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Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. In his early career, Baldwin played both leading and supporting roles in a variety of films such as
Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993), ...
's ''
Beetlejuice ''Beetlejuice'' is a 1988 American fantasy horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, written by Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, and Warren Skaaren, produced by The Geffen Company, distributed by Warner Bros., and starring Alec Baldwin, ...
'' (1988),
Mike Nichols Mike Nichols (born Michael Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theater director, producer, actor, and comedian. He was noted for his ability to work across a range of genres and for his aptitude fo ...
' ''
Working Girl ''Working Girl'' is a 1988 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Kevin Wade, and starring Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith. Its plot follows an ambitious secretary from Staten Island who t ...
'' (1988),
Jonathan Demme Robert Jonathan Demme ( ; February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker. Beginning his career under B-movie producer Roger Corman, Demme made his directorial debut with the 1974 women-in-prison film ''Caged Heat'', before ...
's ''
Married to the Mob ''Married to the Mob'' is a 1988 American crime comedy film directed by Jonathan Demme, and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, and Alec Baldwin. Pfeiffer plays Angela de Marco, a gangster's widow from B ...
'' (1988), and
Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of '' Midnight Express'' (1978), and wrote the gangster film remake '' Sc ...
's ''
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'' (1988). He gained attention for his performances as Jack Ryan in ''
The Hunt for Red October ''The Hunt for Red October'' is the debut novel by American author Tom Clancy, first published on October 1, 1984, by the Naval Institute Press. It depicts Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius as he seemingly goes rogue with his country's cutt ...
'' (1990) and in '' Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1992). Since then he has worked with directors such as
Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...
in '' Alice'' (1990), '' To Rome with Love'' (2012) and ''
Blue Jasmine ''Blue Jasmine'' is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. The film tells the story of a rich Manhattan socialite ( Cate Blanchett) who falls on hard times and has to move into her working-class sister's (Sally Ha ...
'' (2013), and
Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Scorsese emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominatio ...
in '' The Aviator'' (2004) and ''
The Departed ''The Departed'' is a 2006 American epic crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. It is both a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film ''Infernal Affairs'' and also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter ...
'' (2006). His performance in the drama ''
The Cooler ''The Cooler'' is a 2003 American crime drama film directed by Wayne Kramer, from a screenplay by Frank Hannah and Kramer. The film stars William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Shawn Hatosy, Ron Livingston, Estella Warren, Paul Sorvino, and Alec Baldw ...
'' (2003) garnered him a nomination for the 
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. He has done voice work for ''
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'' (2004), '' Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'' (2008), ''
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'' (2012), and ''The Boss Baby'' film franchise (2017–present). From 2006 to 2013, Baldwin received critical acclaim starring alongside
Tina Fey Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (1997–2006) and for creating the ...
as
Jack Donaghy John Francis "Jack" Donaghy ( ) is a fictional character on the NBC sitcom ''30 Rock'', airing from 2006 to 2013. The character was created by series creator Tina Fey, and is portrayed by Alec Baldwin. He was introduced as the Vice President of E ...
on the
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sitcom ''
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'', winning two
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, three
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, and seven
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for his work on the series, making him the male performer with the most SAG Awards in history. On stage, he portrayed
Stanley Kowalski Stanley Kowalski is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' play ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. In the play Stanley lives in the working-class Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans with his wife, Stella ( DuBois), and is employed ...
in the 1992 Broadway production of ''
A Streetcar Named Desire ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of pers ...
'' and the title character in a 1998 Off-Broadway production of ''
Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...
'', the former earning him a
Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual cer ...
nomination. Baldwin co-starred in '' Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation'' (2015) and '' Mission: Impossible – Fallout'' (2018), the fifth and sixth installments of the '' Mission: Impossible'' series. He is also a columnist for ''
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''. He also was the host of ''
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'' from 2016 until 2021. Baldwin has received critical acclaim for his portrayal of
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on the long-running sketch series ''
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'', both during the latter part of the 2016 presidential election campaign and following the
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, a role that won him his third
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in 2017. He was nominated again in 2018 and 2021. In 2021, while on the ''
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'' film set, Baldwin discharged a revolver used as a prop, which killed cinematographer
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and injured director
Joel Souza Joel Souza (born June 14, 1973) is an American filmmaker. Career Souza was originally inspired to become a filmmaker after viewing the Indiana Jones film ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981). As a writer and director, Souza made his debut in ...
.


