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Ted Danson is a Actor, Executive producer and Thanks American born on 29 december 1947 at San Diego (USA)
Edward Bridge "Ted" Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor, author, and producer, well known for his role as lead character Sam Malone in the sitcom Cheers, and his role as Dr. John Becker on the sitcom Becker. He also starred in the CBS drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as D.B. Russell. He also plays a recurring role on Larry David's HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm, starred alongside Glenn Close in legal drama Damages and was a regular on the HBO comedy series Bored to Death.
In his 40-year career, Danson has been nominated for 1 Malcolm Award,15 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning two; ten Golden Globe Awards nominations, winning three; one Screen Actors Guild Awards; and one American Comedy Award and has been awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. He was ranked second in TV Guide's list of the top 25 television stars. Danson has also been a longtime activist in ocean conservation. In March 2011, he published his first book, Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them, written with journalist Michael D'Orso.
On October 7, 1995, Danson married actress Mary Steenburgen, whom he met on the set of the movie Pontiac Moon in 1993, and became the stepfather to Steenburgen's daughter Lilly and son Charles from her previous marriage to actor Malcolm McDowell.
Danson adheres to a vegan diet for both health and ethical reasons.
Roast of Whoopi Goldberg
Danson experienced substantial negative press attention on October 8, 1993, after his appearance in blackface at a Friars Club comedy roast in honor of then-girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg. In his monologue, Danson made extensive use of offensive racial stereotypes, used the word "nigger" more than a dozen times, and ate a watermelon, angering such guests as Montel Williams and Mayor David Dinkins. Goldberg defended the sketch, explaining that she had helped write much of the material and referred Danson to the makeup artist who painted his face. Danson and Goldberg issued statements emphasizing "the Friars Club tradition of raucous and over the top humor" and describing those offended as newcomers who "were uncomfortable with what to expect." Substantial excerpts from the performance were later printed in Spy. The incident was parodied in Howard Stern's New Year's Rotten Eve with Stern as Danson and Sherman Hemsley as Goldberg.
Environmentalism
Danson's interest in environmental concerns was ignited when he was twelve years old and Bill Breed, then a curator at the Museum of Northern Arizona, introduced Danson and friend Marc Gaede to a game he referred to as "billboarding". Armed with an axe and saw, Breed, Gaede, and Danson ended up destroying over 300 outdoor advertising signs.
Danson's interest in environmentalism continued over the years, and he began to be concerned with the state of the world's oceans. In 1988, he said we had 10 years to save the oceans or we would pay the consequences, which would be death. In the 1980s, he was a contributing founder of the American Oceans Campaigns, which merged with Oceana in 2001, where Danson is a board member.
In March 2011, Danson published his first book, Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans And What We Can Do To Save Them, written with journalist Michael D'Orso.
Political activism
Danson is a friend of former United States President Bill Clinton, who attended Danson and Mary Steenburgen's wedding. Danson has donated more than $85,000 to Democratic candidates, including Al Gore, John Edwards, Barbara Boxer, Bill Clinton, Al Franken, and John Kerry. He has also donated to the Democratic Party of Arkansas and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Danson and Steenburgen campaigned for Sen. Hillary Clinton during her 2008 Presidential campaign. He attended the wedding of their daughter Chelsea on July 31, 2010.
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Ted Danson
Birth name Edward Bridge Danson III
Nationality USA
Birth 29 december 1947 (76 years) at San Diego (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 29 december 1947 (76 years) at San Diego (USA)
Edward Bridge "Ted" Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor, author, and producer, well known for his role as lead character Sam Malone in the sitcom Cheers, and his role as Dr. John Becker on the sitcom Becker. He also starred in the CBS drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as D.B. Russell. He also plays a recurring role on Larry David's HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm, starred alongside Glenn Close in legal drama Damages and was a regular on the HBO comedy series Bored to Death.
In his 40-year career, Danson has been nominated for 1 Malcolm Award,15 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning two; ten Golden Globe Awards nominations, winning three; one Screen Actors Guild Awards; and one American Comedy Award and has been awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. He was ranked second in TV Guide's list of the top 25 television stars. Danson has also been a longtime activist in ocean conservation. In March 2011, he published his first book, Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them, written with journalist Michael D'Orso.
