2012Nominee
Best Performance
That's My Boy
Alan Thicke
Actor · Writer
Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada
March 1, 1947
Biography
Alan Willis Thicke (né Jeffrey; 1 March 1947 – 13 December 2016) was a Canadian-American actor, songwriter, and game/talk show host. He was the father of singer Robin Thicke. Thicke was best known for playing Dr. Jason Seaver on the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains on ABC. In 2013, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. Thicke was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada, the son of Shirley "Joan" Isobel Marie (née Greer), a nurse, and William Jeffery, a stockbroker. They divorced in 1953. His mother remarried to Brian Thicke, a physician, and they moved to Elliot Lake. Thicke graduated from Elliot Lake Secondary School in 1965, and was elected homecoming king. He went on to attend the University of Western Ontario, where he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2006Nominee
Best Performance
Alpha Dog
2004Nominee
Best Performance
Raising Helen
Career Highlights
2026Highlight
Best Performance
Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom
1998Highlight
Best Performance
Casper Meets Wendy
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That's My Boy
Alpha Dog
Raising Helen