Tom Selleck has had a long and very successful career in show business. The Magnum, P. I and Blue Bloods star is still passionate about his work – the next season of the successful drama series will actually air soon.

Selleck has played many demanding roles over the years. But the 77-year-old has a history of performing his own stunts – a point which has unfortunately come back to haunt him. 

Tom Selleck wasn’t sure that he wanted to be an actor growing up. Born January 29, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan, his family moved to California, where he grew up in the San Fernando Valley.

Tom Selleck’s struggles with back pain

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Selleck has a net worth of around $45 million.

In many films and series, actors have their own stunt-person. Often it can be a dangerous job, but for a small few, having someone else perform their stunts is simply out of the question.

Selleck’s done most of his stunts himself in the past, but that has come at a cost. He says his body is not what it used to be.

“My back’s kind of messed up,” Selleck shared.

“When you do stunts in movies—I do a lot of them—you’re taking a risk, but you’re also sitting around a lot. So you might do a fight scene, and then you sit in your chair, and it’s not like you have a personal trainer saying, “Okay, we’re ready to go, but Tom needs ten minutes of stretching and warm-up.”

“And I think the price,” he added, “I see it with peers, I talk to them sometimes. You just see the price of all those stunts. They weren’t that hard, but I think it’s the stop-and-go of all that stuff.”

Selleck once revealed that he doesn’t like going to the gym, though he’s trying to keep fit by working at the family ranch in Ventura, California.

“I have a 63-acre ranch, and I do not all, but a lot of, the grunt work. Clearing brush, planting trees. We’ve got about a hundred ancient oaks I planted. I’ve probably planted a thousand trees myself.”