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WhenTom Selleckwas young , or at least younger , he did not always sport his famous mustache in his performances . There area few type of memorable movie mustaches , but none are named for the man who wear them . Tom Selleck is doubly illustrious for both his distinguished movie and TV life history and for his thick , sea horse - esque moustache . Selleck ’s prescribed playacting career began in 1969 , in an sequence ofLancer , as the one - off character " Dobie " . Since then , he ’s been a mainstay of procedural criminal offence goggle box and movies , appearing in over 75 part .

He playedJesse Stone in the long - lead TV movie franchiseof the same name , and had a memorable 10 - sequence run onFriendsas Dr. Richard Burke . Selleck also star in the three - art object comedyThree Men and a Babyalongside Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg . He was the longtime Police Commissioner Frank Reagan inBlue Bloods , but what he ’s best bed for is wreak the title role inMagnum , P.I. , an Emmy and Golden Globe - winning series that gave both Selleck and his ' stache mainstream recognition . It may add up as a surprisal then , that his mouth was , at one point , undecorated .

As famous as the main cast of Friends is , the ' ninety sitcom was known for its A - inclination guest stars including Magnum P.I. and Blue Bloods role player Tom Selleck

Tom Selleck from the Friends Reunion

Tom Selleck Didn’t Have His Iconic Mustache In His First TV Appearances

Selleck Used To Sport A Clean-Shaven Look

In his college years , Tom Selleck was having a grand sometime time . He attended the University of Southern California and trifle for their hoops squad his third-year and fourth-year twelvemonth , and was a pitcher and designate hitter for the baseball team ( viaHoratio Alger ) . While there , his fraternity brother win over him to appear onThe Dating Gamein 1965 and 1967 , a game show where a bachelorette would ask three bachelor-at-arms , hidden behind a drapery , questions to determine who she would go on a date with .

Selleck did n’t win , alas , as he toldPeoplein his 1982 cover tale : " I did n’t get the young woman . " However , his show led to him being noticed by talent lookout man . He toldEntertainment Tonightin an audience ,

" Somebody get a line me on The Dating Game , say there ’s a talent program at Fox . I did a dreadful auditory modality . I ’d never done an audition for a dramatic play in my life . I did n’t know what I was doing . I did commercials , a lot of stunned ones . I call back one , when I got to the band , they introduce me to Farah [ Fawcett ] , that was kind of neat . Yeah , I got pay to flirt with her for two days . That was a good spear . "

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These commercial message finally led to a steady playacting career for Selleck , who appeared on the soap operaThe Young and the Restlessas Jed Andrews for a pregnant write up electric arc from 1974 - 1975 and returned for a guest appearance in 2005 . Other early roles let in eight episode onBracken ’s Worldas Roger Haines / Dave Rawson , and small roles inMidwayandDaughters of Satan .

Selleck Broke Out With Magnum, P.I. & Remained A TV Star With Blue Bloods

Tom Selleck Has Been An Enduring TV Star Since His Early Career

It was n’t long before Selleck break out as a massive TV star . In 1980 , he start asterisk inMagnum , P.I.as the titular private tec . For eight seasons , Selleck put on a Hawaiian shirt , lived out of the Edgar Guest planetary house on a beachfront estate in Hawaii , and solved suit around the island . The role earned Selleck seven Emmy nominations , winning once , and five Golden Globe nominations , also winning once . Magnum , P.I.immortalized Selleck thanks in part to his bushy moustache that only he can really pull off .

Tom Selleck may have aged from hisDating Gameyears but put that mustache on the USC student , and it may be hard to differentiate the two apart .

Later role , like Frank Reagan inBlue Bloods , A.J. Cooper inLas Vegas , Peter Mitchell inThree Men and a Baby , and Matthew Quigley inQuigley Down Underall succeeded by utilize Selleck ’s natural charisma , easy humour , ostensibly curmudgeonly exterior , and his moustache that instantly made any character her play unique . Tom Selleckmay have age from hisThe Dating Gameyears but put that moustache on the USC student , and it may be hard to tell the two aside .

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Magnum , PI is an iconic 80s TV show asterisk Tom Selleck as Magnum , a Hawaiian private investigator . The series won two Primetime Emmys during its eight - season running play and finally got a reboot in 2018 starring Jay Hernandez . While not as successful as the original , the Magnum , PI reboot has proven successful for NBC .

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Magnum, PI is an iconic 80s TV show starring Tom Selleck as Magnum, a Hawaiian private investigator. The series won two Primetime Emmys during its eight-season run and eventually got a reboot in 2018 starring Jay Hernandez. While not as successful as the original, the Magnum, PI reboot has proven successful for NBC.

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