Early life

Alexander Rae Baldwin III was born on April 3, 1958, in
Amityville, New York Amityville () is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Village, village near the Babylon (town), New York, Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County, on the South Shore (Long Island), South Shore of Long Island, in New Yo ...
, and raised in the Nassau Shores neighborhood of nearby
Massapequa Massapequa (, ) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered the anchor community of the Greater Massapequa area. The po ...
, the eldest son of Carol Newcomb (''
née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...
'' Martineau; December 15, 1929 – May 26, 2022) from Syracuse and Alexander Rae Baldwin Jr. (October 26, 1927 – April 15, 1983), a high school history/social studies teacher and football coach from
Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
. He has three younger brothers,
Daniel Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...
(born 1960),
William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
(born 1963), and
Stephen Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...
(born 1966), who also became actors. He also has two sisters, Elizabeth "Beth" Baldwin Keuchler (born 1955) and Jane Ann Baldwin Sasso (born 1965). Alec and his siblings were raised as
Roman Catholics The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
. They are of Irish, French, and English ancestry. Through his father, Baldwin is descended from ''
Mayflower ''Mayflower'' was an English ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After a grueling 10 weeks at sea, ''Mayflower'', with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, r ...
'' passenger
John Howland John Howland (February 23, 1673) accompanied the English Separatists and other passengers when they left England on the to settle in Plymouth Colony. He was an indentured servant and in later years an executive assistant and personal secretary ...
, and through this line, is the 13th generation of his family born in North America and the 14th generation to live in North America. Baldwin attended Alfred G. Berner High School in Massapequa and played football there under Coach
Bob Reifsnyder Robert Harland Reifsnyder (born June 18, 1937) is a former American football player. An All-American at the United States Naval Academy, he won the Maxwell Award in 1957. He went on to play professionally for the American Football League (AFL)'s ...
. In New York City, Baldwin worked as a
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at the famed
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,
Studio 54 Studio 54 is a Broadway theater and a former disco nightclub at 254 West 54th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Operated by the Roundabout Theatre Company, Studio 54 has 1,006 seats on two levels. The theater was ...
. From 1976 to 1979, he attended
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. In 1979, he lost the election for student body president and received a personal letter from former U.S. president
Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
(with whom he had a common friend) encouraging him to use the loss as a learning experience. Afterward, he transferred to the
Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...
of
New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...
(NYU) where he studied with, among others,
Geoffrey Horne Geoffrey Horne (born August 22, 1933) is an American actor, director, and acting coach at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. His screen credits include ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'', '' Bonjour Tristesse'', '' The Strange One'', '' ...
and
Mira Rostova Mira Rostova (''née'' Rosovskaya; April 10, 1909 – January 28, 2009) was a Russian American actress turned acting teacher, best known for her own variation of method acting that she used in coaching Montgomery Clift. Her other students incl ...
at the
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. Later, he was accepted as a member of the
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. In 1994, he completed his
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degree at NYU.


