Raven haired, suavely handsome & prolifically busy New York born actor who is easily the best known of the four Baldwin brothers appearing in the cinema (for the record, the other Baldwins are Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin & Daniel Baldwin ).
Alec Baldwin burst onto the TV scene in the early 1980s with appearances in several TV series including "The "Doctors, The" (1963)" and "Knots Landing" ...
show all Raven haired, suavely handsome & prolifically busy New York born actor who is easily the best known of the four Baldwin brothers appearing in the cinema (for the record, the other Baldwins are Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin & Daniel Baldwin ).
Alec Baldwin burst onto the TV scene in the early 1980s with appearances in several TV series including "The "Doctors, The" (1963)" and "Knots Landing" (1979)", before scoring several decent feature film roles in "Forever, Lulu (1987)", "Beetle Juice (1988)", "Married to the Mob (1988)" and "Talk Radio (1988)". In 1990, Baldwin appeared in the first on-screen adaption of the Jack Ryan character created by mega selling espionage author Tom Clancy . The film "Hunt for Red October (1990)" was a tremendous success with Baldwin appearing alongside icy Sean Connery, the world's first Russian sub commander with a thick Scots accent! Unfortunately, Baldwin fell out with Paramount Studios over future scripts for Jack Ryan, and subsequent Ryan roles went to Harrison Ford . It was a minor blip on Baldwin's horizon and he then contributed interesting performances as a low life thief pursued by cop Fred Ward in "The Miami Blues (1990)", in the Neil Simon comedy "Marrying Man (1991)" and an absolutely dynamite ten minute cameo as a hard nosed real estate executive laying down the law to Ed Harris , Jack Lemmon and Alan Arkin in the punishing "Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)".
Further demand for Baldwin's talents saw more strong scripts swiftly come his way and he starred alongside his then wife Kim Basinger in a remake of the Steve McQueen gangster flick "The Getaway (1994)", brought to life the famous comic strip character "The Shadow (1994)" and was superb as an assistant district attorney in the civil rights drama "The Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)". Baldwin's distinctive vocal talents then saw him voice US aired episodes of the highly popular UK children's show plus later voice only contributions to other animated/children's shows including "Clerks" (2000)", "Cats & Dogs (2001)", "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)" and "SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)". The versatile and enigmatic Baldwin has remained consistently busy over the past decade with appearances in a mixed bag of movies....as Capt Jimmy Doolittle in the mammoth love story of "The Pearl Harbor (2001)", as a violent casino boss intimidating luckless William H. Macy in "Cooler (2003)", picked up scathing reviews (as did the entire cast) for the box office disaster "The Cat in the Hat (2003)" and in the quirky "Along Came Polly (2004)" alongside Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston. With audience demand for his talents, and his now recognized box office clout, it remains obvious to all the Alec Baldwin will keep very busy in front of the camera for any years to come.
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