Alec Baldwin

**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_.

## Early life

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.

## 2021 shooting incident

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.

On July 13, 2024, A judge dismisses the manslaughter trial against Alec Baldwin due to withholding of evidence, the trial had started on July 9.

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|Director|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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|||
|_Notting Hill_|Jeff King|Roger Michell|Uncredited|||
|_Outside Providence_|Old Man Dunphy|Michael Corrente||||
|_Scout's Honor_|Todd Fitter|Neil Leifer|Short movie|||
|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 producer|||
|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||||
|_Brighter Days_|Himself|Godofredo Astudillo|Short movie|||
|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||||
|_Shortcut to Happiness_|Jabez Stone|Himself|Also director and producer|||
|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_|Nicholas Saint North (voice)|Peter Ramsey||||
|2013|_Blue Jasmine_|Harold "Hal" Francis|Woody Allen|||
|_Seduced and Abandoned_|Himself|James Toback|Documentary|||
|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|||
|_An Imperfect Murder_|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|||
|2022|_Tár_|Himself (voice)|Todd Field|Cameo||
|2023|_Supercell_|Zane Rogers|Herbert James Winterstern|||
|_97 Minutes_|Hawkins|Timo Vuorensola||||
|_Atrabilious_|Proctor Carlisle|William Atticus Parker||||
|_Billie's Magic World_|Lord Domino|Francesco Cinquemani||||
|2024|_Cold Deck_||Brian Skiba|Post-production||
||_Rust_|Harland Rust|Joel Souza|Completed Also story writer and producer||
|_Kid Santa_||Francesco Cinquemani|Post-production|||
|_Hollywood Heist_||Mike Hatton|Post-production|||
|_Crescent City_|Captain Howell|RJ Collins|Post-production|||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1980–1982|_The Doctors_|Billy Allison Aldrich|Regular role||
|1983|_Cutter to Houston_|Dr. Hal Wexler|9 episodes||
|1984|_The Sheriff and the Astronaut_|Sheriff Ed Cassaday|Television movie||
|_Sweet Revenge_|Major Alex Breen|Television movie|||
|1984–1985|_Knots Landing_|Joshua Rush|40 episodes||
|1985|_Hotel_|Dennis Medford|Episode: "Distortions"||
|_Love on the Run_|Sean Carpenter|Television movie|||
|1986|_Dress Gray_|Rysam 'Ry' Slaight|||
|1987|_The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory_|Colonel William B. Travis|||
|1990–2017|_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 movie||
|1998, 2005|_The Simpsons_|Himself / Dr. Caleb Thorn (voices)|2 episodes||
|1998–2002|_Thomas & Friends_|Narrator (voice)|Series 5–6 US dub; 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 movie|||
|2003|_Walking with Cavemen_|Narrator (voice)|4 episodes||
|_Second Nature_|Paul Kane|Television movie|||
|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_|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_|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; also executive producer||
|_Dr. Death_|Robert Henderson|8 episodes; also executive producer|||

### Television events

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2003|_Dreams & Giants_|Himself (host)|Television special||
|2006–2008, 2012 || _America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions_ || Narrator (voice) || 11 episodes|||||
|2009–2011, 2017 || _Turner Classic Movies: The Essentials_ || Himself (host) || 16 episodes|||||
|2010|_82nd Academy Awards_|Himself (co-host)|Television special||
|2012|_1st Annual NFL Honors_|Himself (host)|||
|2013|_2nd Annual NFL Honors_||||
|_Up Late with Alec Baldwin_|5 episodes||||
|2014|_3rd Annual NFL Honors_|Television special|||
|2016|_Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special_|Himself|Anniversary special||
|2016–2021|_Match Game_|Himself (host)|65 episodes; also executive producer||
|2018|_The Alec Baldwin Show_|8 episodes; also executive producer|||
|2019|_Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin_|Himself (roastee)|Television special||
|2019|_Inside the Actors Studio_|Himself (host)|Episode: "Henry Winkler", also executive producer||

## Documentaries

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1989|_Tong Tana_|Narrator (voice)|Documentary movie||
|1996|_Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick_||||
|_Looking for Richard_|1st Duke of Clarence||||
|2003|_Walking with Cavemen_|Narrator (voice)|||
|2008|_Journey to the Edge of the Universe_||||
|2011|_Frozen Planet_|6 episodes|||
|2013|_Seduced and Abandoned_|Himself|Documentary movie; also producer||
|_Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me_|Documentary movie; also executive producer||||
|2019|_Framing John DeLorean_|John DeLorean|Documentary movie||

### Stage

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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||

## Video games

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2007|_World in Conflict_|rowspan=2|Narrator (voice)||
|2009|_World in Conflict: Soviet Assault_|Expansion pack to _World in Conflict_|||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Alec Baldwin
- **image**: Alec Baldwin 2018.jpg
- **caption**: Baldwin in 2018
- **birth name**: Alexander Rae Baldwin III
- **birth place**: Amityville, New York, U.S.
- **alma mater**: Tisch School of the Arts (Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA)
- **years active**: 1980–present
- **party**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
- **children**: 8, including Ireland Baldwin
- **family**: Baldwin family, Baldwin