Alexander Rae Alec Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, and movie producer.
He is the oldest and the most well-known of the Baldwin brothers, a family in movies and television. His career has brought him Academy Award, Emmy, and Golden Globe nominations. He has hosted Saturday Night Live several times, including as Donald Trump. He played the television executive Jack Donaghy in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock.
Alec Baldwin | |
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Born | Alexander Rae Baldwin III April 3, 1958 Amityville, New York, U.S. |
Alma mater | Tisch School of the Arts (BFA) |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1980–present |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouses |
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Children | 7, including Ireland Baldwin |
Family | Baldwin |
Website | www |
Alec Baldwin was born in Amityville, New York and raised in Massapequa, New York. He has three younger brothers, actors Daniel (born 1960), William (born 1963) and Stephen (born 1965). He also has two sisters. They were all raised Roman Catholic.
On October 21, 2021, Baldwin was filming on the set of Western movie Rust at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, when he fired a gun used as a prop, accidentally killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding movie director Joel Souza. As to the scene, he was expected to fire the gun, which should have contained blanks. According to court records, Baldwin had been told the gun was safe to use.
On January 19, 2023, Santa Fe's district attorney said that Baldwin would be charged with involuntary manslaughter; The charges would filed at the end of January.
In April 2023, the charges against Baldwin were dropped.
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1985 | Brewster's Millions | Montgomery Brewster | Walter Hill | Film debut |
1987 | Forever, Lulu | Buck | Amos Kollek | |
1988 | She's Having a Baby | Davis McDonald | John Hughes | |
Beetlejuice | Adam Maitland | Tim Burton | ||
Married to the Mob | Frank de Marco | Jonathan Demme | ||
Working Girl | Mick Dugan | Mike Nichols | ||
Talk Radio | Dan | Oliver Stone | ||
1989 | Great Balls of Fire! | Jimmy Swaggart | Jim McBride | |
1990 | The Hunt for Red October | Jack Ryan | John McTiernan | |
Miami Blues | Frederick J. Frenger Jr. | George Armitage | ||
Alice | Ed | Woody Allen | ||
1991 | The Marrying Man | Charley Pearl | Jerry Rees | |
1992 | Prelude to a Kiss | Peter Hoskins | Norman Rene | |
Glengarry Glen Ross | Blake | James Foley | ||
1993 | Malice | Dr. Jed Hill | Harold Becker | |
1994 | The Getaway | Carter 'Doc' McCoy | Roger Donaldson | |
The Shadow | Lamont Cranston / The Shadow | Russell Mulcahy | ||
1995 | Two Bits | Narrator (voice) | James Foley | |
1996 | The Juror | Mark Cordell/The Teacher | Brian Gibson | |
Heaven's Prisoners | Dave Robicheaux | Phil Joanou | Also executive producer | |
Ghosts of Mississippi | Bobby DeLaughter | Rob Reiner | ||
1997 | Road to Manhattan | Al Capone | Stuart Gillard | |
The Edge | Robert Green | Lee Tamahori | ||
1998 | Thick as Thieves | Mackin | Scott Sanders | |
Mercury Rising | Lt. Col. Nicholas Kudrow | Harold Becker | ||
1999 | The Confession | Roy Bleakie | David Jones | |
Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip | Adult Beau (voice) | Genndy Tartakovsky | ||
Notting Hill | Jeff King | Roger Michell | Uncredited | |
Outside Providence | Old Man Dunphy | Michael Corrente | ||
Scout's Honor | Todd Fitter | Neil Leifer | Short film | |
2000 | The Acting Class | Himself | Jill Hennessy | |
Thomas and the Magic Railroad | Mr. Conductor | Britt Allcroft | ||
State and Main | Bob Barrenger | David Mamet | Also executive produced | |
2001 | Pearl Harbor | Lt. Col. James Doolittle | Michael Bay | |
Cats & Dogs | Butch (voice) | Lawrence Guterman | ||
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Capt. Gray Edwards (voice) | Hironobu Sakaguchi | ||
The Royal Tenenbaums | Narrator (voice) | Wes Anderson | ||
2002 | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Michael Zoroaster Marucci | Ron Underwood | Uncredited |
2003 | The Cooler | Sheldon "Shelly" Kaplow | Wayne Kramer | |
The Cat in the Hat | Lawrence "Larry" Quinn | Bo Welch | ||
Shortcut to Happiness | Jabez Stone | Alec Baldwin | Also director and producer | |
