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  • Guttenberg, Danson and Selleck are reuniting for Three Men and a Bride - 4 November 2009
    -Tom Selleck, Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg are reuniting for a new Three Men And A Baby sequel - nearly 20 years after the last installment.- -The trio played bachelor pals forced to raise a baby together after she's left on their doorstep by desperate mum Nancy

Ted Danson - what members say


  • Gulliver's Travels
  • Gulliver's Travels review by A customer from London, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Great story, very well adapted--shame about the casting 26 July 2004
    ... all in all this is an enjoyable story with a message. Shame about the casting: Ted Danson is his usual flat, uncharismatic, shallow self. The role calls for someone who ...   Read customer review
  • Damages - Series 1 - Complete
  • Damages - Series 1 - Complete review by Tiger33 from Nottingham
    Rated - 5.0 stars Unexpected 17 February 2008
    ... close is amazing in this show along with the supporting cast (big shout out to Ted Danson!) i have to say this is without doubt the best new show i've watched ...   Read customer review
  • Mad Money
  • Mad Money review by crockery from Belfast
    Rated - 3.0 stars Money, Mad Money is funny and, while not perfect, is quite entertaining, too 6 April 2008
    ...s matron with a lovely home. Yet, her world turns upside-down when her husband (Ted Danson) loses his job. Suddenly, bills are piling up and there is no solution in sight...   Read customer review