Biography
Danson and his first wife, actress Randall "Randy" Gosch (now professionally known as Randy Danson), were married in 1970 and divorced in 1975. Danson's second wife was producer Cassandra "Casey" Coates; they were married in 1977. On December 24, 1979, while giving birth to their first daughter Kate, Coates suffered a stroke, and Danson spent several years caring for her and helping her recuperate. They later adopted a second daughter, Alexis. Danson's affair with actress Whoopi Goldberg led to their divorce in 1993. It was one of Hollywood's costliest divorces, reportedly costing Danson $30 million.On October 7, 1995, Danson married actress Mary Steenburgen, whom he met on the set of the movie Pontiac Moon in 1993, and became the stepfather to Steenburgen's daughter Lilly and son Charles from her previous marriage to actor Malcolm McDowell.
Danson adheres to a vegan diet for both health and ethical reasons.
Roast of Whoopi Goldberg
Danson experienced substantial negative press attention on October 8, 1993, after his appearance in blackface at a Friars Club comedy roast in honor of then-girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg. In his monologue, Danson made extensive use of offensive racial stereotypes, used the word "nigger" more than a dozen times, and ate a watermelon, angering such guests as Montel Williams and Mayor David Dinkins. Goldberg defended the sketch, explaining that she had helped write much of the material and referred Danson to the makeup artist who painted his face. Danson and Goldberg issued statements emphasizing "the Friars Club tradition of raucous and over the top humor" and describing those offended as newcomers who "were uncomfortable with what to expect." Substantial excerpts from the performance were later printed in Spy. The incident was parodied in Howard Stern's New Year's Rotten Eve with Stern as Danson and Sherman Hemsley as Goldberg.
Environmentalism
Danson's interest in environmental concerns was ignited when he was twelve years old and Bill Breed, then a curator at the Museum of Northern Arizona, introduced Danson and friend Marc Gaede to a game he referred to as "billboarding". Armed with an axe and saw, Breed, Gaede, and Danson ended up destroying over 300 outdoor advertising signs.
Danson's interest in environmentalism continued over the years, and he began to be concerned with the state of the world's oceans. In 1988, he said we had 10 years to save the oceans or we would pay the consequences, which would be death. In the 1980s, he was a contributing founder of the American Oceans Campaigns, which merged with Oceana in 2001, where Danson is a board member.
In March 2011, Danson published his first book, Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans And What We Can Do To Save Them, written with journalist Michael D'Orso.
Political activism
Danson is a friend of former United States President Bill Clinton, who attended Danson and Mary Steenburgen's wedding. Danson has donated more than $85,000 to Democratic candidates, including Al Gore, John Edwards, Barbara Boxer, Bill Clinton, Al Franken, and John Kerry. He has also donated to the Democratic Party of Arkansas and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Danson and Steenburgen campaigned for Sen. Hillary Clinton during her 2008 Presidential campaign. He attended the wedding of their daughter Chelsea on July 31, 2010.
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Just Between Friends (1986)
, 1h50Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Danson, Christine Lahti, Sam Waterston, Jane Greer, Julie Payne
Roles Chip Davis
Rating58%
Holly Davis is a wife and mother, happily married to Dr. Chip Davis, a seismologist. She isn't aware that Chip is having an affair with Sandy Dunlap, a television news reporter who interviewed him after a quake.
When the Bough Breaks (1986)
, 1h40Directed by Waris Hussein
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Ted Danson, Richard Masur, Rachel Ticotin, James Noble, Kim Miyori, Merritt Butrick
Roles Alex
Rating67%
Alex Delaware, a Los Angeles psychiatrist, testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found dead in the psychiatrist's office, in what appears to be a suicide. Shaken, the psychiatrist moves to the mountains outside of L.A. Not long afterwards a detective he knows, Milo Sturgis, comes to him for help. A seven-year-old girl saw someone kill both of her parents, but is so traumatized by the event that she can't remember anything, and Sturgis wants the doctor to help: Alex agrees, and the two go on the trail of the real perpetrators.