Brighter Days | Himself | Godofredo Astudillo | Short film | |
2004 | Along Came Polly | Stan Indursky | John Hamburg | |
The Aviator | Juan Trippe | Martin Scorsese | ||
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Dennis the Hitman (voice) | Stephen Hillenburg | ||
The Last Shot | Joe Devine | Jeff Nathanson | ||
2005 | Elizabethtown | Phil DeVoss | Cameron Crowe | |
Fun with Dick and Jane | Jack McCallister | Dean Parisot | ||
2006 | Mini's First Time | Martin Tennan | Nick Guthe | |
The Departed | Capt. George Ellerby | Martin Scorsese | ||
Running with Scissors | Norman Burroughs | Ryan Murphy | ||
The Good Shepherd | Sam Murach | Robert De Niro | ||
2007 | Suburban Girl | Archie Knox | Marc Klein | |
Brooklyn Rules | Caesar Manganaro | Michael Corrente | ||
2008 | My Best Friend's Girl | Professor Turner | Howard Deutch | |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Makunga the Lion (voice) | Eric Darnell Tom McGrath | ||
Lymelife | Mickey Bartlett | Derick Martini | Also producer | |
2009 | My Sister's Keeper | Campbell Alexander | Nick Cassavettes | |
It's Complicated | Jacob Adler | Nancy Meyers | ||
2011 | Hick | Beau | Derick Martini | |
2012 | Rock of Ages | Dennis Dupree | Adam Shankman | |
To Rome with Love | John | Woody Allen | ||
Rise of the Guardians | Santa Claus (voice) | Peter Ramsey | ||
2013 | Blue Jasmine | Harold "Hal" Francis | Woody Allen | |
2014 | Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas | John Marshall | Santiago Segura | |
Still Alice | Dr. John Howland | Richard Glatzer | ||
2015 | Aloha | General Dixon | Cameron Crowe | |
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Alan Hunley | Christopher McQuarrie | ||
Concussion | Dr. Julian Balies | Peter Landesman | ||
2016 | Back in the Day | Gino Fratelli | Paul Borghese | |
Andron | Adam | Francesco Cinquemani | ||
Paris Can Wait | Michael | Eleanor Coppola | ||
Blind | Bill Oakland | Michael Mailer | Also executive producer | |
Rules Don't Apply | Robert Maheu | Warren Beatty | ||
2017 | The Boss Baby | Boss Baby (voice) | Tom McGrath | |
The Private Life of a Modern Woman | Detective McCutcheon | James Toback | ||
2018 | The Public | Detective Bill Ramstead | Emilio Estevez | |
BlacKkKlansman | Dr. Kennebrew Beaureguard | Spike Lee | Cameo | |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Alan Hunley | Christopher McQuarrie | ||
A Star Is Born | Himself | Bradley Cooper | Cameo | |
2019 | Before You Know It | Peter | Hannah Pearl Utt | |
Drunk Parents | Frank Teagarten | Fred Wolf | ||
Crown Vic | — | Joel Souza | Producer | |
Motherless Brooklyn | Moses Randolph | Edward Norton | ||
Arctic Dogs | PB (voice) | Aaron Woodley | ||
2020 | Beast Beast | — | Danny Madden | Executive producer |
Pixie | Father Hector McGrath | Barnaby Thompson | ||
Chick Fight | Jack Murphy | Paul Leyden | ||
2021 | The Boss Baby: Family Business | Boss Baby (voice) | Tom McGrath | |
TBA | Supercell | Zane Rogers | Herbert James Winterstern | Post-production |
Rust | Harland Rust | Joel Souza | Production has stopped (as of 2022) because of the Rust shooting incident |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1980–1982 | The Doctors | Billy Allison Aldrich | Regular role | |
1983 | Cutter to Houston | Dr. Hal Wexler | 9 episodes | |
1984 | Sweet Revenge | Major Alex Breen | Television film | |
1984–1985 | Knots Landing | Joshua Rush | 40 episodes | |
1985 | Hotel | Dennis Medford | Episode: "Distortions" | |
Love on the Run | Sean Carpenter | Television film | ||
1986 | Dress Gray | Rysam 'Ry' Slaight | Television film | |
1987 | The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory | Colonel William B. Travis | Television film | |
1990–2020 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) / various roles | 17 episodes | |
1993 | The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | Episode: "The List" | |
1995 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Stanley Kowalski | Television film | |
1998, 2005 | The Simpsons | Himself / Dr. Caleb Thorn | Voice roles 2 episodes | |
1998–2001 | William and Millie | Narrator (voice) | 52 Episodes | |
1998–2003 | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (Series 5-6) | Narrator (voice) | 52 episodes | |
2000 | Nuremberg | Justice Robert H. Jackson | 2 episodes; also executive producer | |
