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge

Spider-Man goes to China to help an official accused of World War II treachery. Two episodes of the...

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Voices That Care
Voices That Care

Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care"....

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Creepshow
Creepshow

Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarr...

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The Amateurs
The Amateurs

Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable lose...

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Homegrown
Homegrown

Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they ...

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A Fine Mess
A Fine Mess

Two friends discover a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it, but soon have to deal ...

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Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale
Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale

Exploring the impact of human behavior on our environment from the perspective of one of South Flori...

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Loch Ness
Loch Ness

Dr. Dempsey, an American scientist, is sent to Scotland to disprove the existence of the Loch Ness M...

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Pontiac Moon
Pontiac Moon

An absent-minded-professor father and his son take off in an old Pontiac to bond during a symbolic r...

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Just Between Friends
Just Between Friends

Holly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don't know however that they have more in comm...

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Jock the Hero Dog
Jock the Hero Dog

Animated-family adventure based on a true story that tells the heart-warming, coming-of-age story of...

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Ted
Ted

John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must deci...

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Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Thanks of a Grateful Nation

An examination of the aftermath of Desert Storm and how servicemen and women were affected by it med...

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Living with the Dead
Living with the Dead

A man begins to have disturbing visions of dead people, among whom are his mother and victims of a l...

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Jerry and Tom
Jerry and Tom

Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a...

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Knights of the South Bronx
Knights of the South Bronx

A business man decides that he wants to teach school in the inner city and chooses a tough school in...

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We're All Plastic People Now
We're All Plastic People Now

In an era of throw-away ease, convenience has cost us our well-being. Plastics have been found insid...

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Big Miracle
Big Miracle

A small-town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer enlist the help of rival superpowers to save t...

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Once Upon a Spy
Once Upon a Spy

Computer genius and chess champion Ted Danson is lured into service by secret agent Eleanor Parker a...

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Allison Sydney Harrison
Allison Sydney Harrison

The story, set in San Francisco, depicts the adventures of Allison Sydney Harrison, a high-school st...

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Something About Amelia
Something About Amelia

Counseling helps family deal with the discovery that their child was sexually abused by the closest ...

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We Are the Children
We Are the Children

A doctor and a photo-journalist try to help famine victims in Africa....

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It Must Be Love
It Must Be Love

A couple decides to settle their divorce in a civilized manner without lawyers, which brings complic...

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Little Treasure
Little Treasure

Margo is an ex-stripper who meets her long, lost father in Mexico. She looks after him in the waning...

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The One I Love
The One I Love

Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation when, at the urging of their therap...

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Waking Sleeping Beauty
Waking Sleeping Beauty

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists ...

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The Women's Room
The Women's Room

A wife is sick and tired of her husband's infidelities, so she leaves home and goes back to grad-sch...

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NBC 75th Anniversary Special
NBC 75th Anniversary Special

A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments....

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Our Family Business
Our Family Business

A syndicate mob boss doesn't realize that his eldest son, Gep, has been informing to the police on t...

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Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

CBS presents DICK VAN DYKE 98 YEARS OF MAGIC, an unforgettable special celebrating the legendary car...

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Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

A star-studded tribute to Star Trek on its 30th anniversary, hosted by many of the stars and guest s...

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Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

The stars of America's greatest comedies - like Cheers, Friends, Taxi and The Big Bang Theory - get ...

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CSI: Immortality
CSI: Immortality

An explosion inside a casino brings Catherine Willows back to Las Vegas to investigate. And when the...

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For Our Children
For Our Children

Benefit concert with an incredible group of stars and musicians....

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How Can I Tell If I'm Really in Love?
How Can I Tell If I'm Really in Love?

"How do you know if it's love? Can you fall in love more than once? Is love blind? Can you love more...

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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from the...

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The Search for Atlantis
The Search for Atlantis

Ted Danson takes viewers on a spectacular 2-hour search for one of the greatest civilizations the wo...

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Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

Go behind the scenes of the second season of Fargo....

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The Human Contract
The Human Contract

A free-spirited woman leads a businessman down a path of reckless abandon....

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When the Bough Breaks
When the Bough Breaks

A Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. ...

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Mickey's 60th Birthday
Mickey's 60th Birthday

This film combines live action/original animation and library animation. Mickey steals a magic hat f...

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Bye Bye Benjamin
Bye Bye Benjamin

Benjamin Osgood, a savvy ten-year-old business executive, meets a coworker's daughter, and must deci...

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Hearts Beat Loud
Hearts Beat Loud

In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing t...

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She's Having a Baby
She's Having a Baby

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full re...

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The Open Road
The Open Road

Minor leaguer Carlton Garret takes an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged father, legen...

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Fronterz
Fronterz

Three out-of-work actors pretend to be gangasta rappers....

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Cowboy
Cowboy

A man from the city returns to his small home town in the countryside to live like a farmer. He find...

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30 Rock: A One-Time Special
30 Rock: A One-Time Special

In a one-time special event featuring all the beloved characters from the original series, Liz Lemon...

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Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Monty Python: Live at Aspen

In March 1998 in Aspen, Colorado, the surviving members of the Monty Python team – John Cleese, Terr...

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The Earth Day Special
The Earth Day Special

The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April ...

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Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division

Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jack Black, Matt Damon, Sean Penn, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen & Kevin S...

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Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

Friends and stars pay tribute to America's comedy sweetheart and her trailblazing television career....

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Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood

Mrs. Pilgrim, a sweet kindergarten teacher from Arkansas, has become so confident in her annual 5 fo...

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The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There

The NBC All Star Hour (1985) was a one-hour primetime television special that brought together stars...

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Starring Dick Van Dyke
Starring Dick Van Dyke

Starring Dick Van Dyke explores how the prolific performer became a star on stage, television and fi...

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