A Fine Mess (1986)
, 1h30Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Films about sexuality, Gangster films
Actors Ted Danson, Howie Mandel, Richard Mulligan, Stuart Margolin, María Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Edwards
Roles Spence Holden
Rating47%
While filming on location at a race track, womanizing bit actor Spencer Holden, who lives life on one scam after another, overhears a couple of inept thugs named Binky and Turnip while they dope a race horse with a supposed undetectable super stimulant. The thugs find out that Spence overheard them and will do anything to catch him to prevent him from going to the authorities with the information. Spence, however, enlists the help of his best friend, drive-in carhop and aspiring restaurateur Dennis Powell, to bet on the race with that horse so that they can make some guaranteed money. Spence and Dennis end up having to outrun not only the thugs, who manage to put a few bullet holes in Spence's car, but also the police after they find Spence's bullet-riddled car and after the race horse, Sorry Sue, dies from the drugs. The plot also includes an antique player piano of which Dennis comes into possession, sympathetic but naive auction house employee Ellen Frankenthaler who is attracted to Dennis, and exotically beautiful Claudia Pazzo who is interested in buying the piano and whom Spence can't resist.
Little Treasure (1985)
, 1h35Directed by Alan Sharp
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Margot Kidder, Ted Danson, Burt Lancaster, John Pearce, Bill Zuckert, Lupe Ontiveros
Roles Eugene Wilson
Rating50%
Margot Kidder plays Margo, a stripper searching for her estranged, bank robber father (Burt Lancaster) in a remote part of Mexico. Along the way, Margo meets an American ex-pat drifter (Ted Danson), and together they search for her missing father and eventually his lost, buried fortune.
Something About Amelia (1984)
, 1h40Directed by Randa Haines
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Ted Danson, Glenn Close, Olivia Cole, Melissa Francis, Roxana Zal, Lane Smith
Roles Steven Bennett
Rating67%
La honte et la peur ont gardé Amelia Bennett silencieuse au sujet de l'agression sexuelle qu'elle subit aux mains de son père, Steven. Mais comme Amelia commence à croire que Steven pourrait faire du mal à son jeune frère de la même manière, elle se libère de son terrible secret. Confrontée à cette nouvelle horrible, la femme de Steven, Gail, n'arrive pas à croire que ce soit vrai, et il professe son innocence. Mais à mesure que de nouveaux détails apparaissent, la famille est profondément secouée.
Creepshow (1982)
, 2hDirected by George A. Romero
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Natural horror films, Ghost films, Zombie films
Actors Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Ted Danson, Leslie Nielsen, Tom Savini
Roles Harry Wentworth (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
Rating68%
A young boy named Billy gets yelled at and slapped by his father, Stan, for reading a horror comic titled Creepshow. Stan reminds his wife that he had to be hard on Billy because he does not want their son to be reading such "crap". As Billy sits upstairs cursing his father with hopes of him rotting in Hell, he hears a sound at the window, which turns out to be a ghostly apparition in the form of The Creep from the comic book, beckoning him to come closer.
Body Heat (1981)
, 1h53Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J. A. Preston, Mickey Rourke
Roles Peter Lowenstein
Rating73%
During a particularly intense Florida heatwave, inept lawyer Ned Racine (William Hurt) begins an affair with Matty (Kathleen Turner), the wife of wealthy businessman Edmund Walker (Richard Crenna). They go to great lengths to keep their affair a secret, but Ned carelessly propositions an old school friend of Matty, Mary Ann Simpson (Kim Zimmer), thinking she was Matty. Matty soon makes it clear to Ned that she wants to leave Edmund but also wants his money, explaining that a divorce would leave her with very little due to their prenuptial agreement. Racine suggests the only option is to kill Edmund. While planning the murder, Ned consults one of his shadier clients, Teddy Lewis (Mickey Rourke), an expert on incendiary devices, who supplies him with a bomb.
