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[h3]Alec Baldwin’s full name is Alexander Rae Baldwin III. He is the second of six children, and was born into an Irish-American Catholic family in Massapequa, Long Island, New York. [/h3]

Alec has three brothers, Daniel, Stephen and William, and two sisters, called Jane and Elizabeth. Alec and his brothers were all educated at Alfred G. Berner High School in Nassau County, and Alec graduated in the class of 1976. His younger brother Daniel both played football at High School under the tuition of the famous coach Bob Reifsnyder, who is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

Although Alec’s background is usually described as Irish-American, he is actually of very mixed ancestry indeed. He has English, Irish and German forbears on his father’s side of the family, and French and Canadian ancestry on his mother’s side; his maternal grandmother came from Nova Scotia, and his paternal great-grandmother, Helen Irene McNamara was born in Ireland!

After graduating from high school, Baldwin enrolled at George Washington University in 1976, but then transferred to New York University to read for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama. He curtailed his studies, however, and didn’t actually return to complete his degree until 1994. Instead, he opted to study acting at the famous Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where his tutors were Elaine Aiken and Geoffrey Horne.

He also worked as a busboy at the famous New York night-spot, Studio 54, which gave him the opportunity to rub shoulders with celebrities of all stripes. Drama is clearly in the Baldwin blood, for all three of his brothers are also well-known actors; his brother Daniel has acted in Homicide: Life on the Street; his brother William had a role in the movie Backdraft, and brother Stephen has acted in The Usual Suspects.

Since finishing his drama studies, Alec has pursued a multi-level acting career, and has divided his energies equally between screen acting for film and TV, and performing live on stage. His first major role on TV was as Billy Aldrich on the daytime soap called The Doctors, which aired from 1980 - 1982. Alec then appeared briefly in the short-lived series Cutter to Houston before landing a major role in the new series, Knot’s Landing, which turned out to be his first really “big break”. In Knot’s Landing, he co-starred as the preacher son of Julie Harris. Alec then spent the next few years appearing widely on TV, before turning his attention to film acting in 1986. He made his big screen debut with a minor role in the feature film, She’s Having A Baby, which he swiftly followed with key roles in Beetle juice (1987) and Working Girl (1988). These two latter movies both both became high earners at the box office, which served to raise Alec’s profile considerably as the Eighties drew to a close.
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Baldwin's next starring role was as Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October, which proved to a box-office blockbuster, grossing over $100 million! But sadly, he wasn’t invited to continue playing the role of Jack Ryan in the subsequent [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/707:0/Tom_Clancy.htm]Tom Clancy[/urlnew] movies, and his character’s role went to [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/62:0/Harrison_Ford.htm]Harrison Ford[/urlnew] instead.

But the 1990s were not without critical film success for Alec Baldwin. In 1991, he played a leading role in the ensemble movie Glengarry Glen Ross, alongside [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/57:0/Jack_Lemmon.htm]Jack Lemmon[/urlnew] and [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/50:0/Al_Pacino.htm]Al Pacino[/urlnew] and was generally considered to have given the best performance in that highly challenging role. Also in 1991, he had a lead role in a movie called The Marrying Man, where he also happened to meet his future wife, Kim Basinger. The movie was lambasted by the critics, but since romance had blossomed, Baldwin was not phased by the harsh reviews! Alec appeared opposite Kim again (who had by now become his wife) in 1994 in a film called The Getaway, which was a remake the original movie that had been shot 22 years earlier. 1n 1993 Alec also played the part of Lamont Cranston AKA The Shadow in the movie of the same name.

Alec’s critical reception has fluctuated at times since the late 1990s, when his movies included several drama-packed thrillers, such as The Edge, and The Juror, where he starred opposite Demi Moore, as well as Heaven’s Prisoners. Since 2000, he has tended to focus his career energies on playing character roles. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in the 2003 movie, The Cooler. Since then he has also worked with [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/1581:0/Leonardo_DiCaprio.htm]Leonardo di Caprio[/urlnew] in The Aviator; the two actors also worked together in the gripping drama movie, The Departed, directed by [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/96:0/Martin_Scorsese.htm]Martin Scorsese[/urlnew]. Like many other leading Hollywood actors, Alec has also played several key roles as a voice actor, including the films Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. He also moved into children‘s films, and had a key role in the children’s hit movie, Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends.

Alec is also famous for having hosted Saturday Night Live no less than 13 times (as of November 2006), and is allegedly one of only two people who have standing invitations to come and host the show whenever they like, the other person being fellow actor [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/1326:0/Christopher_Walken.htm]Christopher Walken[/urlnew]! Like many successful actors, Alec has also tried his hand at directing. In 2001, he both directed and starred in a movie called The Devil and Daniel Webster, which also starred [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/45:0/Anthony_Hopkins.htm]Anthony Hopkins[/urlnew], Jennifer Love Hewitt and [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/964:0/Dan_Aykroyd.htm]Dan Ackroyd[/urlnew]. Sadly, the film has yet to be released, since the film’s backer, Jed Barron, was convicted of bank fraud whilst he was involved with the movie, and the investigators insisted that the production be put on hold. The film has now been re-financed by producer Bob Yari, who has announced that he’ll be releasing it later in 2007 under the title, Shortcut to Happiness.

