Ted
Danson (born Edward
Bridge Danson III) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor
most known for his roles as Sam Malone in the long-running TV sitcom, Cheers,
and as Dr. John Becker in the series, Becker. He has also appeared in numerous
movies, such as Three Men and a Baby. Ted Danson has also been a longtime
environmentalist, a passion that stems back to his early teens. In the 1980s he
helped to co-found the American Oceans Campaign, an organization devoted to protecting
our oceans and coastal waters. This organization is now known known as Oceana
and Ted Danson remains an active Board member.