Alec Baldwin - Biography

Last Editor: SEGrignon				Alec Baldwin Biography -   Name : Alec Baldwin Birth Date : April 3, 1958 Birth Place : Massapequa, New York, USA Birth Name : Alexander Rae Baldwin III Height : 5'11 Education : New York University, New York (majored in Drama; graduated in 1993; B.A.); Moscow Art Theater (studied with Mira Rostova) Nationality : American Profession : Actor, Producer

Alec Baldwin Trivia -

Announced that he suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). (2004) During filming of THE AVIATOR (2004), Baldwin could not keep his eyes off Leonardo DiCaprio's forehead. He says, Leo DiCaprio has this thing where when he really is concerned about something... he screws up his forehead and it looks like some kind of Chinese or Japanese character on his forehead. You feel like they're gonna put ink on it and stamp it on a piece of paper (make it) the symbol for anger or something. Has courted controversy by branding President George W Bush a non-entity who relies on his team to make all of his decisions. (August 12, 2004) Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscar for THE COOLER. (2004) Accepted the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s 2004 Media Award. Promised to move to France if George Bush became President in 2000. Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger has ended their custody battle over their 8-year-old daughter, Ireland. -- Baldwin, who lives in New York, was seeking an equal share of parenting with Basinger, who lives in California. (March 5, 2004) A custody trial between Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger over their 8-year-old daughter began on Monday after a Los Angeles judge threw reporters out of court at the request of the actors' lawyers. (February 24, 2004) Jokes he's guaranteed to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar later this month, after conducting in-depth research on his rivals. (February 19, 2004) Is dragging his ex-wife Kim Basinger back into court after she refused to invite him to their daughter's birthday party. (January 19, 2004) Is preparing for his first ever homosexual role, in a biopic of Liza Minnelli's late costume designer Halston. (January 16, 2004) The long split between Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger is about to hit the headlines after an independent arbitrator was fired -- The pair had hired the arbitrator to sort out their problems in private, in a bid to spare eight-year-old daughter Ireland from a messy custody battle, but it's all gone wrong that they are facing a very public trial next year. (December 23, 2003) Has struck up a new romance with a British interior designer, Anna Rothschild, whom he met a few weeks ago. (October 10, 2003) Carried a box of dog biscuits for Republican Gov. Rick Perry when he was in Austin Tuesday night for a fund-raiser for House Democrats – He said, “I wanted to give this to Tom DeLay's lap dog, Rick Perry. (October 9, 2003) Baldwin's former business partner Corrinne Mann is suing him, claiming the actor owes her $125,000 of his earnings from a recent television movie, SECOND NATURE. (August 14, 2003) Alec Baldwin and Al Pacino have been ensuring they constantly look their best at this year's Sundance Film Festival by donning make-up at the event -- Baldwin reportedly summoned a team of Mac make-up artists to come out and revitalize his face one morning this week at the Utah festival while Pacino stopped by the Mac room at the Seven Jeans lodge in Deer Valley for touch-ups. (January 23, 2003) Remains a huge fan of ex-wife Kim Basinger's acting despite their bitter bust-up -- while he was reading the movie listings in the Los Angeles Times in at the Los Angeles, California, restaurant Katana last week, a fellow diner struck up a conversation with him, asking which film he recommended: Baldwin swiftly replied, I'd go to see 8 MILE. My ex-wife's in it. It's really good. (December 14, 2002) Baldwin and Kim Basinger are caught in a bitter tug-of-love battle over their daughter Ireland -- court papers from Los Angeles reveal that Baldwin has been forced to attend anger management classes in London, before taking parenting classes on his return to Los Angeles. (November 26, 2002) Threatened to be sued by a controversial internet columnist Matt Drudge after Baldwin accused him of being gay during an appearance on shock jock Howard Stern's radio show. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#80). (1995) A fan of novelist James Lee Burke, he owns the rights to a number of books featuring his character Dave Robiceaux. One of these, HEAVEN'S PRISONERS (1996), was released in 1996. Has hit back at American Governor Jeb Bush, after the politician reminded the Hollywood star of a promise he made. The Florida Governor noted that Baldwin, who visited Tallahassee last week, had vowed to leave the country if his brother, George, won the Presidential elections in 2000 - but the Pearl Harbor had failed to do so, despite Bush Jnr's protracted victory. As part of his preparation for THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990), he was trained to drive a Los Angeles-class attack submarine at the New London Submarine Base in Connecticut. At George Washington University, Baldwin ran for president but lost by two votes. Baldwin and Kim Basinger owned a total of 11 dogs, seven cats and a wolf. Before making films he worked as a waiter, a driver, a shirt salesman and did voice-overs for women's makeup. Despite these successes, his goal remained to return to New York and work in theatre. Disillusioned with politics and hungry for the theatre, he moved to Manhattan, after three years studying at George Washington University, enrolled in New York University's drama department, and studied under Lee Strasberg. During the Clinton impeachment trial, Alec went on the Conan O'Brien show and said that the head of the trial, Henry Hyde and his family, should be stoned to death!. He later apologized and said it was just a joke. Loves Cuban cigars and is vegetarian. Interviewed Al Pacino for his NYU thesis paper. Some years after his third-grade teacher wrote on his report card that he would become famous or the president of the U.S. -- one or the other, he enrolled as a political-science major at George Washington University with the future plan of going to law school. Told brother Stephen Baldwin that doing BIO-DOME (1996) could be the single most career ending decision he could possibly make. Turned down Harrison Ford's role in PATRIOT GAMES (1992) because he didn't like the script. Wrote Tabloid, an episode of Law & Order (1990), based on his own experiences with tabloid reporters. Played Jack Ryan in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990), but Harrison Ford replaced him for PATRIOT GAMES (1992) and future films based on 'Clancy, Tom''s novels. Rumours give the reason as either Baldwin's unprofessional behavior during the making of THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990), or his supposed demand of $4 million. The official version is that Baldwin had a scheduling conflict. He spent time in flight simulators at Fort Rucker, Alabama to prepare for his role in PEARL HARBOR (2001). The original voice for Leonardo Leonardo in CLERKS (2000) was going to be played by Alan Rickman, but was replaced by Alec Baldwin courtesy of ABC. Baldwin and Kim Basinger were a couple at the time that THE GETAWAY (1994) was made, the same as Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw were when they starred in THE GETAWAY (1972). Dyes his hair black.