2000–2001 | Clerks: The Animated Series | Leonardo Leonardo (voice) | 6 episodes | |
2002 | Friends | Parker | 2 episodes | |
Path to War | Robert McNamara | Television film | ||
2003 | Walking with Cavemen | Narrator (voice) | 4 episodes | |
Second Nature | Paul Kane | Television film | ||
2004 | Johnny Bravo | Himself (voice) | Episode: "Johnny Bravo Goes to Hollywood" | |
The Fairly OddParents | Adult Timmy Turner (voice) | Episode: "Channel Chasers" | ||
Nip/Tuck | Dr. Barret Moore | Episode: "Joan Rivers" | ||
Las Vegas | Jack Keller | 2 episodes | ||
2005, 2018–2019 | Will & Grace | Malcolm Widmark | 10 episodes | |
2006 | Great Performances: South Pacific | Luther Billis | Concert from Carnegie Hall, PBS | |
2006–2013, 2020 | 30 Rock | Jack Donaghy | 139 episodes; also producer | |
2008 | Journey to the Edge of the Universe | Narrator (voice) | Television documentary | |
2012 | Frozen Planet | Narrator (voice) | 6 episodes | |
2014 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jimmie MacArthur | Episode: "Criminal Stories" | |
2015–2016 | The Jim Gaffigan Show | Himself | 2 episodes | |
2016–2020 | Saturday Night Live | Donald Trump | 40 episodes | |
2017 | Julie's Greenroom | Himself | 2 episodes | |
Nightcap | Himself | Episode: "Match Game" | ||
2018 | American Experience | Theodore Roosevelt (voice) | Episode: "Into The Amazon" | |
The Looming Tower | George Tenet | 6 episodes | ||
2021 | Untitled Alec Baldwin/Kelsey Grammer project | Channing | Pilot | |
Dr. Death | Robert Henderson | 8 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Dreams & Giants | Himself (host) | Television special |
2006–08, 2012 | America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions | Narrator (voice) | 11 episodes |
2009–2011, 2017 | Turner Classic Movies: The Essentials | Himself (host) | 16 episodes, TCM |
2010 | 82nd Academy Awards | Himself (co-host) | Television special, ABC |
2012 | 1st Annual NFL Honors | Himself (host) | Television special |
2013 | 2nd Annual NFL Honors | Himself (host) | Television special |
Up Late with Alec Baldwin | Himself (host) | 5 episodes, MSNBC | |
2014 | 3rd Annual NFL Honors | Himself (host) | Television special |
2016 | Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special | Himself | Anniversary special, NBC |
2016–present | Match Game | Himself (host) | Game show, ABC |
2018 | The Alec Baldwin Show | Himself (host) | 8 episodes, ABC |
2019 | Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin | Himself (roastee) | Television special |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | Tong Tana | Narrator (voice) | Documentary film |
1996 | Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Narrator (voice) | Documentary film |
Looking for Richard | 1st Duke of Clarence | Documentary film | |
2003 | Walking with Cavemen | Narrator (voice) | Documentary film |
2008 | Journey to the Edge of the Universe | Narrator (voice) | Documentary film |
2011 | Frozen Planet | Narrator (voice) | 6 episodes |
2013 | Seduced and Abandoned | Himself | Documentary film; also producer |
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me | Himself | Documentary film; also executive producer | |
2019 | Framing John DeLorean | John DeLorean | Documentary film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Loot | Dennis | Music Box Theatre, Broadway |
1988 | Serious Money | Billy Corman | Royale Theatre, Broadway |
1990 | Prelude to a Kiss | Peter | Circle Repertory Theatre, Broadway |
1992 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Stanley Kowalski | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway |
1998 | Macbeth | Macbeth | The Public Theater, Off-Broadway |
2004 | Twentieth Century | Oscar Jaffe | Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway |
2006 | Entertaining Mr Sloane | Ed | Laura Pels Theatre, Off-Broadway |
2010 | Equus | Martin Dysart | Guild Hall of East Hampton |
2013 | Orphans | Harold | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway |
2015 | All My Sons | Joe Keller | Guild Hall of East Hampton |
2018 | Celebrity Autobiography | Performer | Marquis Theatre, Broadway |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | World in Conflict | Narrator (voice) | |
2009 | World in Conflict: Soviet Assault | Expansion pack to World in Conflict |
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