Tom Selleck

Biography

Thomas William Selleck is an American actor and film producer, known for his starring role as Hawaii-based private investigator "Thomas Magnum" on the 1980s television series, _"Magnum, P.I." (1980)_ (qv). Selleck was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Martha S. (Jagger), a homemaker, and Robert Dean Selleck, a real estate investor and executive. He is of mostly English descent, including recent immigrant ancestors. Selleck has appeared extensively on television in roles such as "Dr. Richard Burke" on _"Friends" (1994)_ (qv) and "A.J. Cooper" on _"Las Vegas" (2003)_ (qv). In addition to his series work, Selleck has appeared in more than fifty made-for-TV and general release movies, including _Mr. Baseball (1992)_ (qv), _Quigley Down Under (1990)_ (qv), _Lassiter (1984)_ (qv) and, his most successful movie release, _3 Men and a Baby (1987)_ (qv), which was the highest grossing movie in 1987. Selleck also plays "Jesse Stone" in a series of made-for-TV movies, based on the 'Robert B. Parker' (qv) novels. In 2010, he appears as "Commissioner Frank Reagan" in the drama series, _"Blue Bloods" (2010)_ (qv) on CBS.