After over a decade of commercials and guest appearances on other people’s shows, Tom Selleck finally got his big break. In 1980, he won the part of Thomas Magnum in the new series, Magnum P.I. But it came at a cost; although he was offered the part of Indiana Jones in The Raiders of The Lost Arc, his producers would not release him to play that part, so it ended up going to Harrison Ford.

However, with a popular run that lasted 8 years and garnered an Emmy for Selleck, he had no regrets.

Selleck said that “Magnum was the best thing” that ever happened to him.

In 1987, he married Jillie Joan Mack and in 1988, they had a daughter, Hannah, together. Selleck and his family live on a 60-acre avocado ranch (once owned by Dean Martin) in Hidden Valley, California. Selleck loves the outdoors and spends a lot of his time fixing roads and clearing brush on his ranch.