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Alec Baldwin(I)

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Alec Baldwin
Take a closer look at the various roles Alec Baldwin has played throughout his acting career.
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Alec Baldwin is the oldest, and best-known, of the four Baldwin brothers in the acting business (the others are Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin and Daniel Baldwin). Alexander Rae Baldwin III was born on April 3, 1958 in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (Martineau) and Alexander Rae Baldwin Jr., a high school teacher and football coach at Massapequa High School. He is of Irish, as well as English, French, Scottish, and German, descent.

Alec Baldwin burst onto the TV scene in the early 1980s with appearances on several series, including The Doctors (1963) and Knots Landing (1979), before scoring feature film roles in Forever, Lulu (1986), Beetlejuice (1988), Working Girl (1988), Married to the Mob (1988) and Talk Radio (1988). In 1990, Baldwin appeared in the first on-screen adaptation of the "Jack Ryan" character created by mega-selling espionage author, Tom Clancy. The film, The Hunt for Red October (1990), was a box office and critical success, with Baldwin appearing alongside icy Sean Connery. Unfortunately, Baldwin fell out with Paramount Studios over future scripts for "Jack Ryan", and subsequent Ryan roles went to Harrison Ford.

Baldwin instead went to Broadway to perform "A Streetcar Named Desire", garnering a Tony nomination for his portrayal of "Stanley Kowalski" (he would reprise the role in a 1995 TV adaptation). Baldwin won over critics as a lowlife thief pursued by dogged cop Fred Ward in Miami Blues (1990), met his future wife Kim Basinger while filming the Neil Simon comedy, The Marrying Man (1991), starred in the film adaptation of the play, Prelude to a Kiss (1992) (in which he starred off-Broadway), and made an indelible ten-minute cameo as a hard-nosed real estate executive laying down the law in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). He also made a similar tour-de-force monologue in the thriller, Malice (1993), as a doctor defending his practices, in which he stated, "Let me tell you something: I am God".

Demand for Baldwin's talents in the 1990s saw more scripts swiftly come his way, and he starred alongside his then-wife, Kim Basinger, in a remake of the Steve McQueen action flick, The Getaway (1994), brought to life the famous comic strip character, The Shadow (1994), and starred as an assistant district attorney in the civil rights drama, Ghosts of Mississippi (1996). Baldwin's distinctive vocal talents then saw him voice US-aired episodes of the highly popular UK children's show, Thomas & Friends (1984), plus later voice-only contributions to other animated/children's shows, including Clerks (2000), Cats & Dogs (2001), Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004).

In the early 2000s, Baldwin and Basinger endured an acrimonious break-up that quickly became tabloid fodder but, while his divorce was high-profile, Baldwin excelled in a number of lower-profile supporting roles in a variety of films, including State and Main (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001), The Cooler (2003) (for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor), The Aviator (2004), Along Came Polly (2004) and The Departed (2006). As he was excelling as a consummate character actor, Baldwin found a second career in television comedy. Already known for his comedic turns hosting Saturday Night Live (1975), he essayed an extended guest role on Will & Grace (1998) in 2005 before taking on what would arguably become his most famous role, that of network executive "Jack Donaghy", opposite Tina Fey in the highly-acclaimed sitcom, 30 Rock (2006). The role brought Baldwin two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, and an unprecedented six Screen Actors Guild Awards (not including cast wins).

Continuing to appear in films as 30 Rock (2006) wrapped up its final season, Baldwin was engaged in 2012 to wed Hilaria Baldwin (aka Hilaria Lynn Thomas); the couple married on June 30, 2012.
BornApril 3, 1958
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Alec Baldwin in Saturday Night Live (1975)
Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey in 30 Rock (2006)
Alec Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin, and William Baldwin
Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin in The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Alan Arkin and Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Alec Baldwin and Ed Harris in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Alec Baldwin

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, and Matt Damon in The Departed (2006)
The Departed
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  • 2006
Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep in It's Complicated (2009)
It's Complicated
6.5
  • Jake Adler
  • 2009
The Cooler (2003)
The Cooler
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  • Shelly Kaplow
  • 2003
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Glengarry Glen Ross
7.7
  • Blake
  • 1992

