Beginnings
He was starring in his most significant lead-role at the age of 35 in Magnum as Thomas Magnum. This break was a long time coming apart for years of odd work in Hollywood, and he eventually landed his big break. He flew to Hawaii for the role, but the shoot got postponed for six months due to a writer’s strike, and during that time, During this time, Selleck worked as a handyman just to earn money.
Magnum P.I.
Magnum P.I. was undoubtedly a big show, and after 163 successful episodes, it went off the air. That’s a total of eight seasons of Magnum’s Detroit cap, Hawaiian t-shirts, red Ferrari, mustache, colt pattern, and caliber pistol. All the classics that any die-hard fan would recognize in a jiffy.