Tom Selleck is an American actor, television and film producer and screenwriter. His breakout role was playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988), for which he received five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1985. From 2010 until 2024, Selleck has co-starred as New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in the series Blue Bloods. Beginning in 2005, he has portrayed troubled small-town police chief Jesse Stone in nine television films based on the Robert B. Parker novels.
In films, Selleck has played bachelor architect Peter Mitchell in Three Men and a Baby (1987), and its sequel Three Men and a Little Lady (1990). Other film roles include Quigley Down Under, Mr. Baseball, and Lassiter. He appeared in recurring television roles as Dr. Richard Burke on Friends, as Lance White, the likeable and naive partner on The Rockford Files, and as casino owner A.J. Cooper on Las Vegas. He also had a lead role in the television western film The Sacketts, based on two of Louis L'Amour's books.
Filmography
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1969LancerDobieEpisode: "Death Bait"Judd for the DefenseDeputy2 episodes1969–1970Bracken's WorldRoger Haines / Dave Rawson8 episodes1970The Movie MurdererMike BeaudineTelevision film1971SargeCaptain DenningEpisode: "The Combatants"1973Wide World MysteryMark BrolinEpisode: "Shadow of Fear"The FBISteveEpisode: "The Confession"Owen Marshall: Counselor at LawBrinkleyEpisode: "Snatches of a Crazy Song"1974Marcus Welby, M.D.Lt. RogersEpisode: "Feedback"StanTelevision film1975Returning HomeFred Derry1974–1975 & 2005Jed AndrewsUnknown episodes1975Marcus Welby, M.D.Sgt. Ed BrockEpisodes: "Dark Fury"MannixDon BradyEpisode: "Design for Dying"Jimmy DescoEpisode: "Spooks for Sale"1976Most WantedTom RoyboEpisode: "Pilot"Charlie's AngelsDr. Alan SamuelsonEpisode: "Target: Angels"1977BuncoGordeanTelevision film1978TaxiMike BeldonEpisode: "Memories of Cab 804"1978–1979PI Lance White2 episodes1979The Chinese TypewriterTom BostonTelevision filmThe SackettsOrrin SackettConcrete CowboysWill Eubanks1980–1988Magnum, P.I.Thomas Sullivan Magnum IVLead role, 162 episodes1981Christmas in HawaiiHimselfTelevision film1982The Fall GuyHimselfEpisode: "License to Kill - Part 2"Simon & SimonThomas MagnumEpisode: "Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend"The Shadow RidersMac TravenTelevision film1983James Bond: The First 21 YearsHimselfDocumentary1984Muppet BabiesHimselfEpisode: "What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?"1986Murder, She WroteThomas MagnumEpisode: "Magnum on Ice"1988The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood StuntmenHimselfDocumentary1992 Folks!Jon Aldrich1995Broken TrustJudge Timothy Nash1996Ruby Jean and JoeJoe WadeWay Out WestHimself1996–1997, 2000FriendsDr. Richard Burke10 episodes1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the WesternHimselfDocumentaryLast Stand at Saber RiverPaul CableTelevision film1998Jack McLaren10 episodes2000Running MatesGov. James Reynolds PryceTelevision film2001Crossfire TrailRafael "Rafe" Covington2003Touch 'Em All McCallTouch McCallMonte WalshMonte WalshTwelve Mile RoadStephen LandisTime Machine: When Cowboys Were KingHimselfDocumentary2004BiographyNarratorReversible ErrorsLarry StarczekTelevision filmIke: Countdown to D-DayGen. Dwight D. Eisenhower2005Stone ColdJesse Stone2006Boston LegalIvan Tiggs4 episodesJesse Stone: Night PassageJesse StoneTelevision filmJesse Stone: Death in Paradise2007Jesse Stone: Sea Change2007–2008Las VegasA.J. Cooper19 episodes2009Jesse Stone: Thin IceJesse StoneTelevision film2010Jesse Stone: No Remorse2010–2024Blue Bloods Frank ReaganMain role2011Jesse Stone: Innocents LostJesse StoneTelevision film2012Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt2013Elway to MarinoNarratorESPN 30 for 30 documentary (produced by NFL Films)North America7 episodes2014Arnie3 episodes2015Jesse Stone: Lost in ParadiseJesse StoneTelevision film2021Friends: The Reunion HimselfHBO MaxOut Where the West BeginsNarratorDiscovery+; 4 episodes
Film YearTitleRoleNotes1970Myra BreckinridgeStud1971The Seven MinutesPhil Sanford1972Daughters of SatanJames Robertson1973Terminal IslandDr. Milford1976MidwayAide to Capt. Cyril Simard1977The Washington AffairJim Hawley1978ComaSean MurphySuperdomeJim McCauleyThe Gypsy WarriorsCaptain Theodore Brinkenhoff1979Concrete CowboysWill Eubanks1982Divorce Wars: A Love StoryJack Sturgess The Shadow RidersMac Tavern1983High Road to ChinaPatrick O' Malley1984LassiterNick LassiterRunawaySgt. Jack R. Ramsay1987Three Men and a BabyPeter Mitchell1989Her AlibiPhil BlackwoodAn Innocent ManJimmie Rainwood1990Quigley Down UnderMatthew QuigleyThree Men and a Little LadyPeter Mitchell1992Folks!Jon AldrichChristopher Columbus: The DiscoveryKing Ferdinand VMr. BaseballJack Elliot1995Open SeasonRock Maninoff1996Kids for Character: Choices CountHimselfHostThe Magic of FlightNarratorDocumentary1997In & OutPeter Malloy1999George Matthias2007Meet the RobinsonsCornelius RobinsonVoice role2008Meet DaveJohn MorrisonUncredited2010KillersMr. Kornfeldt2026Revolutionary AmericaNarrator Documentary
Stage 2001: A Thousand Clowns as Murray
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