Veteran actor Tom Selleck is almost unrecognizable after ditching his trademark handlebar mustache for a full beard, exclusive DailyMail.com photos show. 

The 78-year-old, who made his name with his breakout role in 80s crime drama series, Magnum: PI, was seen debuting a dramatic new look last month during a rare public outing in Los Angeles. 

Dressed in a black t-shirt and shorts and with a bushy gray beard on full display, the Blue Bloods star appeared scruffy and far from the hunky, mustachioed heartthrob image he is famed for. 

Tom Selleck, 78, was seen sporting a scruffy new look, far from his famed handsome, mustachioed appearance, during a rare public outing in LA last month

Exclusive DailyMail.com photos show the actor stopping by a McDonald’s drive-thru in the San Fernando Valley as he ran errands in his pick-up truck 

The actor ordered a large Pepsi to go with his meal at the popular fast food chain

Selleck’s outing came amid a prolonged break from filming the hit CBS police drama due to the writer’s strike which finally came to an end last month. 

He broke cover to run errands in his pick-up truck and made a pitstop at a McDonald’s drive-thru near his San Fernando Valley. 

Selleck, whose career spans over five decades, has proven his longevity as a small screen leading man since Magnum PI.

He starred in countless other TV classics, including Friends, where he memorably played the love interest of Courteney Cox’s Monica Gellar, and ABC drama Boston Legal. 

The actor is now starring in his 13th season of the police drama Blue Bloods, where he has played NYPD Police Commissioner Frank Reagan, alongside Donnie Wahlberg and Bridget Moynahan since 2010. 

He also has a side job hawking reverse mortgages in TV ads for American Advisors Group. 

Earlier this year Selleck was seen reuniting with his former Magnum P.I. co-star Larry Manetti as the latter filmed a guest appearance on Blue Bloods in February. 

The outing came amid a prolonged break from filming the hit CBS police drama due to the writer’s strike which finally came to an end last week

The reclusive TV star broke cover on September 26 but was nearly unrecognizable 

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Selleck rose to fame with his breakthrough role as private investigator Thomas Magnum in the hit 80s series Magnum, PI, during which his mustache became his trademark

The two looked delighted as they posed in a cast shot shared on Instagram by co-star Donnie Wahlberg, 53.

The snap shows the actors posing with Blue Blood co-stars Bridget Moynahan, Andrew Terraciano, Will Estes, and Vanessa Ray. 

It marked the first time the pair have reunited onscreen since starring in the CBS drama, which aired from 1980-1988.

The series followed Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV,  a private investigator who lives in the guest house of a beachfront estate called Robin’s Nest, in Hawaii, and handpicks his own cases to investigate.

Last month Selleck celebrated his 35th wedding anniversary with English-born actress Jillie Mack, 65, whom he wed in 1987. 

Selleck also has a side job hawking reverse mortgages in TV ads for American Advisors Group

Blue Bloods: The 78-year-old actor has starred as Police Commissioner Frank Reagan on the drama Blue Bloods since 2010

Last month Selleck celebrated his 35th wedding anniversary with English-born actress Jillie Mack (right) 65, with whom he has one daughter, Hannah (pictured in 2010) 

The pair have one daughter, Hannah, 34. 

Prior to his current marriage Tom was married for ten years to another actress, Jaqueline Ray, who is mom to his son Kevin, 57. That ended in 1982.

In a 2022 interview, Selleck said he felt his three-decade marriage to Jillie Mack has become ‘more satisfying’ as the years have passed.

The TV icon, who married the West End performer after meeting her in London when she was starring in the musical Cats, insisted they are ‘true partners’ in all aspects of their lives.

‘I don’t’ think the infatuation stage of any relationship lasts forever, but it can grow into something. It just grows more satisfying. You become true partners,’ he told  Closer magazine.