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| Name |
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Alec Baldwin |
| Real Name |
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Alexander Rae Baldwin III |
| Height |
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5' 11" (180
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| Date of Birth |
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3 April 1958 |
| Place of Birth |
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Massapequa, Long Island,
New York, USA |
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| Biography: |
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Born on 3 April 1958 in Massapequa,
Long Island, Alec Baldwin was the second of six
children (brothers William,
Daniel, and Stephen would also become actors).
Baldwin studied political science at George Washington
University before he decided to become an actor;
following his change in career, he studied drama
at New York University and the Lee Strasberg Theatre
Institute.
After making his Broadway debut in 1980, a few years
later Baldwin moved to Los Angeles, where he landed
a role in the television series Knots Landing. He
made his film debut in Forever Lulu (1986),
which led to work in a number of such major films
as Beetlejuice (1988),
Working Girl (1988),
Married to the Mob (1988),
and Talk Radio (1988).
In 1989, Baldwin achieved success playing as a CIA
agent Jack Ryan in the undersea thriller The Hunt
for Red October. The film's popularity won him praise,
so he surprised many by turning down the opportunity
to reprise his role in the sequel Patriot Games,
in order to return to Broadway to star as Stanley
Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. But his decision
paid off, since he received a Tony nomination for
his performance.
Although his next film The Marrying Man (1991)
was a flop, it gave him an introduction to co-star
Kim Basinger, whom he would marry in 1993. He then
starred in such successful films as Prelude to a
Kiss (1992) and Glengarry
Glen Ross (1992).
After starring in such flop films as Malice (1993),
The Getaway (1994),
The Juror (1996), and
Mercury Rising (1998),
Baldwin returned in the comedy Outside Providence
(1999), as well as
in the crime drama Thick as Thieves (1999),
appeared alongside Amy Irving and Ben Kingsley in
the ethical drama The Confession (1999),
and appeared as Julia Roberts' boyfriend in Notting
Hill (1999). |
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| Filmography: |
| 2006 |
The Good Shepherd |
| 2006 |
Mini's First Time |
| 2006 |
Running With Scissors |
| 2005 |
Fun with Dick and Jane |
| 2005 |
Simply Halston |
| 2005 |
Elizabethtown |
| 2004 |
The Last Shot |
| 2004 |
Along Came Polly |
| 2004 |
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie |
| 2004 |
The Aviator |
| 2004 |
The Journey to Golda's Balcony |
| 2003 |
Broadway: The Golden Age |
| 2003 |
Second Nature |
| 2003 |
The Cooler |
| 2003 |
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat |
| 2002 |
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom [TV Series] |
| 2002 |
Path to War |
| 2001 |
Cats and Dogs |
| 2001 |
The Royal Tenenbaums |
| 2001 |
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within |
| 2001 |
Pearl Harbor |
| 2000 |
Nuremberg |
| 1995 |
Thomas and the Magic Railroad |
| 1994 |
State and Main |
| 1994 |
Clerks: The Animated Series [TV Series] |
| 1993 |
Notting Hill |
| 1992 |
The Confession |
| 1989 |
Outside Providence |
| 1988 |
Thick As Thieves |
| 1998 |
Mercury Rising |
| 1997 |
The Edge |
| 1996 |
Heaven's Prisoners |
| 1996 |
Looking for Richard |
| 1996 |
Ghosts of Mississippi |
| 1996 |
The Juror |
| 1995 |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 1995 |
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick |
| 1994 |
Two Bits |
| 1994 |
The Shadow |
| 1994 |
The Getaway |
| 1993 |
Earth and the American Dream |
| 1993 |
Malice |
| 1992 |
Glengarry Glen Ross |
| 1992 |
A Prelude to a Kiss |
| 1991 |
The Marrying Man |
| 1990 |
Miami Blues |
| 1990 |
The Hunt for Red October |
| 1990 |
Alice |
| 1989 |
Great Balls of Fire! |
| 1988 |
She's Having a Baby |
| 1988 |
Talk Radio |
| 1988 |
Married to the Mob |
| 1988 |
Working Girl |
| 1988 |
Beetlejuice |
| 1987 |
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory |
| 1987 |
Forever, Lulu |
| 1986 |
Dress Gray |
| 1985 |
Love on the Run |
| 1984 |
Her Revenge |
| 1984 |
Code of Honor |
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| Awards: |
| Academy Awards |
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2003 Best Supporting Actor (The
Cooler) |
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| Emmy Awards |
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2005 Best Guest Actor in a Comedy
(Will & Grace) |
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| Golden Globe |
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2003 Best Supporting Actor (The
Cooler) |
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2002 Best Supporting Actor in a Series
(Path to War) |
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2000 Best Actor - Series, Miniseries
or TV Movie (Nuremberg) |
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1995 Best Television Actor - Miniseries
(Streetcar Named
Desire) |
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| Screen Actors Guild |
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2003 Best Supporting Actor
(The Cooler) |
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2000 Best Actor in a Television Movie
or Miniseries (Nuremberg) |
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