Born April 3, 1958, in Massapequa, N.Y., Alec Baldwin was the second of six children and is the most prominent of the four brothers who pursued acting. Originally intending to practice law, he studied political science at George Washington University before deciding that acting was his passion.Baldwin's degree in drama marked the beginning of an extremely successful career in theater and film. His big-screen work in The Hunt for Red October (1990) and an Oscar-nominated supporting turn in The Cooler (2003) shows his range as an actor and willingness to take risks across the spectrum, from big-budget leads to character parts.
Armed with talent and charisma, Baldwin maintains a sense of self-deprecating humor, as seen in his Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning role as a pompous TV network executive in "30 Rock." His inspired supporting performance in the 2009 comedy It's Complicated earned him a BAFTA nod.
Ghosts of MississippiDecades after two hung juries cleared white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith (Oscar nominee James Woods) in the 1963 shooting death of civil-rights activist Medgar Evers, assistant district attorney Bobby DeLaughter (Alec Baldwin) reopens the case to bring the man to justice. With support from... Read More
BeetlejuiceThanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the undead newlyweds... Read More
NurembergU.S. Supreme Court justice Robert Jackson (Alec Baldwin) is prepping for the trial of a lifetime. In the shadow of the Holocaust, can Allied prosecutors advance principles before vengeance when they prosecute the Nazi high command? Based on author Joseph E. Persico's Nuremberg: Infamy on... Read More
State and MainWhen frenzied filmmakers descend on the town of Waterford, Vt., they shoot first and ask questions later in writer-director David Mamet's scathing satire of moviemaking, acting and the business of being famous. There's the egomaniacal star (Alec Baldwin) who can't keep his pants zipped, the starlet... Read More
Mini's First TimeInspired by actual news articles, this dark comedy about a dysfunctional family and its deadly consequences -- a film bleeding with deception, sex and scandal -- is writer-director Nick Guthe's impressive first-time foray into feature filmmaking. The plot concerns Mini (Nikki Reed), who hates her... Read More
