Tom Selleck

Tom Selleck is an American actor best known for playing the mustachioed private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series *Magnum, P.I.* (1980–1988).

His distinctive thick mustache became iconic enough that "Tom Selleck mustache" describes that style of facial hair.

He later starred as New York Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in *Blue Bloods*.

actor

Magnum PI

Classic Hawaiian detective series

filmography · screen · performance · star · celebrity · protagonist · drama · comedy · cowboy · hero

charm

suave

Smoothly refined in manner

gentlemanly · amiable · affable · smooth · gracious · sophisticated · dapper · gallant · courteous · wholesome

military

Vietnam

Southeast Asian coastal nation

combat · backstory · duty · honor · valor · soldier · war · trauma · brotherhood · patriotism

detective

Magnum PI

Classic Hawaiian detective series

mystery · investigation · sleuthing · case · clues · gumshoe · whodunit · crime · undercover · surveillance

mustache

iconic

Widely recognized, enduring

grooming · chevron · facial hair · distinguished · signature · masculine · recognizable · style · virile · eighties

Categories
Opposites
masculine screen presence

Tom SelleckMichael Cera

RuPaul · Paul Reubens · Pee-wee Herman · Jesse Eisenberg · David Bowie

political stance in Hollywood

Tom SelleckJane Fonda

Sean Penn · George Clooney · Mark Ruffalo · Rob Reiner · Barbra Streisand

Family

tom, toms

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G