ACTOR
Tom Selleck
- Known for
- Killers (2010), 3 Men and a Baby (1987), Blue Bloods (2010), In & Out (1997)
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Tom Selleck is an actor best known for Killers, 3 Men and a Baby and Blue Bloods.
Tom Selleck's Parents and Children: 10 Family Facts
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Although Tom Selleck plays Len Cariou's son on Blue Bloods (2010), Cariou is only six years older than Selleck in real life.
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Tom Selleck was once a minority owner of the Detroit Tigers, his favorite baseball team since childhood.
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Tom Selleck was an accomplished indoor and beach volleyball player who played the spiker position at the Outrigger Canoe Club in Honolulu. (His son Kevin attended USC, Selleck's alma mater, and became an All-American volleyball player in 1990.) Selleck's Outrigger Canoe Club teammate Dennis Berg said of him in the summer 2011 issue of Volleyball USA magazine: "Tom was a great teammate, he appreciated being one. Included in such a talented and experienced group, he practiced and played hard when the Magnum schedule allowed… He was very patient with all of us and we enjoyed the large crowds that replaced the usual small number of players' friends and wives at national tournament matches."
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Tom Selleck received an honorary doctorate from Pepperdine University. He was chosen for his outstanding character and morals. He is a board member of the nonprofit Michael Josephson Institute of Ethics and a co-founder of the Character Counts Coalition. He attended the University of Southern California and earned a basketball scholarship after walking onto the team as a junior in his final year.
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A member of the California National Guard, Tom Selleck attended the California Military Academy and was commissioned as a Lieutenant. He later appeared in recruitment posters for the California National Guard and the California Military Academy.
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He first appeared on television in 1967 as a college senior on The Dating Game (1965), and then appeared a second time (the date is currently unknown). Incredibly, he lost both times. Shortly afterwards he appeared in television commercials for products such as Pepsi-Cola.
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Tom Selleck himself served in the California National Guard, and every character he played in a television series had a military background: Thomas Magnum ("Magnum, P. I." 1980-1988) was a former Navy SEAL; A. J. Cooper ("Las Vegas" 2007-2008) was a former sailor; and NYPD Commissioner Francis "Frank" Reagan ("Blue Bloods" 2010-2021) is also a former sailor.
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Tom Selleck grew up in San Fernando and attended the University of Southern California, where he earned a degree in English.
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Tom Selleck's father was a banker.
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Tom Selleck is Annabelle Selleck's father-in-law.
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