Career


Theatre

Baldwin made his
Broadway Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (disambiguation) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street **Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
debut in 1986 in a revival of
Joe Orton John Kingsley Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967), known by the pen name of Joe Orton, was an English playwright, author, and diarist. His public career, from 1964 until his death in 1967, was short but highly influential. During this brie ...
's '' Loot'' alongside
Zoë Wanamaker Zoë Wanamaker (born 13 May 1949) is a British-American actress who has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. A nine-time Olivier Award nominee, she won for '' Once in a Lifetime'' (1979) and '' Electra ...
,
Željko Ivanek Željko Ivanek (né Šimić-Ivanek; ; ; born August 15, 1957) is an American actor, known for his role as Ray Fiske on '' Damages'', for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award. Ivanek is also known for his role of Ed Danvers on '' Homicide: Life on ...
,
Joseph Maher Joseph Sylvester Maher (29 December 1933 – 17 July 1998) was an Irish actor, playwright, and occasionally theatre director. He was best known for his roles in the comedies of Joe Orton. He received three Tony Award nominations for his roles in ...
, and
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. This production closed after three months. His other Broadway credits include Caryl Churchill's ''
Serious Money ''Serious Money'' is a satirical play written by Caryl Churchill first staged in London in 1987. Its subject is the British stock market, specifically the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE). Often considered ...
'' with
Kate Nelligan Patricia Colleen Nelligan (born March 16, 1950), known professionally as Kate Nelligan, is a Canadian stage, film and television actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1991 film ''The Prince of Tide ...
and a revival of
Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the thre ...
' ''
A Streetcar Named Desire ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of pers ...
'', for which his performance as
Stanley Kowalski Stanley Kowalski is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' play ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. In the play Stanley lives in the working-class Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans with his wife, Stella ( DuBois), and is employed ...
garnered a
Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual cer ...
nomination for Best Actor. Baldwin also received an Emmy nomination for the 1995 television version of the production, in which both he and
Jessica Lange Jessica Phyllis Lange (; born April 20, 1949) is an American actress. She is the 13th actress to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having won two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, along with a Screen Actors G ...
reprised their roles, alongside
John Goodman John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He gained national fame for his role as the family patriarch Dan Conner in the ABC comedy series '' Roseanne'' (1988–1997; 2018), for which he received a Golden Globe Award, an ...
and
Diane Lane Diane Colleen Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American actress. Born and raised in New York City, Lane made her screen debut at age 14 in George Roy Hill's 1979 film ''A Little Romance''. The two films that could have catapulted her to star ...
. In 1998, Baldwin played the title role in ''
Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...
'' at
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alongside
Angela Bassett Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. She had her breakthrough with her portrayal of singer Tina Turner in the biopic ''What's Love Got to Do with It'' (1993), which garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award ...
and
Liev Schreiber Isaac Liev Schreiber (; born October 4, 1967) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and narrator. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s after appearing in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywo ...
in a production directed by George C. Wolfe. In 2004, Baldwin starred in a revival of Broadway's ''
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'' about a successful and egomaniacal Broadway director (Baldwin), who has transformed a chorus girl ( Anne Heche) into a leading lady. On June 9, 2005, he appeared in a concert version of the
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musical '' South Pacific'' at
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. He starred as Luther Billis, alongside
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as Nellie and
Brian Stokes Mitchell Brian Stokes Mitchell (born October 31, 1957) is an American actor and singer. A powerful baritone, he has been one of the central leading men of the Broadway theater since the 1990s. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2000 for ...
as Emile. The production was taped and telecast by
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on April 26, 2006. In 2006, Baldwin made theater news in
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's
Off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...
revival of Joe Orton's ''
Entertaining Mr. Sloane ''Entertaining Mr Sloane'' is a three-act play written in 1963 by the English playwright Joe Orton. It was first produced in London at the New Arts Theatre on 6 May 1964 and transferred to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre on 29 June 1964. Plo ...
''. In 2010, Baldwin starred opposite Sam Underwood in a critically acclaimed revival of
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's '' Equus'', directed by Tony Walton at Guild Hall in
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. Baldwin returned to Broadway as Harold in ''
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''. The show, which opened April 18, 2013, was also to have starred
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as Treat, but LaBeouf left the production in rehearsals and was replaced by
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.


