# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ted-danson
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:57:57.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ted-danson"
name: "Ted Danson"
slug: "ted-danson"
description: "Edward Bridge Danson III is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1982–1993), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was further Emmy-nominated for the FX legal drama Damages (2007–2010) and the NBC comedy The Good Place (2016–2020). He received the 2025 Carol Burnett Award."
tagline: "American actor (born 1947)"
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birthDate: "1947-12-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump