Tom Selleck on screen and stage

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Tom Selleck is an American actor, television and film producer and screenwriter. His breakout role was playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988), for which he received five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1985. Since 2010, Selleck has co-starred as New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in the series Blue Bloods. Beginning in 2005, he has portrayed troubled small-town police chief Jesse Stone in nine television films based on the Robert B. Parker novels.

In films, Selleck has played bachelor architect Peter Mitchell in Three Men and a Baby (1987), and its sequel Three Men and a Little Lady (1990). Other film roles include Quigley Down Under, Mr. Baseball, and Lassiter. He appeared in recurring television roles as Dr. Richard Burke on Friends, as Lance White, the likeable and naive partner on The Rockford Files, and as casino owner A.J. Cooper on Las Vegas. He also had a lead role in the television western film The Sacketts, based on two of Louis L'Amour's books.

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes References
1969 Lancer Dobie Episode: "Death Bait"
Judd for the Defense Deputy 2 episodes
1969–1970 Bracken's World Roger Haines / Dave Rawson 8 episodes
1970 The Movie Murderer Mike Beaudine Television film
1971 Sarge Captain Denning Episode: "The Combatants"
1973 Wide World Mystery Mark Brolin Episode: "Shadow of Fear"
The FBI Steve Episode: "The Confession"
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law Brinkley Episode: "Snatches of a Crazy Song"
1974 Marcus Welby, M.D. Lt. Rogers Episode: "Feedback"
A Case of Rape Stan Television film
1975 Returning Home Fred Derry
1974–1975 & 2005 The Young and the Restless Jed Andrews Unknown episodes
1975 Marcus Welby, M.D. Sgt. Ed Brock Episodes: "Dark Fury"
Mannix Don Brady Episode: "Design for Dying"
The Streets of San Francisco Jimmy Desco Episode: "Spooks for Sale"
1976 Most Wanted Tom Roybo Episode: "Pilot"
Charlie's Angels Dr. Alan Samuelson Episode: "Target: Angels"
1977 Bunco Gordean Television film
1978 Taxi Mike Beldon Episode: "Memories of Cab 804"
1978 & 1979 The Rockford Files PI Lance White 2 episodes
1979 The Chinese Typewriter Tom Boston Television film
The Sacketts Orrin Sackett
Concrete Cowboys Will Eubanks
1980–1988 Magnum, P.I. Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV Lead role, 162 episodes [1]
1981 Christmas in Hawaii Himself Television film
1982 Simon & Simon Thomas Magnum Episode: "Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend"
The Shadow Riders Mac Traven Television film
1983 James Bond: The First 21 Years Himself Documentary
1984 Muppet Babies Himself Episode: "What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?" 1984

Runaway - plays Jack Ramsey a future cop

1986 Murder, She Wrote Thomas Magnum Episode: "Magnum on Ice"
1988 The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen Himself Documentary
1995 Broken Trust Judge Timothy Nash
1996 Ruby Jean and Joe Joe Wade
Way Out West Himself
1996–1997 & 2000 Friends Dr. Richard Burke 10 episodes
1997 Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western Himself Documentary
Last Stand at Saber River Paul Cable Television film
1998 The Closer Jack McLaren 10 episodes
2000 Running Mates Gov. James Reynolds Pryce Television film
2001 Crossfire Trail Rafael "Rafe" Covington
2003 Touch 'Em All McCall Touch McCall
Monte Walsh Monte Walsh
Twelve Mile Road Stephen Landis
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King Himself Documentary
2004 Biography Narrator Documentary; episode: "Dwight D. Eisenhower: Supreme Commander-in-Chief"
Reversible Errors Larry Starczek Television film
Ike: Countdown to D-Day Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
2005 Stone Cold Jesse Stone
2006 Boston Legal Ivan Tiggs 4 episodes
Jesse Stone: Night Passage Jesse Stone Television film
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2007 Jesse Stone: Sea Change
2007–2008 Las Vegas A.J. Cooper 19 episodes
2009 Jesse Stone: Thin Ice Jesse Stone Television film
2010 Jesse Stone: No Remorse
2010–2024 Blue Bloods NYPD Police Commissioner Frank Reagan Main role
2011 Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost Jesse Stone Television film
2012 Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
2013 Elway to Marino Narrator ESPN 30 for 30 documentary (produced by NFL Films)
North America 7 episodes
2014 Arnie 3 episodes
2015 Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise Jesse Stone Television film
2021 Friends: The Reunion Himself HBO Max
Out Where The West Begins Narrator Discovery+; 4 episodes

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes References
1970 Myra Breckinridge Stud [2]
1971 The Seven Minutes Phil Sanford [3]
1972 Daughters of Satan James Robertson [4]
1973 Terminal Island Dr. Milford [5]
1976 Midway Aide to Capt. Cyril Simard [6]
1977 The Washington Affair Jim Hawley
1978 Coma Sean Murphy [7]
Superdome Jim McCauley
The Gypsy Warriors Captain Theodore Brinkenhoff
1979 Concrete Cowboys Will Eubanks
1982 Divorce Wars: A Love Story Jack Sturgess -1982
The Shadow Riders Mac Tavern -1982
1983 High Road to China Patrick O' Malley [8]
1984 Lassiter Nick Lassiter [9]
Runaway Sgt. Jack R. Ramsay [10]
1987 Three Men and a Baby Peter Mitchell [11]
1989 Her Alibi Phil Blackwood [12]
An Innocent Man Jimmie Rainwood [13]
1990 Quigley Down Under Matthew Quigley [14]
Three Men and a Little Lady Peter Mitchell [15]
1992 Folks! Jon Aldrich [16]
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery King Ferdinand V
Mr. Baseball Jack Elliot [17]
1995 Open Season Rock Maninoff
1996 Kids for Character: Choices Count Himself Host[18]
The Magic of Flight Narrator Documentary[19]
1997 In & Out Peter Malloy [20]
1999 The Love Letter George Matthias
2007 Meet the Robinsons Cornelius Robinson Voice role
2008 Meet Dave John Morrison Uncredited
2010 Killers Mr. Kornfeldt [21]

Stage[edit]

2001: A Thousand Clowns - Murray

References[edit]

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  19. ^ "The Magic of Flight – MacGillivray Freeman". macgillivrayfreemanfilms.com.
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