Television

Baldwin's first acting role was as Billy Aldrich in the NBC daytime soap opera '' The Doctors'' from 1980 to 1982. In the fall 1983, he starred in the short-lived television series '' Cutter to Houston''. He went on to appear as the brother of
Valene Ewing Valene "Val" Ewing (maiden name Clements, formerly Gibson, Waleska), portrayed by Joan Van Ark, is a fictional character in the CBS primetime soap opera ''Knots Landing'', a spin-off from the long-running series '' Dallas'', in which she also a ...
and son of
Lilimae Clements Lilimae Clements (maiden name Patrick) is a fictional character from the long-running CBS soap opera, ''Knots Landing''. She was played by Julie Harris (American actress), Julie Harris between 1980 and 1987. Although not a series regular until Knot ...
(played by
Joan Van Ark Joan Van Ark (born June 16, 1943) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Valene Ewing on the primetime soap opera ''Knots Landing.'' A life member of The Actors Studio, she made her Broadway debut in 1966 in ''Barefoot in the P ...
and
Julie Harris Julia Ann Harris (December 2, 1925August 24, 2013) was an American actress. Renowned for her classical and contemporary stage work, she received five Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play. Harris debuted on Broadway in 1945, against the wish ...
, respectively) in ''
Knots Landing ''Knots Landing'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993. A spin-off of ''Dallas'', it was set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles and initially centered on the lives of ...
'' from 1984 to 1985. In 1986 Baldwin starred in ''
Dress Gray ''Dress Gray'' is a 1986 American television miniseries starring Alec Baldwin, Lloyd Bridges and Hal Holbrook. The program, about a cadet at a West Point-like military academy who investigates the murder of a fellow cadet, was adapted for the s ...
'', a four-hour made-for-television miniseries, as an honest cadet sergeant who tries to solve the mystery of a murdered gay classmate. In 1998 he became the third narrator and
George Carlin George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American comedian, actor, author, and social critic. Regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians of all time, he was dubbed "the dean of countercul ...
's replacement for the fifth and sixth seasons of ''
Thomas & Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...
''. In 2000 he starred in "
Thomas and the Magic Railroad ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad'' is a 2000 children's fantasy adventure film written and directed by Britt Allcroft and produced by Allcroft and Phil Fehrle. It is the only theatrical live-action/animated ''Thomas & Friends'' film in the franc ...
" as Mr. Conductor. He left the show in 2002 after winning the role of Lawrence Quinn in ''
The Cat in the Hat ''The Cat in the Hat'' is a 1957 children's book written and illustrated by the American author Theodor Geisel, using the pen name Dr. Seuss. The story centers on a tall anthropomorphic cat who wears a red and white-striped top hat and a red bow ...
'' and was replaced by
Michael Brandon Michael Brandon (born Michael Feldman; April 20, 1945) is an American actor. He is known for his role as James Dempsey in the British drama series ''Dempsey and Makepeace'' (1985–1986). His theatre credits include the original Broadway (theat ...
. In 2002, Baldwin appeared in two episodes of ''
Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa ...
'' as Phoebe's overly enthusiastic love interest, Parker. He also portrayed a recurring character in several seasons 7 and 8 episodes of ''
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'', in which he played Malcolm, a "top secret agent" and the lover of Karen Walker (
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). He also guest-starred in the first live episode of the series. Baldwin wrote an episode of ''
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'' entitled "Tabloid", which aired in 1998. He played Dr. Barrett Moore, a retired plastic surgeon, in the series ''
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''. He starred as Jack Donaghy on NBC's ''
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'', which first aired in October 2006. He met his future co-stars
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and
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while appearing on ''Saturday Night Live.'' Since season 3, Baldwin was credited as one of ''30 Rock''s producers. Baldwin has won three
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, two Golden Globe awards and seven
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for his role. He received his second Emmy nomination for Best Actor in a Television Comedy or Musical as Jack Donaghy in 2008, marking his seventh
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nomination and first win. He won again in 2009. Baldwin joined TCM's '' The Essentials''
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as co-host beginning in March 2009. In 2009, he appeared in a series of commercials for
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that premiered during the
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broadcast. In 2010, he made a five-second cameo appearance with comedian
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in a musical video titled "Great Day" featured on the bonus DVD as part of
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's album ''Turtleneck & Chain''. Baldwin co-hosted the
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with
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in 2010. He has hosted ''
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'' 17 times , and holds the record for most times hosting the show. He also impersonated Republican nominee
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during ''SNL'' coverage of the 2016 Presidential election, to critical acclaim. In 2017, he won a Primetime Emmy for his portrayal of Trump. Baldwin continued in the role until Trump's defeat in the 2020 election. Beginning in 2010, Baldwin appeared in a television campaign for
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as their spokesperson. Following his 2013 confrontation with a videographer reported by
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, his contract was not renewed,Baldwin, Alec (February 23, 2014)
"Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life"
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.
and he was succeeded in the campaign by
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. On February 4, 2012, he hosted the 2011 NFL Honors awards show. He later hosted the second show on February 2, 2013. In 2013 Baldwin briefly hosted '' Up Late with Alec Baldwin'' on
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. On November 26, 2013, the program was cancelled after only five episodes,Johnson, Richard (November 26, 2013)
"Pack your bags, Alec! MSNBC fires Baldwin over anti-gay slurs"
. ''
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''. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
due in part to a street tirade captured on video. TMZ claimed Baldwin's insult toward the videographer was "cocksucking fag". Baldwin, who denied that he used the word "fag", later cited this incident as a major turning point in his public life. In 2016 Baldwin began hosting a reboot of the game show ''
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'' on
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. In 2017, he took over as sole host of TCM's ''The Essentials'' following the death of his co-host, Robert Osborne. In August 2017, Baldwin's production company, El Dorado Pictures, signed a first-look deal with
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. On March 3, 2018, following the broadcast of the
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, ABC broadcast a preview episode of the talk show ''
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'', at the time called ''Sundays With Alec Baldwin'', scheduled to formally debut with a nine-episode order that fall. Baldwin was the subject of the 2019 edition of the
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, which included among the roastees a surprise appearance by his daughter Ireland. In 2021, Baldwin starred opposite
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and
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in the miniseries '' Dr. Death'' on
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.


