Ted Danson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-12-29 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

San Diego, California, USA

Ted Danson

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 Hollywo...

Acting

1998

Saving Private Ryan

as Captain Hamill

1989

Dad

as John Tremont

1999

Mumford

as Jeremy Brockett

1990

1989

Cousins

as Larry Kozinski

2008

Mad Money

as Don Cardigan

1993

Made in America

as Hal Jackson

1987

3 Men and a Baby

as Jack Holden

1979

The Onion Field

as Ian Campbell

2009

The End of the Line

as Narrator (voice)

1994

Getting Even with Dad

as Raymond 'Ray' Gleason

1981

Body Heat

as Peter Lowenstein

2005

Our Fathers

as Mitchell Garabedian

2007

Nobel Son

as Harvey Parrish

1991

Voices That Care

as Self - Choir Member

1982

Creepshow

as Harry Wentworth (segment "Something To Tide You Over")

2006

The Amateurs

as Moose

1998

Homegrown

as Gianni Saletzzo

1986

A Fine Mess

as Spence Holden

1996

Loch Ness

as Dr. Dempsey

1994

Pontiac Moon

as Washington Bellamy

1986

2011

Jock the Hero Dog

as Pezulu (voice)

2012

Ted

as Ted Danson (uncredited)

2002

Living with the Dead

as James Van Praagh

1998

Jerry and Tom

as The Guy Who Loved Vicki

2005

2012

Big Miracle

as J. W. McGraw

1980

Once Upon a Spy

as Jack Chenault

1983

Allison Sydney Harrison

as David Harrison

2016

For the Love of Spock

as Jack (archive footage)

1984

Something About Amelia

as Steven Bennett

2004

It Must Be Love

as George Gazelle

1985

Little Treasure

as Eugene Wilson

2014

The One I Love

as Therapist

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Jack Holden (archive footage)

1980

2012

2015

CSI: Immortality

as D.B. Russell

1993

2010

2008

The Human Contract

as E.J Winters

1988

2006

2018

1988

She's Having a Baby

as Ted Danson (uncredited)

2009

1983

Cowboy

as Dale Weeks

1998

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

as Audience Member (uncredited)

1990

Production

1994

Pontiac Moon

as Executive Producer

1986

When the Bough Breaks

as Executive Producer

2014

2006

Bye Bye Benjamin

as Executive Producer

2020

Best Summer Ever

as Executive Producer

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