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 演艺经历 因在电视剧《欢乐酒店》（Cheers）中所扮演的角色SamMalone而出名，在该剧播出的十二年间，泰德九次被艾美奖提名为最佳喜剧演员，并两次获奖；同时这个角色分别在89年和90年两次为他赢得金球奖最佳喜剧演员奖。他与妻子、女演员玛丽·斯汀伯根（MarySteenburgen）还一同出任过CBS电视台喜剧剧集《Ink》的执行制片人1947年12月，泰德·丹森出生在加利福尼亚的圣地亚哥。在斯坦福大学上学时，泰德为了引起心仪女孩的注意，开始学习表演。1978年他来到洛杉矶，与丹·福茨（DanFauci）一起在著名的演员学院受训。起初泰德扮演了几个没有台词的角色，后来进入了电视广告界发展。1978年他在《田园劫》（TheOnionField）首度亮相大银幕，扮演一名被谋杀的警察，此后又出演了《体热》（BodyHeat）和电视喜剧《出租车》（Taxi）。1980年他与李·雷米克（LeeRemick）搭档共同主演了电视剧《TheWomen'sRoom》；一直关注他的电视制作人格伦·查尔斯（GlenCharles）决定请他出演后来大获成功的《欢乐酒店》，借助水涨船高的人气，泰德接连主演了《三个奶爸一个娃》（ThreeMenandaBaby）、《三个奶爸一个妞》（ThreeMenandaLittleLady）等喜剧片。1984年他因为出演《阿米莉娅轶事》（SomethingAboutAmelia）而获得了金球奖最佳男演员称号；1986年他首次出任电视制片人，制作并主演了电视剧《WhentheBoughBreaks》。他90年代的作品有电视系列短剧《格列弗游记》（Gulliver’sTravels'）、《弗雷泽》（Frasier）、《ThanksofaGratefulNation》、《美国制造》（MadeinAmerica）和《拯救大兵瑞恩》（SavingPrivateRyan）等。