Film

Baldwin made his film debut with a minor role in the 1987 film '' Forever, Lulu''. In 1988, he appeared in ''
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'' and ''
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''. He gained further recognition as a leading man with his role as Jack Ryan in ''
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'' (1990). That same year, he also starred in the
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''
Miami Blues ''Miami Blues'' is a 1990 American neo-noir black comedy crime drama film directed by George Armitage, based on the novel of the same name by Charles Willeford. It stars Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward (who also served as an executive producer) and Jen ...
'' alongside Jennifer Jason Leigh and Fred Ward. Baldwin met his future wife
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when they played lovers in the 1991 film ''
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''. Next, Baldwin played a ferocious sales executive in '' Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1992), a part added to the film version of
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's
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-winning stage play (including the monologue "Coffee's for closers"). Later that same year, he starred in '' Prelude to a Kiss'' with
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, which was based on the
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play. The film received a lukewarm reception by critics and grossed only $22 million worldwide. He appeared with Basinger again in '' The Getaway'', a 1994 remake of the 1972
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film of the same name. Also, in 1994, Baldwin made a foray into pulp fiction-based movies with the role of the
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in ''
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''. The film made $48 million. In 1996 and 1997 he starred in several more thrillers, including ''
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'', ''
The Juror ''The Juror'' is a 1996 American legal thriller film based on the 1995 novel by George Dawes Green. It was directed by Brian Gibson and stars Demi Moore as a single mother picked for jury duty for a mafia trial and Alec Baldwin as a mobster sent ...
'', and ''
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''. Baldwin shifted towards
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, beginning with ''
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'' in 2001. He played Lt. Col. James Doolittle in the film. With a worldwide box office of $449,220,945, this film remains the highest-grossing film Baldwin has appeared in during his acting career. Baldwin was nominated for an
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, a Golden Globe, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in the 2003 gambling drama ''
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''. He appeared in
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's '' The Aviator'' (2004) and ''
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'' (2006). In 2006, he starred in the film ''
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''. He performed opposite
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in ''
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'' (2007). Two years later, he co-starred in the hit romantic comedy '' It's Complicated'' with
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and
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. Baldwin directed and starred in ''Shortcut to Happiness, The Devil and Daniel Webster'' with Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Dan Aykroyd in 2001. The then-unreleased film became an asset in a federal bank fraud trial when investor Jed Barron was convicted of bank fraud while the movie was in production. The film was eventually acquired by Bob Yari, The Yari Group without Baldwin's involvement. In 2007, the Yari Film Group announced that it would give the film, now titled ''Shortcut to Happiness'', a theatrical release in the spring, and cable film network Starz! announced that it had acquired pay TV rights for the film. ''Shortcut to Happiness'' was finally released in 2008. Baldwin, displeased with the way the film had been cut in post-production, demanded that his directorial credit be changed to the pseudonym "Harry Kirkpatrick". Baldwin co-starred in '' Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation'', the fifth installment of the ''Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series), Mission: Impossible'' series, released on July 31, 2015, and reprised the role in '' Mission: Impossible – Fallout'', released on July 27, 2018. On August 27, 2018, it was announced that Baldwin would join the cast for ''Joker (2019 film), ''Joker'''', playing Thomas Wayne, father of Bruce Wayne. Later, on August 29, 2018, Baldwin withdrew from the role. That same year, Baldwin made cameo appearances in the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture-nominated films ''BlacKkKlansman'' and ''A Star Is Born (2018 film), A Star Is Born'' as Dr. Kennebrew Beaureguard and himself, respectively.


