Alan Thicke anagrafe Jeffery Alan Willis (Kirkland Lake, 1 March 1947) is an actor , Canadian singer / songwriter and television presenter, best known for his role as Jason Seaver, the patriarch of the Seaver family in the sitcom Growing Pains.
Born in Ontario, the son of Joan, a nurse, and William Jeffrey, a stockbroker. Acquires the surname of the mother by her second husband Thicke Brian Thicke.
Become known thanks to the role of Dr. Jason Seaver on the sitcom Growing Pains, a role he played from 1985 to 1992, later incorporated into two television movie Growing Pains - The Movie (2000) and Growing Pains - The Return of the Seaver (2004).
In the United States is also known as a television presenter, having presented several game shows and talk shows. In 1997, leads a TV version of the board game Pictionary, then he is given his own show called The Alan Thicke Show, the program proves successful enough to carry on a night version of the talk show called Thicke of the Night, but this 'latest version does not see the same success. In 2006, presents Celebrity Cooking Showdown, a reality show where celebrities compete in some races at the stove.
In recent years he has appeared in the film when you least expect it and he plays a cameo in the film by Nick Cassavetes' Alpha Dog. Between 2006 and 2007 he appeared in several episodes of the soap opera Beautiful.
As songwriter / composer wrote the theme music of some known series such as Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life and music of many television programs presented by him.
Thicke has been married three times. The first marriage to actress Gloria Loring television, which made him the father of two sons, Brennan and Robin, was later married to l'ex Miss Mondo Gina Tolleson che lo ha reso padre di un altro maschio, Carter William. Attualmente è sposato con Tanya Callau.
Il figlio Robin Thicke è un affermato cantante soul/R&B.
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