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Ted Danson is well known for his role as Sam Malone in the television series Cheers (1982). During the show's 11-year run, he was nominated nine times for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and won twice, in 1990 and 1993. The role also earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 1989 and 1990. He and his wife, actress Mary Steenburgen, starred in and were executive producers of the CBS comedy series Ink (1996).

Edward Bridge "Ted" Danson III was born in San Diego, California, to Jessica Harriet (MacMaster) and Edward Bridge Danson, Jr., who was an archaeologist and museum director. He has English, Scottish, and German ancestry. He was raised just outside Flagstaff, Ariz. Danson attended Stanford University, where he became interested in drama during his second year. In 1972, he transferred to Carnegie-Mellon University (formerly Carnegie Tech) in Pittsburgh. After graduation, he was hired as an understudy in Tom Stoppard's Off Broadway production of "The Real Inspector Hound." Danson moved to Los Angeles in 1978 and studied with Dan Fauci at the Actor's Institute, where he also taught classes. Danson lives with his family in Los Angeles. He is a founding member of the American Oceans Campaign (AOC), an organization established to alert Americans to the life-threatening hazards created by oil spills, offshore development, toxic wastes, sewage pollution and other ocean abuses.

In 1984, Danson received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in the television movie Something About Amelia (1984), in which he starred opposite Glenn Close. He also starred opposite Lee Remick in The Women's Room (1980). In 1986, he made his debut as a television producer with When the Bough Breaks (1986), in which he also starred. He later starred in the mini-series Gulliver's Travels (1996) and Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998). Danson's numerous feature film credits include The Onion Field (1979), in which he made his debut as Officer Ian Campbell, Body Heat (1981), Three Men and a Baby (1987), Three Men and a Little Lady (1990), Cousins (1989), Dad (1989), Made in America (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Mumford (1999), and Jerry and Tom (1998).

(Late 1970s-1982) TV commercials: Aramis colognes (Aramis, Devin, and Aramis900) for men.

(1991) <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001101/?ref_=nmwrk">Ted Danson</a> appeared in the music video and sang in the choir for the song &quot;Voices That Care,&quot; with music and lyrics by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0287757/?ref_=nmwrk">David Foster</a>.

(late 1970s-1980s) TV commercials: Head &amp; Shoulders Shampoo.

(January 1978) TV commercial: Colt 45 Malt Liquor.

(2013) Public Service Announcement (PSA) TV commercial: Heifer International.

(1986) Music video: Appeared in video &quot;A Fine Mess&quot;, with <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1100552/?ref_=nmwrk">The Temptations</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001101/?ref_=nmwrk">Ted Danson</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0612321/?ref_=nmwrk">Richard Mulligan</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0005177/?ref_=nmwrk">Howie Mandel</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0546765/?ref_=nmwrk">Stuart Margolin</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0250089/?ref_=nmwrk">Jennifer Edwards</a>, and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000744/?ref_=nmwrk">Maria Conchita Alonso</a>.

(2017-18) TV commercial: Smirnoff Vodka, by Diageo.

(2018-19) TV commercial: &quot;Two National Treasures,&quot; with <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001101/?ref_=nmwrk">Ted Danson</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0278979/?ref_=nmwrk">Jenna Fischer</a>, for Smirnoff Vodka made with non-GMO grains.

(March 2019) TV commercial: &quot;Take Control,&quot; for Cigna (Health) Insurance.

(1978) TV commercial: Head and Shoulders dandruff shampoo.

(2022) TV commercials: Consumer Cellular.

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