Radio and podcasts

On January 12, 2009, Baldwin became the host of ''The New York Philharmonic This Week'', the nationally syndicated radio series of the New York Philharmonic. He has recorded two nationally distributed public service radio announcements on behalf of the Save the Manatee Club. On October 24, 2011, WNYC public radio released the first episode of Baldwin's podcast ''Here's the Thing'', a series of interviews with public figures including artists, policy-makers, and performers. The first two episodes featured actor Michael Douglas and political consultant Ed Rollins. Between 2011 and 2020, Baldwin completed more than 150 interviews, with guests who included musician Wynton Marsalis, filmmaker Edward Norton, comedian David Letterman, violinist Itzhak Perlman, pianist Lang Lang among many others. ''Here's the Thing'' was developed for Alec Baldwin by Lu Olkowski, Trey Kay, Kathy Russo, and Emily Botein.


Books

Baldwin co-authored the book ''A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood and Divorce'' with Mark Tabb in 2008. His 2017 memoir ''Nevertheless'' debuted at No. 5 on ''The New York Times'' hardcover nonfiction best-seller list.


Philanthropy

Baldwin, along with his mother Carol, created the Carol M. Baldwin Cancer Research Fund. This led to the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center at the Stony Brook University Hospital to be named in her honor. During his 2010–2013 stint as a spokesperson for
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, Baldwin's contract was written to fund Baldwin's charity foundation. He was paid $15 million over nearly five years. After taxes and accounting fees, the remainder, $14.125 million, was given to charity. In March 2011, Baldwin donated $1 million to the New York Philharmonic (on whose board he served), and $500,000 to the
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, where he has performed plays in New York. In recent years, his foundation has donated bookstore gift certificates to Long Island libraries to support literacy programs.


Filmography


Awards and honors

Baldwin has also List of awards and nominations received by Alec Baldwin, received a number of awards and nominations throughout his career for stage, television, and film roles. He has been nominated for the
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, BAFTA Award, and
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and has received three
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, three
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, and eight
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. On May 12, 2010, Baldwin gave a commencement address at
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and was awarded a Doctor of Fine Arts degree, honoris causa. Baldwin was named Esteemed Faculty by Stony Brook University after teaching a master class in acting at Stony Brook Southampton.


Personal life


Marriages


Kim Basinger

In May 1990, Baldwin met actress
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when they played lovers in the film ''
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''. They married on August 19, 1993, and had a daughter, Ireland Baldwin, Ireland (born October 23, 1995). They Legal separation, separated on December 5, 2000 and divorced on September 3, 2002. Baldwin has called the attorneys in the case "opportunists", and has characterized Basinger's psychologists as part of the "divorce industry". He has faulted them more than Basinger and writes, "In fact, I blame my ex-wife least of all for what has transpired. She is a person, like many of us, doing the best she can with what she has. She is a litigant, and therefore, one who walks into a courtroom and is never offered anything other than what is served there. Nothing off the menu, ever." Baldwin wrote that he spent over a million dollars, has had to put time aside from his career, has had to travel extensively, and needed to find a house in California (he lived in New York City, New York), so that he could stay in his daughter's life. Baldwin contended that after seven years of these issues, he hit a breaking point and, on April 11, 2007, left an angry voicemail message in response to another unanswered arranged call, in which Baldwin called his 11-year-old daughter a "rude, thoughtless little pig". He contends that the tape was sold to TMZ.com, TMZ, which released the recording, despite laws against publishing media related to a minor without the permission of both parents. Baldwin admitted that he made a mistake but asked not to be judged as a parent based on a bad moment. He later admitted to ''Playboy'' in June 2009 that he Suicidal ideation, contemplated suicide over the voicemail that leaked to the public. Of the incident, he said, "I spoke to a lot of professionals, who helped me. If I committed suicide, [Kim Basinger] would have considered that a victory. Destroying me was their avowed goal." In late 2008, Baldwin toured in support of his book on fatherhood and divorce, speaking about his experiences related in it.


