Alec Baldwin

**Alec Baldwin** (born **Alexander Rae Baldwin III** in Amityville, New York, USA on 3rd April 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, writer, comedian and producer who narrated the American version from the fifth to sixth series of *Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends*. He also played Mr Conductor in *Thomas and the Magic Railroad*.

He has three brothers, Daniel, William, and Stephen, and two sisters, Jane Sasso and Elizabeth Keuchler. He was previously married to Academy Award-winning actress Kim Basinger, with whom he has a daughter, Ireland.

Baldwin starred on NBC's 30 Rock. One episode featured his character, Jack Donaghy, claiming that his recordings of every word in the dictionary were used in, among other things, *Thomas the Tank Engine*.

## Films

* "The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory" (1987)
* "Forever, Lulu" (1987)
* "She's Having a Baby" (1988)
* "Beetlejuice" (1988)
* "Married to the Mob" (1988)
* "Working Girl" (1988)
* "Talk Radio" (1988)
* "Great Balls of Fire!" (1989)
* "Tong Tana" (1989)
* "The Hunt for Red October" (1990)
* "Miami Blues" (1990)
* "Alice" (1990)
* "The Marrying Man" (1991)
* "Prelude to a Kiss" (1992)
* "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992)
* "Malice" (1993)
* "The Getaway" (1994)
* "The Shadow" (1994)
* "Two Bits" (1995)
* "The Juror" (1996)
* "Heaven's Prisoners" (1996)
* "Looking for Richard" (1996)
* "Ghosts of Mississippi" (1996)
* "The Edge" (1997)
* "Thick as Thieves" (1998)
* "Mercury Rising" (1998)
* "The Confession" (1999)
* "Notting Hill" (1999)
* "Outside Providence" (1999)
* "The Acting Class" (2000)
* Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)
* "State and Main" (2000)
* "Pearl Harbor" (2001)
* "Cats and Dogs" (2001)
* "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within" (2001)
* "The Royal Tenenbaums" (2001)
* "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" (2002)
* "The Cooler" (2003)
* "Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There" (2003)
* "The Cat in the Hat" (2003)
* "Walking with Cavemen" (2003)
* "Along Came Polly" (2004)
* "The Last Shot" (2004)
* "The Aviator" (2004)
* "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" (2004)
* "Elizabethtown" (2005)
* "Fun with Dick and Jane" (2005)
* "Mini's First Time" (2006)
* "The Departed" (2006)
* "Running with Scissors" (2006)
* "The Good Shepherd" (2006)
* "Suburban Girl" (2007)
* "Brooklyn Rules" (2007)
* "Shortcut to Happiness" (2007) - also director
* "My Best Friend's Girl" (2008)
* "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" (2008)
* "Lymelife" (2008)
* "My Sister's Keeper" (2009)
* "It's Complicated" (2009)
* "Hick" (2011)
* "Rise of the Guardians" (2012)
* "Bop DeCameron" (2012)
* "To Rome With Love" (2012)
* "Rock of Ages" (2012)
* "Blue Jasmine" (2013)
* "Still Alice" (2014)
* "Concussion" (2015)
* "Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation" (2015)
* "Rules Don't Apply (2016)
* "Blind" (2017)
* "The Boss Baby" (2017)
* "The Private Life of a Modern Woman" (2017)
* "The Public" (2018)
* "BlacKkKlansman" (2018)
* "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" (2018)
* "A Star is Born" (2018)
* "Before You Know It" (2019)
* "Drunk Parents" (2019)
* "Framing John DeLorean" (2019)
* "Motherless Brooklyn" (2019)
* "Arctic Justice: Thunder Squad/Arctic Dogs" (2019)

