Overview (3) Born December 29, 1947 in San Diego, California, USA Birth Name Edward Bridge Danson III Height 6' 2?" (1.89 m) Mini Bio (1) 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 (MacMaster) and Edward Bridge Danson, Jr., who was an archaeologist and museum director. He has English, Scottish, and some 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 (199 演藝經歷 因在電視劇《歡樂酒店》（Cheers）中所扮演的角色SamMalone而出名，在該劇播出的十二年間，泰德九次被艾美獎提名為最佳喜劇演員，并兩次獲獎；同時這個角色分別在89年和90年兩次為他贏得金球獎最佳喜劇演員獎。他與妻子、女演員瑪麗·斯汀伯根（MarySteenburgen）還一同出任過CBS電視臺喜劇劇集《Ink》的執(zhí)行制片人1947年12月，泰德·丹森出生在加利福尼亞的圣地亞哥。在斯坦福大學上學時，泰德為了引起心儀女孩的注意，開始學習表演。1978年他來到洛杉磯，與丹·福茨（DanFauci）一起在著名的演員學院受訓。起初泰德扮演了幾個沒有臺詞的角色，后來進入了電視廣告界發(fā)展。1978年他在《田園劫》（TheOnionField）首度亮相大銀幕，扮演一名被謀殺的警察，此后又出演了《體熱》（BodyHeat）和電視喜劇《出租車》（Taxi）。1980年他與李·雷米克（LeeRemick）搭檔共同主演了電視劇《TheWomen'sRoom》；一直關注他的電視制作人格倫·查爾斯（GlenCharles）決定請他出演后來大獲成功的《歡樂酒店》，借助水漲船高的人氣，泰德接連主演了《三個奶爸一個娃》（ThreeMenandaBaby）、《三個奶爸一個妞》（ThreeMenandaLittleLady）等喜劇片。1984年他因為出演《阿米莉婭軼事》（SomethingAboutAmelia）而獲得了金球獎最佳男演員稱號；1986年他首次出任電視制片人，制作并主演了電視劇《WhentheBoughBreaks》。他90年代的作品有電視系列短劇《格列弗游記》（Gulliver’sTravels'）、《弗雷澤》（Frasier）、《ThanksofaGratefulNation》、《美國制造》（MadeinAmerica）和《拯救大兵瑞恩》（SavingPrivateRyan）等。