Hilaria Baldwin

By August 2011, Baldwin began dating Hilaria Baldwin, Hillary "Hilaria" Thomas, a yoga instructor with Yoga Vida in Manhattan. Baldwin and Thomas moved from the Upper West Side to Greenwich Village that August. The couple became engaged in April 2012 and married on June 30, 2012, at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in New York City. They have seven children together.


1995 photographer incident

On October 26, 1995, Baldwin allegedly assaulted a photographer for videotaping Basinger and their three-day-old daughter. The couple was returning from the hospital and was confronted by the photographer outside their Los Angeles home. Whoopi Goldberg praised Baldwin for his actions during her opening monologue while hosting the 68th Academy Awards.


2011 runway incident

In December 2011, Baldwin was on an American Airlines flight at Los Angeles International Airport, playing ''Words with Friends'' on his phone while waiting for takeoff. When instructed to put away the "electronic device" by the flight attendant, he reportedly became belligerent and was eventually removed from the plane. He later publicly apologized to the passengers who were delayed. The incident was humorously referenced in the following months in TV commercials for
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credit cards and Best Buy electronics stores. Baldwin also spoofed the incident during a cameo appearance on ''Saturday Night Live'' "Weekend Update" segment.


2021 shooting incident

On October 21, 2021, Baldwin was filming on the set of the upcoming film ''
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'', of which he was also the producer, at the Bonanza City, New Mexico, Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, when he discharged a gun being used as a Theatrical property#Prop weapons, prop, killing cinematographer
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and injuring director
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. The Hutchins family filed a Wrongful death claim, wrongful death suit against Baldwin for his part in the fatal shooting. On October 5, 2022, Baldwin reached an undisclosed settlement with the family of Hutchins in their Wrongful death claim, wrongful death lawsuit.


Health and dieting

Baldwin adopted a vegan diet in 2011. In 2019, he authored an article for CNN supporting the EAT Lancet report and recommended a plant-based diet due to global environmental issues.


Political views

Baldwin is a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat and endorsed Barack Obama in his two presidential campaigns. He serves on the board of People for the American Way. He is an animal rights activist and a staunch supporter of PETA, for which he has done work that includes narrating the video entitled ''Meet Your Meat''. Baldwin lent his support to the Save the Manatee Club by donating his time to record several public service announcements for the group, which had contacted him following his role in "The Bonfire of the Manatees", an episode of ''The Simpsons'' in which he was the voice of a biologist working to save the endangered mammals. Baldwin also gave his support for Farm Sanctuary's Adopt A Turkey Project and stated, "At least 46 million turkeys suffer heartbreaking fear and pain before being killed each and every Thanksgiving..." During his appearance on the comedy late night show ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' on December 11, 1998, eight days before President Bill Clinton was to be Impeachment of Bill Clinton, impeached, Baldwin said, "If we were in another country ... we would stone Henry Hyde to death and we would go to their homes and kill their wives and their children. We would kill their families, for what they're doing to this country." Baldwin later apologized for the remarks, and the network explained that it was meant as a joke and promised not to re-run it. Baldwin said in a 2006 interview with ''The New York Times'' that if he did become involved in electoral politics, he would prefer to run for Governor of New York. When asked if he was qualified for the office, Baldwin responded that he considered himself more qualified than California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. On December 21, 2011, Baldwin, addressing speculation, said he was abandoning plans to run for mayor of New York City and would instead continue in his role on ''30 Rock''. That April, he suggested he might change his mind, saying, "Let's see what things are like in 2014. I would love to do it." In February 2009, Baldwin spoke out to encourage state leaders to renew New York's Movie production incentives in the United States, tax break for the film and television industry, stating that if the "tax breaks are not reinstated into the budget, film production in this town is going to collapse and television production is going to collapse and it's all going to go to California". During the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 2011, Baldwin was slated to appear in a taped skit. However, the producers of the show cut a portion of the skit containing a reference to Rupert Murdoch and the News International phone hacking scandal. Baldwin subsequently boycotted the Emmy Awards and requested that his entire appearance be removed from the broadcast. Producers complied and he was replaced with Leonard Nimoy.


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Alec Baldwin's Charity Work
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