Trivia

Said in a television interview that his daughter was on the set during the scene from Creepshow (1982) where his character returns from the dead encased in rotted flesh and seaweed. He purposely tried avoiding his young daughter out of a fear of scaring her. Finally, despite his best efforts, she went up to him, looked at him and simply said, "Oh, Hi Dad".

Danson played Sam Malone on three different series: Cheers (1982), Les Simpson (1989) and Frasier (1993). He was one of the three actors who appeared in all 271 episodes of Cheers (1982). He chose to leave Cheers (1982), after 11 seasons as he was tired of playing Malone and the producers chose to end the series. He played the role for the last time on the spin-off series Frasier (1993).

He was a teenage environmental activist in Arizona where he was involved in cutting down billboards that were considered blight.

As an ocean activist with Hardy Jones, (BlueVoice.Org) The Dolphin Defender (PBS Nature), he started Oceana.org and is on the Board of Directors.

Graduated from Kent School in Kent, Connecticut (1966), the same high school Peter Farrelly, Sebastian Siegel, Treat Williams and Seth MacFarlane attended.

President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton attended his 1995 wedding to Mary Steenburgen. Steenburgen had personally known Clinton since he was governor of Arkansas when she resided in Little Rock. The President celebrated his 51st birthday at the Martha's Vineyard home of the couple.

Has heard one of his more famous characters, Dr. John Becker, described by a huge fan as "the American Medical Association's answer to Basil Fawlty". Danson completely agrees with this sentiment.

He and Stephen Colbert are distant relatives, as revealed on the PBS series Puritans and Pioneers (2017).

Danson appeared in episodes of the same three different series with both John Mahoney and Kelsey Grammer: Cheers (1982), Frasier (1993) and Becker (1998), although only in Frasier (1993) did Mahoney and Grammer play their signature roles of Martin and Frasier Crane, respectively.

As of 2018, has appeared in one film that was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Il faut sauver le soldat Ryan (1998).

Has appeared on the cover of GQ magazine three times: September '84, August '88 and July '93.

Alumnus of the College of Fine Arts (CFA) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU); School of Drama, class of 1972.

Nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Lead Actor in a Comedy Series category for his role as Michael in The Good Place (2016), but lost to Bill Hader from Barry (2018).

Played Jason Ritter's father in Mumford (1999). His wife Mary Steenburgen played Ritter's mother in Le monde de Joan (2003).

Has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant": Il faut sauver le soldat Ryan (1998).

Has played the same character (D.B. Russell) on three different series: Les Experts (2000), Les Experts : Manhattan (2004) and Les Experts : Cyber (2015).

Friends with Kristen Bell and D'Arcy Carden.

Has English, Scottish, Irish, and smaller amounts of Northern Irish/Scots-Irish and German, ancestry. His paternal grandfather was born in Wallasey, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 10, 1999.