Tom Selleck became a household name through Magnum P.I., and since then, his mustache has been iconic. It has become one of those things that you associate with Selleck, and he worried that the facial hair would significantly affect his career. Tom felt like he was stuck with it forever.
“After Magnum, I think I went, ‘Oh my gosh!’ I’m going to live with mustache questions for the rest of my life,” he once said.
“Most of the time I got hired they said the mustache is okay, but you gotta shave it off for the job. I was born without it and I’m prepared to work without it.”
Meanwhile, Selleck joked that he might have gotten the Blue Bloods job only thanks to the facial hair.
“Well, it meant a job on Blue Bloods,” he said. “The director said maybe you can play this guy without a mustache. I said, ‘Sure, I was born that way.’”
Tom Selleck ditches signature mustache – almost unrecognizable
Now, he is unrecognizable as he has shaven it off.
The actor had not been spotted in public for more than a year when he was photographed driving his silver pickup truck near his residence.
Tom Selleck hasn’t been spotted in public for many, many months. However, on a rare public outing at the end of September, he was photographed while driving his pickup truck near his house, Page Six, who had gotten hold of the pictures, reported.
Selleck was pretty much unrecognizable, as he had ditched his signature mustache. Instead, he rocked a full beard as he ran errands in the San Fernando Valley.
Needless to say, Tom’s career is one to admire. But another thing to celebrate is his loyalty to his wife, Jillie Mack. While many celebrity marriages come and go, the pair have been happily married for over 35 years.
In an interview with Closer Weekly, Selleck recalled the first time he met Jillie Mack at a performance of the musical Cats, in which Mack was starring. It was the 1980s after Selleck’s decade-long marriage to model Jacqueline Ray ended.
Selleck says he’s not as smooth with the ladies as his on-screen counterparts, but he approached his future wife backstage, though she was the one who made the first move.
