Ted Danson

**Edward Bridge** **Danson III** (lahir 29 Desember 1947) adalah seorang aktor Amerika. Ia meraih ketenaran dengan memerankan karakter utama Sam Malone di sitkom NBC *[[Cheers]]* (1982–1993), yang mana dia menerima dua Primetime Emmy Awards dan dua Golden Globe Awards. Ia juga dinominasikan Emmy untuk drama hukum FX *[[Damages (TV series)|Damages]]* (2007–2010) dan komedi NBC *[[The Good Place]]* (2016–2020). Ia menerima Carol Burnett Award tahun 2025.

Danson membuat debut filmnya pada tahun 1978 dalam drama kriminal *[[The Onion Field (film)|The Onion Field]]*. Peran terobosannya adalah dalam film komedi *[[Three Men and a Baby]]* (1987) dan *[[Three Men and a Little Lady]]* (1990). Dia juga berakting di *[[Body Heat]]* (1981), *[[Creepshow]]* (1982), *[[Dad (film 1989)|Dad]]* (1989) dan *[[Saving Private Ryan]]* (1998).

Peran utama Danson lainnya di televisi termasuk sitkom CBS *[[Becker (TV series)|Becker]]* (1998–2004) dan drama CBS **' (2011–2015) dan **' (2015–2016). Pada tahun 2015, ia membintangi musim kedua dari serial antologi FX *[[Fargo (TV series)|Fargo]]*. Dia telah memainkan peran dalam komedi HBO *[[Bored to Death]]* (2009–2011) dan *[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]* (2000–2024), sitkom NBC *[[Mr. Mayor]]* (2021–2022), dan komedi Netflix *[[A Man on the Inside]]* (2024–sekarang).

Danson telah menikah dengan aktris Mary Steenburgen sejak tahun 1995. Ia juga dikenal karena aktivismenya yang lama dalam konservasi laut dan menulis *Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them* (2011) bersama jurnalis Michael D'Orso.

## Karya TV

* *[[Somerset (TV series)|Somerset]]* (cast member from 1975–1976)
* *[[Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge]]* (1979)
* *[[The French Atlantic Affair]]* (1979) (miniseries)
* *[[The Women's Room]]* (1980)
* *[[Once Upon a Spy]]* (1980)
* *[[Benson (TV series)|Benson]]* (1981)
* *[[Dear Teacher]]* (1981)
* *[[Our Family Business]]* (1981)
* *[[Magnum, P.I.]]* (1981)
* *[[Cheers]]* (1982–1993)
* *[[Cowboy (movie)|Cowboy]]* (1983)
* *[[Something About Amelia]]* (1984)
* *[[When the Bough Breaks (1986 movie)|When the Bough Breaks]]* (1986) (also executive producer)
* *[[We Are the Children]]* (1987)
* *[[Ink (TV series)|Ink]]* (1996–1997) (also executive producer)
* *[[Gulliver's Travels]]* (1996) (miniseries, later released as a television movie)
* *[[Thanks of a Grateful Nation]]* (1998)
* *[[Queer as Folk (US TV series)|Queer as Folk]]* (2000)
* *[[Search for Atlantis]]([[2000]])
* *Curb Your Enthusiasm (2003)
* *[[Becker (TV series)|Becker]]* (1998–2004)
* *[[Living with the Dead]]* (2002) (miniseries)
* *[[It Must Be Love]]* (2004)
* *[[Our Fathers]]* (2005)
* *[[Help Me Help You]]* (2006)
* *[[Damages (TV series)|Damages]]* (2007)

## Filmografi

* *[[The Onion Field]]* (1979)
* *[[Body Heat]]* (1981)
* *[[Creepshow]]* (1982)
* *[[Little Treasure]]* (1985)
* *[[Just Between Friends]]* (1986)
* *[[A Fine Mess]]* (1986)
* *[[Three Men and a Baby]]* (1987)
* *[[She's Having a Baby]]* (1988) (cameo)
* *[[Cousins (film)|Cousins]]* (1989)
* *[[Dad (film)|Dad]]* (1989)
* *[[Three Men and a Little Lady]]* (1990)
* *[[Made in America (film)|Made in America]]* (1993)
* *[[Getting Even with Dad]]* (1994)
* *[[Pontiac Moon]]* (1994) (also executive producer)
* *[[Loch Ness]]* (1996)
* *[[Jerry and Tom]]* (1998)
* *[[Homegrown (film)|Homegrown]]* (1998)
* *[[Saving Private Ryan]]* (1998)
* *[[Mumford (film)|Mumford]]* (1999)
* *[[Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool]]* (2001) (documentary)
* *[[Fronterz]]* (2004)
* *[[The Moguls]]* (2005)
* *[[Knights of the South Bronx]]* (2005)

## Referensi

## Pranala luar

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* Danson receives the Distinguished Achievement Award from his alma mater, Carnegie Mellon University, in 2003
* Oceana
* Video of Ted at Oceana event
* Ted Danson's Myspace