Alec Baldwin Detailed Biography -

Alec Baldwin, was born in April 3, 1958, in Massapequa, Long Island into the home of Alexander and Carol Baldwin. Alec was the second of six children and grew up on Long Island with his two sisters and three brothers in a working-class family. He worked as a waiter, a driver and a shirt salesman, and he did voice-overs for women's makeup. In 1979, after three years of study in political science at George Washington University in D.C., he decided to try acting. He opted for the stage and enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York. Early in his career, Baldwin simultaneously starred in the TV daytime drama The Doctors and performed in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream on stage in the evenings. After two and a half years, he left the show and moved to L.A., where he promptly won a starring role in TV's short-lived Cutter to Houston. That helped him land on Knots in 1984, on which he played the evangelist Joshua Rush. In 1989, Baldwin achieved big-budget success playing ace CIA agent Jack Ryan in the undersea thriller The Hunt for Red October. The film's popularity won him acclaim. His 1991 film, The Marrying Man proved to be an all-out flop and the critical success of his next two films, Prelude to a Kiss and Glengarry Glen Ross was overshadowed by a subsequent string of flops, including Malice (1993), The Getaway (1994), and The Juror (1996). The actor rebounded a bit with his role in Al Pacino's acclaimed documentary Looking for Richard but then had the unfortunate luck of starring in the 1998 Bruce Willis disaster Mercury Rising. However, the following year proved more fortuitous for Baldwin, as he starred in the coming-of-age comedy Outside Providence, as well as in the crime drama Thick as Thieves and the ethical drama The Confession, appearing alongside Amy Irving and Ben Kingsley. In addition, the actor made an uncredited appearance in Notting Hill, sending up his macho Hollywood persona as Julia Roberts' piggish actor boyfriend. Subsequent appearances included the blockbuster Pearl Harbor - a box office smash but a critical flop - and he also provided voiceover work for Cats & Dogs, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and The Royal Tenenbaums. In 2003, he put his career firmly back on track with the Las Vegas-set comedy drama The Cooler with William H Macy. Baldwin was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for the role, which he claims he based on Ben Kingsley's psycho in Sexy Beast. He went on to play supporting roles in the comedy Along Came Polly alongside Ben Stiller and the Dr Seuss adaptation Cat in the Hat with Mike Myers.