Name: Alec Baldwin

Birth Name: Alexander Rae Baldwin III

Birthdate: April 3, 1958

Birthplace: Massapequa, Long Island, N.Y.

A career in law was not Baldwin's destiny. He auditioned for NYU's acting program, and not only was he accepted, but he was offered a full ride. He graduated 13 years later in 1993, long overdue because he began his professional acting career almost as soon as he began school. There were the soap operas like The Doctors and Knots Landing, and the films like Working Girl, Married to the Mob, and Beetlejuice. In 1990, the actor was cast as Jack Ryan in the John Clancy film The Hunt for Red October, but declining to reprise the role cost him. His career foundered until 2003's The Cooler, and hit a recent high point with a recurring role on TV's 30 Rock.


1. He was involved in a well-publicized altercation with a paparazzo attempting to photograph his new baby; the result: a $4,500 fine for damage done to the photographer's broken nose.
2. His final thesis at NYU was a 65-page paper on Al Pacino and method acting.
3. He was briefly engaged to Northern Exposure's Janine Turner.
4. His interest in politics began at an early age, when he was his high school's freshman class president; he went on a short-lived pursuit for a career in law.
5. His three brothers, Stephen, William and Daniel, all act, while his sisters, Beth and Jane, do not.


"If you want real power, go to Washington. If you want sex, go into the fashion business. But if you want the whole poison cocktail in one glass, then go to Hollywood."
— Cleo, Oct. 1994


Wife: Kim Basinger, actress; born Dec. 10, 1953; met on the set of The Marrying Man in 1990; married Aug. 19, 1993; divorced Feb. 2002
Daughter: Ireland Eliesse, born Oct. 23, 1995

2007: Golden Globe: Best Actor in a TV Series (Comedy), 30 Rock

2004: Academy Awards nomination: Best Actor in a Supporting Role, The Cooler; Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, The Cooler

2003: Golden Globes nomination: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Path to War

2001: Golden Globes nomination: Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, Nuremberg

1996: Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, A Streetcar Named Desire

 

FILMS

Brooklyn Rules - (2007) - Actor
Shortcut to Happiness - (2007) - Actor
The Good Shepherd - (2006) - Actor
Running With Scissors - (2006) - Actor
The Departed - (2006) - Actor
Mini's First Time - (2006) - Actor
Elizabethtown - (2005) - Actor
Fun With Dick and Jane - (2005) - Actor
The Last Shot - (2004) - Actor
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie - (2004) - Voice
The Aviator - (2004) - Actor
Along Came Polly - (2004) - Actor
Second Nature - (2003) - Actor
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat - (2003) - Actor
The Cooler - (2003) - Actor
Path To War - (2002) - Actor
Pearl Harbor - (2001) - Actor
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - (2001) - Actor
Cats & Dogs - (2001) - Voice
Thomas the Tank Engine - Thomas' Trackside Tunes - (2001) - Narrator
Thomas the Tank Engine - Spills & Chills & Other Thomas Thrills - (2000) - Narrator
Thomas the Tank Engine - Make Someone Happy & Other Thomas Adventures - (2000) - Narrator
Thomas and the Magic Railroad - (2000) - Actor
Clerks Uncensored - (2000) - Voice
Nuremberg - (2000) - Actor, Executive Producer
State and Main - (2000) - Actor
The Confession - (1999) - Actor, Producer
Saturday Night Live - 25 Years of Laughs - (1999) - Actor
Outside Providence - (1999) - Actor
Thick as Thieves - (1999) - Actor
Thomas the Tank Engine - Races, Rescues, and Runaways and Other Thomas Adventures - (1999) - Featured
Mercury Rising - (1998) - Actor
Thomas the Tank Engine - Cranky Bugs & Other Thomas Stories - (1998) - Narrator
Saturday Night Live - Best of 96-97 - (1998) - Actor
The Edge - (1997) - Actor
Heaven's Prisoners - (1996) - Actor
Looking for Richard - (1996) - Actor
Ghosts of Mississippi - (1996) - Actor
The Juror - (1996) - Actor
A Streetcar Named Desire - (1995) - Actor
Two Bits - (1995) - Actor
The Getaway - (1994) - Actor
The Shadow - (1994) - Actor
Malice - (1993) - Actor
Prelude to a Kiss - (1992) - Actor
Glengarry Glen Ross - (1992) - Actor
The Marrying Man - (1991) - Actor
The Hunt for Red October - (1990) - Actor
Miami Blues - (1990) - Actor
Alice - (1990) - Actor
Code of Honor - (1990) - Actor
Great Balls of Fire - (1989) - Actor
Talk Radio - (1989) - Actor
Beetlejuice - (1988) - Actor
Married to the Mob - (1988) - Actor
She's Having a Baby - (1988) - Actor
Working Girl - (1988) - Actor
Forever, Lulu - (1987) - Actor
Alamo, The - Thirteen Days of Glory - (1987) - Actor
Dress Gray - (1986) - Actor
Love on the Run - (1985) - Actor
Crazy Streets - (1981) - Actor
Bachelor No. 2 - () - Actor