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.Alec Baldwin biography (1958-) 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;https://www.vg.no/rampelys/film/i/KnPgGy/politiet-har-bestemt-seg-om-rust-tragedien-alec-baldwin-blir-siktet. VG.no The charges would filed at the end of January.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64337761. BBC

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.

Filmography
Film
 Year Title Role Director  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 movie2000  The Acting Class  Himself  Jill Hennessy   Thomas and the Magic Railroad  Mr. Conductor  Britt Allcroft  State and Main  Bob Barrenger  David Mamet  Also executive producer2001  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  Uncredited2003  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 producer2008  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  Documentary2014  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  Cameo2019  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  Cameo2023  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  CompletedAlso 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 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 episodes1985  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 5–6US dub; 52 episodes 2000  Nuremberg  Justice Robert H. Jackson  2 episodes; also executive producer 2000–2001  Clerks: The Animated Series  Leonardo Leonardo (voice)  6 episodes2002  Friends  Parker  2 episodes Path to War  Robert McNamara  Television movie2003  Walking with Cavemen  Narrator (voice)  4 episodes Second Nature  Paul Kane  Television movie2004  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 episodes2017  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 episodes2021  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 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 Notes1989  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 episodes2013  Seduced and Abandoned  Himself  Documentary movie; also producer Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me  Documentary movie; also executive producer2019  Framing John DeLorean  John DeLorean  Documentary movie

Stage
 Year Title Role 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 Hampton2018Celebrity AutobiographyPerformer Marquis Theatre, Broadway

Video games
 Year Title Role Notes 2007 World in ConflictNarrator (voice)   2009 World in Conflict: Soviet Assault Expansion pack to World in Conflict

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