Ted Danson - filmography


  • Big Miracle (2012)
    Starring: Kristen Bell,  Drew Barrymore,  John Krasinski
    Director: Ken Kwapis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When a family of grey whales becomes trapped in the Arctic Circle, a Greenpeace volunteer and a small-town reporter go to extraordinary lengths to save the majestic creatures in this romantic adventure inspired by actual events. Alaskan newsman Adam Carlson (John Krasinski) has grown weary of ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 19 members
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  • Big Miracle - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Kristen Bell,  Drew Barrymore,  John Krasinski
    Director: Ken Kwapis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When a family of grey whales becomes trapped in the Arctic Circle, a Greenpeace volunteer and a small-town reporter go to extraordinary lengths to save the majestic creatures in this romantic adventure inspired by actual events. Alaskan newsman Adam Carlson (John Krasinski) has grown weary of ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 25% from 2 members
    Not available for rental
  • Bored to Death - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Ted Danson,  Jason Schwartzman,  Zach Galifianakis
    Director: Jonathan Ames
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Devastated by the departure of his girlfriend, writer Jonathan Ames (Jason Schwartzmann) distracts himself by taking on some casual work - as a private detective. Co-stars include Ted Danson, Zach Galifianakis and (in an episode entitled The Case of the Missing Screenplay) one Jim Jarmusch.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 814 members
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  • Mad Money on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Diane Keaton,  Ted Danson,  Katie Holmes
    Director: Callie Khouri
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Diane Keaton, Katie Holmes, and Queen Latifah headline director Callie Khouri's (DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD) second feature film. Nina (Latifah) and Jackie (Holmes) are two of many employees with mundane jobs at the high-security Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. Their lives change ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 3,989 members
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  • Nobel Son on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Alan Rickman,  Bryan Greenberg,  Shawn Hatosy
    Director: Randall Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He's struggling to finish his PHD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother, Sarah, a renowned forensic psychiatrist, now have the ill-fortune of living with a man-eating monster whose ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 315 members
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  • The Moguls on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jeff Bridges,  Tim Blake Nelson,  Joe Pantoliano
    Director: Michael Traeger
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in Butterface Fields - small town USA - it's the kind of place where everybody knows your name and what you ate for breakfast. For its residents life is simple, relaxed and easy- going until Andy Sargentee (Jeff Bridges), one of Butterface's more avant-garde residents, comes up with a 'get rich ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,624 member
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  • Fronterz (2004)
    Starring: Reno Wilson,  Garth Belcon,  Henry Winkler
    Director: Courtney Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dennis Pressey, Garth Balcon, and Reno Wilson star in this hilarious satire as three classically trained actors who can't catch a break in Hollywood, where the few existing black roles all seem to be going to rappers. When they form a fake rap group called Large Money Mercenaries, they suddenly ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 33% from 3 members
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  • Talking To Heaven (2002)
    Starring: Mary Steenburgen,  Ted Danson,  Diane Ladd
    Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    James, a man who has been able to see the spirits of people who are dead becomes involved in a thirty year old murder investigation. The murder case involving seven boys is opened again by Detective Karen Condrin; James agrees to help her.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 239 members
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  • Saving Private Ryan on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Vin Diesel,  Dennis Farina,  Adam Goldberg
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Steven Spielberg's World War II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), so he might return home to his mother in ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 66,284 members
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  • Jerry and Tom (1998)
    Starring: Joe Mantegna,  Sam Rockwell,  Maury Chaykin
    Director: Saul Rubinek
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their profession differs which is emphasised when Tom is required to kill his old friend Karl.
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 14 members
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  • Gulliver's Travels on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Ted Danson,  Mary Steenburgen,  James Fox
    Director: Charles Sturridge
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This acclaimed made-for-television version of Swift's fantasy employs an all-star cast (led by Ted Danson) and superior special effects to portray all four books in the cycle. From Lilliput and Brobdingnag to Laputa and the lands of the Struldbruggs and Houyhnhnms, Gulliver's nine-year odyssey and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 881 members
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  • Getting Even With Dad on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Macaulay Culkin,  Ted Danson,  Glenne Headly
    Director: Howard Deutch
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Macaulay Culkin plays the precocious Timmy, who hasn't seen his father (Ted Danson) in years. When his father proves to be a career criminal with no intention of going straight, Timmy frustrates his illicit plans to ensure they share some quality time in this enjoyable family escapade.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 432 members
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  • Made in America (1993)
    Starring: Whoopi Goldberg,  Ted Danson,  Will Smith
    Director: Richard Benjamin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Love, marriage, family. That's the usual sequence - but not for Sarah (Whoopi Goldberg) and Hal (Ted Danson). They're the parents of bright, college-bound Zora (Nia Long) - even though Sarah and Hal never met! Goldberg and Danson put a wild new spin on family values in 'Made In America', a romantic ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 946 members
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  • Cheers - Season 9 (1990)
    Starring: Ted Danson,  George Wendt,  John Ratzenberger
