Edward Bridge Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom
Cheers, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was nominated for more Emmy Awards for roles in the legal drama
Damages (2007–2010) and the NBC dramedy
The Good Place (2016–2020). He was awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 1999. Danson made his film debut in 1978 in the crime drama
The Onion Field. His breakout film role was as Jack Holden in the films Three Men and a Baby (1987) and Three Men and a Little Lady (1990). His other film roles include
Body Heat (1981),
Dad (1989) and
Saving Private Ryan (1998). Danson's other leading roles on television ...
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