Alec returned to the small screen in 2006 to star in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, opposite Tina Fey, and his work on this production has already earned him a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award. Alec is also set to star in the romantic comedy Suburban Girl, opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar, to be released in 2007.
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Alec has punctuated his TV and movie career with frequent stretches of acting on Broadway and the New York stage. In 1986, he made his Broadway debut playing in Joe Orton’s Loot, alongside Zoe Wanamaker, Joseph Maher and Charles Keating. In 1998, he starred in the title role of Macbeth at the public theatre, playing opposite Angela Bassett and Live Schreiber. Other Broadway productions that Alec has starred in include Caryl Churchill’s play Serious Money, with Kate Nelligan and an acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. Alec’s stellar performance in this play (which also featured [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/136:0/Jessica_Phyllis_Lange.htm]Jessica Lange[/urlnew] and James Gandolfini and Aida Turturro, ) won him a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor. He also received an Emmy Award nomination for TV version of this play, which also starred Jessica Lange once again.

Although Alec has achieved considerable success with his acting both on the stage, and in movie and TV, his personal life is frequently marked by scandal. He is frequently depicted in the tabloids as having a volatile temper, and is noted for his fiery outbursts of anger. Whilst starring an off-Broadway production of Entertaining Mr Sloane, his co-star Jan Maxwell allegedly quit the show early on account of Alec’s temper tantrums - which he later blamed on the high temperature in the theatre!

[quote]“If I ran for anything I would like to be Governor of New York.” [/quote]

Baldwin's divorce proceedings with Kim Basinger have also attracted many column inches in the tabloids. His high-profile marriage to Kim came to an end in 2000, when the couple sought an official separation. Newspaper reports of the subsequent divorce proceedings featured frequent allegations that Kim Basinger was physically and emotionally abused during the marriage - all of which are totally unproven. His attorneys issued several counter-claims, denying Basinger’s charges, and stating that she herself had a wide range of mental and psychological problems which remained to be treated, and also claimed that she was an alcoholic. In 2004, Alec was awarded ongoing custody of his daughter Ireland, as well as joint legal custody. Alec is on record as stating that he would like to re-marry and have more children, as the only time he feels truly happy is when he’s spending time with his daughter.

Alec also has a keen interest in politics, and is an active Socialist - so much so, that it has frequently been rumoured that he may one day run for public office. Alec has attracted a great deal of media attention on account of his strong criticisms of the Bush Administration, and was once publicly forced to recant a statement he had made saying that Dick Cheney was a terrorist! Alec has strong left-wing views, and serves on the Board of an organisation called People for the American Way. A reporter for the New York Times once asked Alex what would be his ideal office to run for, and he replied: “If I ran for anything I would like to be Governor of New York.”

Time alone will tell whether Alec’s political dreams will come true…watch this space!

[i]Jane Bowles[/i]
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- As a child, Alec dreamed of one day becoming President of the United States.

- Alec wanted to be a lawyer before he decided to become an actor.

- Alec is a Roman Catholic.

- Alec attended George Washington University where he studied political science, but he did not get his degree.

- Alec has a weakness for Havana cigars.

- He once dated Michelle Pfeiffer.

- Alec belongs to the Democratic political party.

- Alec told his wife he was a vegetarian in order to get her to go out on a date with him - and he later actually became one!

- Alec is also a screenwriter, and wrote an episode for Law and Order.

- He is 5 feet 11 inches tall.

- He once played voiceover for the part of himself in an episode of South Park.

- Once played Phoebe’s annoyingly optimistic boyfriend Parker in “Friends”.

- In 1990, Alex was chosen by People magazine as one of the the “50 Most Beautiful People In The World”.
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1986 - She’s Having A Baby

1987 - Beetlejuice

1988 - Working Girl

1988 - Married To The Mob

1988 - Talk Radio

1989 - Great Balls of Fire!

1990 - Alice

1990 - Miami Blues

1990 - The Hunt For Red October

1991 - The Marrying Man

1992 - Glengarry Glen Ross

1992 - Prelude To A Kiss

1993 - Malice

1994 - The Getaway

1994 - The Shadow

1996 - Ghosts of Mississippi

1996 - Heaven’s Prisoners

1996 - The Juror

1997 - The Edge

1998 - Mercury Rising

1999 - Outside Providence

1999 - Notting Hill

2000 - State and Main

2000 - Thomas and The Magic Railroad

2000 - Nuremberg

2001 - The Royal Tenenbaums

2001 - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

2001 - Cats and Dogs

2001 - Pearl Harbour

2002 - The Adventures of Pluto Nash

2003 - The Cat In The Hat

2003 - The Cooler

2003 - Second Nature

2004 - The Aviator

2004 - Along Came Polly

2004 - The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

2004 - The Last Shot

2005 - Fun With Dick and Jane

2005 - ElizabethTown

2006 - The Good Shepherd

2006 - Brooklyn Rules

2006 - The Departed

2006 - Running With Scissors

2006 - Mini’s First Time

2007 - The Forbidden City

2007 - LymeLife

2007 - Suburban Girl
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