, 1h32Directed by Don McDougall
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about spiders, Spider-Man films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Nicholas Hammond, Robert F. Simon, Richard Erdman, Ted Danson, Chip Fields, Rosalind Chao
Roles Major Collings
Rating48%
Min Lo Chan, un diplomate chinois et ancien ami de Jonah Jameson pendant la seconde guerre, doit prouver qu'il n'est pas un traître à sa nation et demande l'aide de son ancien ami pour prouver ses dires. Mais un industriel américain M. Zeider complote car l'homme pourrait compromettre ses projets en Asie. Il envoie ses hommes de main pour enlever sa fille Emily et faire pression sur le politicien. Peter n'aura d'autre choix que de prendre son identité secrète de Spider-Man pour les affronter. Une aventure qui le conduira jusqu'à Hong Kong...
The Women's Room (1980)
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Political films
Actors Lee Remick, Ted Danson, Colleen Dewhurst, Tovah Feldshuh, Patty Duke, Kathryn Harrold
Roles Norman
Rating70%
A married mother of two leaves her philandering husband and enrolls in graduate school.
Once Upon a Spy (1980)
, 1h31Directed by Ivan Nagy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films
Actors Ted Danson, Eleanor Parker, Mary Louise Weller, Christopher Lee, Leonard Stone, Burke Byrnes
Roles Jack Chenault
Rating49%
Marcus Valorium, un mégalomane, utilise un laser d'une conception unique pour faire chantage sur le gouvernement américain. Ce dernier a fait voler un ordinateur révolutionnaire à la NASA pour le faire fonctionner plus rapidement. Une organisation secrète demande à Jack Chenault, l'un de ses chercheurs de faire équipe avec l'agent Paige Tannehill pour le retrouver ainsi que son concepteur, le docteur Webster.
The Onion Field (1979)
, 2h2Directed by Harold Becker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors John Savage, James Woods, Franklyn Seales, Ted Danson, Ronny Cox, David Huffman
Roles Ian Campbell
Rating67%
The film focuses on an actual 1963 event in which Los Angeles Police Department detectives Karl Hettinger and Ian Campbell were kidnapped by criminals Greg Powell and Jimmy Smith (aka "Jimmy Youngblood") in Hollywood and driven to an onion field near Bakersfield, where Campbell was shot and killed and Hettinger managed to escape.
Producer
Pontiac Moon (1994)
, 1h48Directed by Peter Medak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, J. C. Quinn, Cathy Moriarty, Max Gail, John Schuck
Roles Executive Producer
Rating56%
The film takes place in the summer of 1969, when NASA astronauts successfully landed on the moon for the first time, in the Apollo 11 spacecraft. Katherine, suffering from panic attacks caused by an automobile accident which resulted in the loss of their unborn child, refuses to leave the house, while Washington is a man of adventure who enjoys travel and experiencing life. As a result of the conflict between the two, eleven-year-old son Andy (Ryan Todd) has never traveled in a car, nor has he ever left town.
When the Bough Breaks (1986)
, 1h40Directed by Waris Hussein
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Ted Danson, Richard Masur, Rachel Ticotin, James Noble, Kim Miyori, Merritt Butrick
Roles Executive Producer
Rating67%
Alex Delaware, a Los Angeles psychiatrist, testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found dead in the psychiatrist's office, in what appears to be a suicide. Shaken, the psychiatrist moves to the mountains outside of L.A. Not long afterwards a detective he knows, Milo Sturgis, comes to him for help. A seven-year-old girl saw someone kill both of her parents, but is so traumatized by the event that she can't remember anything, and Sturgis wants the doctor to help: Alex agrees, and the two go on the trail of the real perpetrators.
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The One I Love (2014)
, 1h31Directed by Charlie McDowell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss, Ted Danson, Marlee Matlin, Mary Steenburgen, Charlie McDowell
Roles Thanks
Rating69%
Confronted with the potential end of their marriage, Ethan (Duplass) and Sophie (Moss) are seeing a therapist (Danson) regularly. After asking them to each play a note on a piano, he identifies a disconnection in their relationship and suggests they take a weekend retreat to a large, secluded estate. The couple decides to try anything to save their marriage and agree to go.