    Director: James Burrows,  Andy Ackerman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    One of the most beloved and critically acclaimed television series of all time, Cheers ran for 10 seasons and centered on the colorful staff and patrons of the Boston bar "where everyone knows your name." Run by former Red Sox pitcher and ladies' man Sam Malone (Ted Danson), the establishment's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 28 members
    Due for release on 6th August 2012
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  • Cheers - Season 8 (1989)
    Starring: Kelsey Grammer,  Ted Danson,  Rhea Perlman
    Director: James Burrows
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    One of the most beloved and critically-acclaimed television series of all time, CHEERS ran for 11 seasons and centred on the colourful staff and patrons of the Boston bar 'where everybody knows your name'. Run by former Red Sox pitcher and ladies' man Sam Malone (Ted Danson), the establishment's ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
    Due for release on 6th August 2012
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  • Cousins (1989)
    Starring: Ted Danson,  Isabella Rossellini,  Sean Young
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this romantic comedy, two people brought together by marriage are brought even closer by their mates. Maria Hardy (Isabella Rossellini) and Larry Konzinski (Ted Danson) first meet at a wedding, where Maria's mother and Larry's uncle are tying the knot. However, the new cousins also have ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 301 members
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  • Three Men And A Baby on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Tom Selleck,  Ted Danson,  Steve Guttenberg
    Director: Leonard Nimoy
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A remake of the hit French comedy "Trois Hommes et un Couffin" ("Three Men and a Cradle") about a trio of confirmed bachelors who unexpectedly discover the joys of fatherhood when a baby is left on their doorstep. The three men -- an actor, an architect and a cartoonist -- share a swanky pad where ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 7,464 members
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  • Cheers - Season 5 (4 discs) on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Ted Danson,  Shelley Long,  Woody Harrelson
    Director: James Burrows
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    One of the most beloved and critically-acclaimed television series of all time, CHEERS ran for 11 years and centred on the colourful staff and patrons of the Boston bar 'where everybody knows your name'. Run by former Red Sox pitcher and ladies' man Sam Malone (Ted Danson), the establishment's ever-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 531 members
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  • Cheers - Season 4 (4 discs) on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Ted Danson,  Shelley Long,  Rhea Perlman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Features the complete twenty-six episodes from the fourth series of the popular television comedy. Episodes include: 'Birth, Death, Love And Rice', 'The Groom Wore Clearasil', '2 Good 2 Be 4 Real', 'From Beer To Eternity', 'Fools And Their Money', 'Suspicion', 'Second Time Around', 'Diane Chambers ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,014 member
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  • Cheers - Season 3 (4 discs) on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Ted Danson,  Shelley Long,  Rhea Perlman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Join Sam Malone (Ted Danson), Coach (Nicholas Colasanto), Carla (Rhea Perlma), Norm (George Wendt), Cliff (John Ratzenberger) and Diane (Shelley Long) in the bar where everybody knows your name for the complete Third Season of Cheers. Episode titles: Rebound Part One, Rebound Part Two, I Call Your ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 928 members
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  • Cheers - Season 1 (4 discs) on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Ted Danson,  Shelley Long,  Rhea Perlman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Cheers is the bar run by recovering alcoholic and former Red Sox pitcher Sam Malone (Ted Danson). When Diane Chambers (Shelley Long), a teaching assistant, is dumped by her professor boyfriend, she takes a job waiting tables at the bar, thus beginning an on-again/off-again relationship with Sam. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,804 member
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  • Cheers - Season 2 (4 discs) on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Ted Danson,  Shelley Long
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    One of the most beloved and critically-acclaimed television series of all time, Cheers ran for 10 seasons and centered on the colourful staff and patrons of the Boston bar "where everyone knows your name". Run by former Red Sox pitcher and ladies' man Sam Malone (Ted Danson), the establishment's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,399 member
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  • Body Heat on DVD (1981)
    Starring: William Hurt,  Kathleen Turner,  Richard Crenna
    Director: Lawrence Kasdan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Academy Award winner William Hurt stars with Kathleen Turner in a taut story of lust, greed and murder set in a steamy South Florida town. When libidinous but not-very-smart attorney Ned Racine (Hurt) begins an affair with Matty Walker (Turner), the beautiful, young wife of an unscrupulous tycoon, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,471 members
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  • Becker - Season 1 (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Ted Danson
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    John Becker (Ted Danson, CHEERS) is not your average doctor; he's rude, arrogant and, ironically, has very little patience for his patients. Yet despite his seeming animosity towards the general public, he runs a successful practice in The Bronx that sees a steady influx of sick people just waiting ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 137 members
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Ted Danson facts

5 most recent films

Big Miracle - 4.0 stars
Big Miracle - Blu-ray - 1.5 stars
Bored To Death - Series 1 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Bored To Death - Series 2 - 3.5 stars
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Series 7 - 4.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Series 7 - 4.5 stars
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Series 6 - 4.5 stars
Saving Private Ryan - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Damages - Series 1 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Damages - Series 1 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Cheers - Season 8 - 3 stars
Big Miracle - Blu-ray - 1.5 stars
Fronterz - 1.5 stars
Jerry and Tom - 2.0 stars
Spider-Man - The Dragon's Challenge - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Shelley Long - 31 times - show films
John Ratzenberger - 28 times - show films
Kelsey Grammer - 27 times - show films
George Wendt - 27 times - show films
Rhea Perlman - 27 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 21 times - show films
James Burrows - 16 times - show films
John David Coles - 8 times - show films
Greg Yaitanes - 8 times - show films
Steven Spielberg - 5 times - show films