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  • 97 Minutes
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  • Atrabilious
    • Completed
  • Supercell
    • Completed
  • Rust
    • In Production
  • Untitled Alec Baldwin/Kelsey Grammer Project
    • Pre-production
  • Kid Santa
    • In Production
  • Billie's Magic World
    • In Production
  • Blue Before Blood
    • Pre-production
  • False Awakening
  • Saturday Night Live Christmas Special
  • The Fruitties Are Back (2022)
    The Fruitties Are Back
  • Cate Blanchett in Tár (2022)
    Tár
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  • Christian Slater, Alec Baldwin, and Joshua Jackson in Dr. Death (2021)
    Dr. Death
  • Jeff Goldblum, Lisa Kudrow, James Marsden, Jimmy Kimmel, Eva Longoria, Amy Sedaris, David P. Smith, James Ryan, David Soren, James McGrath, Raphael Alejandro, Serenity Reign Brown, Ariana Greenblatt, Molly K. Gray, and Nova Reed in The Boss Baby 2: Family Business (2021)
    The Boss Baby 2: Family Business
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  • Alec Baldwin, Malin Akerman, and Bella Thorne in Chick Fight (2020)
    Chick Fight
  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
    • ...
  • Olivia Cooke, Ben Hardy, and Daryl McCormack in Pixie (2020)
    Pixie
  • John Cleese, Alec Baldwin, Michael Madsen, Anjelica Huston, Heidi Klum, James Franco, Laurie Holden, Jeremy Renner, and Omar Sy in Arctic Dogs (2019)
    Arctic Dogs
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  • Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
    Motherless Brooklyn
  • Framing John DeLorean (2019)
    Framing John DeLorean
  • Sean Hayes, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, and Megan Mullally in Will & Grace (1998)
    Will & Grace
  • Salma Hayek and Alec Baldwin in Drunk Parents (2019)
    Drunk Parents
  • Alec Baldwin, Mandy Patinkin, Judith Light, Mike Colter, Linda Arroz, Hannah Pearl Utt, and Jen Tullock in Before You Know It (2019)
    Before You Know It

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  • Rust
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  • Untitled Alec Baldwin/Kelsey Grammer Project
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  • False Awakening
  • James Lipton in Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
    Inside the Actors Studio
  • Bill Mauldin: If It's Big, Hit It (2021)
    Bill Mauldin: If It's Big, Hit It
  • Alec Baldwin and Steve French in Match Game (2016)
    Match Game
  • Christian Slater, Alec Baldwin, and Joshua Jackson in Dr. Death (2021)
    Dr. Death
  • Will Madden, Shirley Chen, and Jose Angeles in Beast Beast (2020)
    Beast Beast
  • Alec Baldwin, Josh Hopkins, Thomas Jane, Bridget Moynahan, Gregg Bello, David Krumholtz, Anjul Nigam, Scottie Thompson, and Luke Kleintank in Crown Vic (2019)
    Crown Vic
  • The Alec Baldwin Show (2018)
    The Alec Baldwin Show
  • To Tell the Truth
  • Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin in Blind (2016)
    Blind
  • Alec Baldwin in Alec Baldwin's Love Ride (2014)
    Alec Baldwin's Love Ride
  • Compared to What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank (2014)
    Compared to What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
  • Seduced and Abandoned (2013)
    Seduced and Abandoned
  • Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (2013)
    Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
  • Alec Baldwin, Jane Krakowski, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, and Jack McBrayer in 30 Rock (2006)
    30 Rock

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  • The Alec Baldwin Show (2018)
    The Alec Baldwin Show
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    • April 3, 1958
    • Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA
    • Hilaria BaldwinJune 30, 2012 - present (7 children)
    • Carol M. Baldwin
    • Stephen Baldwin(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Radio commercial: Northwest Airlines.
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    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 4 Portrayals
    • 13 Interviews
    • 67 Articles
    • 5 Pictorials
    • 61 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Caused a major uproar in the Philippines when he made a joke that he was interested in buying a Filipina wife. As a result, Philippine senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr., (also an actor) blasted Baldwin and even swore to personally beat him up if he ever visits the Philippines. Despite apologizing for the joke, Baldwin was effectively banned from visiting the Philippines.
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    Acting in the theatre is fun, acting in film is work.
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