Thomas William "Tom" Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is an America (United States)n actor and film producer, best known for his starring role as Hawaii-based private investigator Thomas Magnum on the 1980s television show Magnum, P.I. He also plays Jesse Stone (Jesse Stone novels) in a series of made-for-TV movies based on the Robert B. Parker novels.

He has appeared extensively on television in roles such as Dr. Richard Burke (Characters_of_Friends#Introduced_in_Season_2) in Friends and A.J. Cooper in Las Vegas (Las Vegas (TV series)). In addition to his series work, Selleck has appeared in more than fifty made for TV and general release movies, including Mr. Baseball, Quigley Down Under, and Lassiter.