Born Alexander Rae Baldwin III on April 3, 1958 in Massapequa,
Long Island, New York.
In 1993 he was married to the beautiful Kim Basinger, and
in 1995 their daughter Ireland Eliesse was born. They later
divorced in 2002.
Although all four of the Baldwin Brothers have established
themselves in Hollywood, Alec is by and large the most accomplished
of the foursome. Ironically enough his box office success
came after his graduation from George Washington University
where he majored in Political Science. In fact, somewhere
in between his building success as a TV actor in the 1980's
and his personal life, Baldwin found time to attend N.Y.U.
and earned a B.A. in Drama in 1993.
While Alec did star in a few feature films prior to the nineties
and his degree from N.Y.U. ["Forever, Lulu" (1987), "Married
to the Mob" (1988), and "Beetle Juice" (1988)], Baldwin's
breakthrough role came in 1990 when he starred opposite an
A-list cast as sub commander Jack Ryan in the Tom Clancy adaptation,
"The Hunt for Red October". As part of Alec's preparation
for film, he was trained to drive a Los Angeles-class attack
submarine at the New London Submarine Base in Connecticut.
The following year Alec appeared in Neil Simon's comedic
"The Marrying Man" (1991). Making strides, he again blew audiences
away with his supporting role in 1992's "Glengarry Glen Ross".
1992 was also the year that Baldwin tried his luck with
the Broadway production "A Street Car Named Desire" and was
duly nominated for the 1992 Tony Award for Best Actor (Play).
He later recreated the performance for a television version
of the same title in 1995.
Alec is only the third person in history to be nominated
for both the Best Supporting and Worst Supporting Actor Awards
from the Oscars in the same year for his performances in 2003's
"The Cooler" and "The Cat in the Hat", respectively.
Baldwin has done voice-over work in television ads for both
General Electric and Subaru. He also wrote the episode titled
"tabloid" for the TV series "Law and Order" in 1990, which
was based on his own experiences with tabloid reporters.
Alec Baldwin's distinctive vocal talents landed him a voice-over
role in the U.S. version of the highly popular UK children's
Clerks in 2000. He has also contributed his vocal magic to
the productions of "Cats and Dogs" (2001), "Final Fantasy:
The Spirits Within" (2001) and "The Spongebob Squarepants
Movie" (2004).
In 1990 People magazine ranked Alec Baldwin as one of the
50 Most Beautiful People in the world. Baldwin was again recognized
for his sex appeal in 1995 when he was selected by Empire
magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#80).
Alec Baldwin's other notable credits include...