### Television

* *"The Doctors"* (1980-2)
* "*Cutter to Houston*" (1983)
* "*Sweet Revenge*" (1984)
* "*Knots Landing*" (1984-6)
* "*Love on the Run*" (1985)
* "*Hotel*" (1985)
* "*The Alemo: Thirteen Day's to Glory*" (1987)
* "*Saturday Night Live*" (1990-present)
* "*Goosebumps*" (1996)
* "*The Simpsons*" (1998 and 2005)
* *Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends* (1998-2002)
* "*Law and Order*" (1998) as writer of one episode
* "*Late Night with Conan O'Brien*" (1998)
* "*Nuremburg*" (2000)
* "*Who Wants to be a Millionaire*" (2000)
* "*Clerks: The Animated Series*" (2000-1)
* "*Friends*" (2002)
* "*Path to War*" (2002)
* "*Teen Titans*" (2003)
* "*Walking with Cavemen*" (2003)
* "*The Fairly OddParents in: Channel Chasers*" (2004)
* "*Johnny Bravo*" (2004)
* "*Nip/Tuck*" (2004)
* "*Las Vegas*" (2004)
* "*Will & Grace*" (2005 and 2018-present)
* "*30 Rock*" (2006-2013) - also producer from 2008-2013
* "*Great Performances*" (2006)
* "*Sesame Street*" (August 23, 2007)
* "*The Late Show with David Letterman*" (2009)
* "*The Essentials*" (2009-)
* "*The Marriage Ref*" (2010)
* "*Up Late With Alec Baldwin*" (2013)
* "*Law and Order: Special Victims Unit*" (2014)
* "*Match Game*" (2016-2018)
* "*Julie's Greenroom*" (2017)
* "*Nightcap*" (2017)
* "*American Experience*" (2018)
* "*The Looming Tower*" (2018)
* "*The Alec Baldwin Show*" (2018-present)

## Major awards and nominations

* **Won** - Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, *30 Rock*, 2006.
* **Won** - Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, *30 Rock*, 2008.
* **Won** - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series, *30 Rock*, 2007.
* **Won** - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, *30 Rock*, 2008.
* **Won** - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, *30 Rock*, 2008
* **Nominated** - Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, *The Cooler*, 2003 - lost to Tim Robbins for *Mystic River*.
* **Nominated** - Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, *The Cooler*, 2003 - lost to Tim Robbins for *Mystic River*.
* **Nominated** - Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor, *The Cat in the Hat*, 2004 - lost to Sylvester Stallone for *Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over*
* **Nominated** - Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, *30 Rock*, 2007 - lost to David Duchovny for *Californication*.
* **Nominated** - Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, *The Cooler*, 2003 - lost to Tim Robbins for *Mystic River*.
* **Nominated** - Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture, *The Aviator*, 2004 (shared with Alan Alda, Kate Beckinsale, Cate Blanchett, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Jude Law, John C. Reilly and Gwen Stefani) - lost to cast of *Sideways*.
* **Nominated** - Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture, *The Departed*, 2006 (shared with Anthony Anderson, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Vera Farmiga, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Mark Wahlberg and Ray Winstone) - lost to cast of *Little Miss Sunshine*.
* **Nominated** - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, *30 Rock*, 2007 - lost to cast of *The Office*.
* **Nominated** - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, *30 Rock*, 2007 - lost to Ricky Gervais for *Extras*.

## Trivia

* Alec Baldwin is the first narrator to not narrate any Railway Series story adaptations.
* Alec Baldwin was the last narrator to play Mr Conductor.
* A clip from his narration of Busy Going Backwards was featured on an episode of *Late Night with Conan O'Brien* when telling Baldwin a controversial subject that his voice given for James in the fifth season sounded gay.

## Gallery

Alec Baldwin as Mr. Conductor

Alec Baldwin on set for Thomas and the Magic Railroad

Britt Allcroft with Alec Baldwin on the set of Thomas

Mara Wilson, Cody McMains, Peter Fonda, Alec Baldwin and Michael E. Rodgers at the premiere in Century City, California

Britt Allcroft with Alec Baldwin and a Thomas model

Alec Baldwin with Thomas