Tom Selleck looks back on his past.
The actor has spoken with People about how he became a big TV star in the 1980s at the age of 35 with the show Magnum PI, where he played a handsome detective living in Hawaii.
The 79-year-old Detroit native said he was lucky to get into acting after becoming a model.
When he starred in a Pepsi commercial in the late 1960s, he began to feel like he could make a living as an actor, but it was a “long road” to fame that was plagued by many “failures,” he shared.
The Blue Bloods actor is looking back on his career as he releases his new memoir You Never Know, out May 7.
Tom Selleck looks back on his past. The actor spoke to People about how he became a big television star in the 1980s, at the age of 35, with the show Magnum PI, where he played a handsome detective living in Hawaii. Selleck in his successful program Magnum PI that aired from 1980 to 1988
Selleck also played the role of Dr. Richard Burke and Courteney Cox as Monica Geller on Friends.
Selleck plans to relax and travel when the curtain falls on the final episode of his hit crime show Blue Bloods. The actor’s 13-year run on the CBS series will come to an end later this year.
His career began when he was in his early 20s, but he would not find fame until he was in his 30s.
Tom, who stands 6-foot-4, earned a full basketball scholarship to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
He was majoring in business administration and never even set foot in the theater department.
But then he was cast as a basketball player in a Pepsi commercial. He was noticed during the commercial and then asked to join the popular television show The Dating Game.
“It’s really the story of an accidental career,” he told the outlet. “I had never taken acting classes. I had no training or desire.
He then landed a role on the soap opera The Young and the Restless in 1967.
After that, he guest-starred on shows like The Rockford Files, The FBI, Marcus Welby MD, and Mannix.
But he fought. Tom told People: “It’s very much about failure, endless failure.” And he added: ‘If you’re going to get into the acting business, you better have an appetite for it. And I tried to communicate that…because it was a long road.”
At the age of 35, he landed the lead role of Thomas Magnum in the primetime series Magnum PI, which became a cultural phenomenon.
The star received five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1985.
The 79-year-old Detroit native said he was lucky to get into acting after becoming a model. When he starred in a Pepsi commercial in the late 1960s, he began to feel that he could make a living as an actor, but it was a “long road” to fame that was plagued by many “failures,” he shared.
“People would say, ‘Oh, he got the acting bug,’ or ‘He wanted to be a star,'” Selleck said. ‘I’ve never talked that way in my life. I just wanted to get a job and work.’
This comes after he said he is still very much in love with his wife of almost 40 years, Jillie Mack, 66.
Their romance that has endured since they met in 1983.
Together they have daughter Hannah, 35, and adult son Kevin, whom he shares with ex-wife Jacqueline Ray.
He films Blue Bloods in New York City, but every two weeks returns to his ranch in Ventura, California, where they relax together.
The star, who played Courteney Cox’s boyfriend on Friends, also spoke
Selleck is still very much in love with his wife of nearly 40 years, Jillie Mack, 66. Seen in 2002.
He films Blue Bloods in New York City, but every two weeks returns to his ranch in Ventura, California, where they relax together.
Tom first met Jillie in 1983 when they were in London; she was acting in the musical Cats.
They tied in 1987 and had Hannah the following year.
Selleck says what he loves most is “the friendship” between him and his wife, adding, “And Jillie’s sense of humor.”
He added that Jillie is by his side when he goes over his Blue Bloods scripts.
“I’m one of the last to see it and I’m a good editor,” Selleck said.
And he says he appreciates it all: ‘I’ve had a very good life, a very lucky life. I don’t know if it’s what I thought I’d be doing, but it’s with a lot of gratitude.”
This comes after he said he plans to relax when the curtain falls on the final episode of his hit crime show Blue Bloods.
The actor’s 13-year run on the CBS series will come to an end later this year.
At the age of 35, he landed the lead role of Thomas Magnum in the primetime series Magnum PI, which became a cultural phenomenon.
The star received five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1985; seen in 1980 in Los Angeles
And a source talked about how he doesn’t regret ending it as it will give him more time to spend at his ranch with his wife.
“He wants to relax at his ranch, walk around his property, spend time with his wife and family and travel a little,” a source said. Nearest magazine.
‘Tom and Jillie can just stay home, cook, go for a long walk and be very happy. He adores Jillie and trusts her to schedule activities or travel plans.
“He’s looking forward to having more free time to spend with her.”
His new book comes out on May 7.
Tom lives on a 65-acre home near Ventura, California, where he grows avocados.
He told Closer that his wife is the center of his world: “Jillie has this kind of joie de vivre, this effervescent quality that just lights up a room.”
He and Jillie have a close relationship with their daughter Hannah, 35, who is an accomplished equestrian.
The source said: ‘Tom is very close to Hannah and is very proud of her competitive horse show jumping career.
“He hopes Hannah finds love and has children, but he’s not the kind of father who puts pressure on it.”
Tom’s first book, his memoir ‘You Never Know’, will be published on May 7, but the source said it won’t be a kiss-and-tell book.
They said, ‘It’s not some tell-all Hollywood gossip. ‘He’s sharing his experiences (in show business) (and stories about how he met) some big stars and how they affected him, and what he learned.’
In November it was announced that season 14 of Blue Bloods will be the last.
The final season of the show will be divided into two parts, according to People. The first part of the final season will feature 10 episodes, starting February 16, 2024. The final eight episodes, the second part of the final season, will air in fall 2024.
Seen in Blue Bloods with Gregory Jbara and Treat Williams
The show will also stream live on Paramount+.
Blue Bloods became the second-longest-running scripted show on CBS, behind NCIS (with 21 seasons).
Tom plays the character Frank Regan, alongside Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Vanessa Ray, Marisa Ramirez and Len Cariou.