Ted Danson Receives Carol Burnett Award Ahead of 2025 Golden Globes
Ted Denson
Matt Winkelmeier/WireImageTed Denson was awarded the Carol Burnett Award Golden Globe 2025.
The 77-year-old actor accepted the award ahead of a live show during the Golden Globes Golden Gala on Friday (January 3) at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The honorary award was presented by his wife, Mary Steenbergen.
“For him, all of you who attend the Golden Globes should know that receiving the Carol Burnett Award is like stepping into creative heaven,” the 71-year-old actress said of Denson as she introduced him. The Hollywood Reporter. “Because it is Good placeor Man from the inside, Fargo, Losses, Board to death, Becker, Good health or the unusual podcast he does Woody Harrelsonhe as Carol Burnettalways knew that taking people on a journey through television was a precious honor.”
In his acceptance speech, Denson joked that while he usually has a “confused relationship” when it comes to receiving awards, he felt quite the opposite with this particular award.
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“When I win, I feel a little embarrassed and lonely. If I don’t win, I feel a little embarrassed and lonely. But not tonight. Not tonight, he explained. “I am very happy to receive this award, Carol. I can’t tell you how much this means to me. You have brought so much joy and happiness to families around the world. You radiate kindness. I love you so much.”
Burnett, for her part, shouted “I love you” to Denson from the audience.
The Carol Burnett Award is presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to television on or off screen. Honorees are selected based on their work performance and the lasting impact of television career achievements on the industry and viewers.
Since the award’s inception in 2019, Denson is the fifth recipient, following in the footsteps of Burnett, 91. Ellen DeGeneres, Norman Lear and Ryan Murphy.
Ted Danson and Mary Steenbergen have been married for more than 25 years — and they still love each other. “I’m madly in love with Mary Steenbergen. She’s a great person, so I’m just incredibly happy,” Danson told Us Weekly exclusively in 2017. – It feels like heaven on earth. If I were (…)
In December 2024, the Golden Globes named Denson as this year’s winner.
“Ted Danson has entertained audiences for decades with performances that will forever remain in television history,” Helen Honegolden globe president the statement said at that time. “His career is a testament to his remarkable talent and versatility as an actor and shares similarities with the award’s namesake. I am honored to present him with the 2025 Carol Burnett Award to recognize the tremendous impact he has had and continues to have on television.”
Denson is a three-time Golden Globe winner and has previously won awards for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, an Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television. Something about Amelia in 1985 and for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for Good health in 1990 and 1991. During his career, he scored 13 nominations, including for work on Becker and Losses.
Everyone knew the name Ted Danson thanks to his breakthrough role as Sam Malone in the television series Hooray. Denson was born on December 29, 1947 in San Diego. While studying at Stanford, he became interested in the drama program. However, Denson eventually decided to transfer to Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama. (…)
this year, Denson earned another nod for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for his role as Charles, a widower who goes undercover in a retirement community assisting a private investigator on a case, in the Netflix series Man from the inside.
In November 2024, Denson talked about exploring the theme of aging in the show.
“For us people my age and older, you still have a lot to contribute,” he said People at that time. “So go out there and carry on and the way you’re involved in life until the end is an inspiration to those young people behind you who are coming up and your children. Because often people think that creativity and contribution to life has an expiration date. No. It is self-imposed.”
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