Film & television work
Baldwin's first major role was as Billy Aldrich on the daytime soap opera The Doctors from 1980 to its cancellation in 1982. In the fall of 1983, he starred in the short lived series Cutter to Houston. He then shot to stardom co-starring on Knots Landing from 1984-86.
In 1986 Alec stared in a 4 hour mini-series, Dress Gray-- his first true venture into a feature role. Baldwin starred in this 4-hour miniseries as an honest cadet sergeant who tries to solve the mystery of a murdered homosexual classmate. The film, adapted by Gore Vidal from Lucian K. Truscott's novel. Set in a fictional academy during the Vietnam War, this thriller begins with the suspicious death of a cadet. A military doctor learns the incident was a homicide, but his superiors close ranks and order the doctor to rule the death a "drowning." The doctor describes the true circumstances surrounding the classmate's demise to a cadet sergeant, who sets out to find the killer. But because of his disagreements with
More about Alec Baldwin (From Wikipedia)
Early Life
Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carolyn Newcomb (née Martineau) and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr., a high school history/social studies teacher and football read more...
Film & Television Work
Baldwin's first major role was as Billy Aldrich on the daytime soap opera The Doctors from 1980 to its cancellation in 1982. In the fall of 1983, he starred in the short lived series read more...
Stage Career
Baldwin made his Broadway debut in 1986, in a revival of Joe Orton's Loot alongside theatre veterans Zoe Wanamaker, Zeljko Ivanek, Joseph Maher and Charles Keating. This production read more...
Politics
Baldwin has always had an active interest in politics. He recently revealed in a British magazine interview that he plans to leave acting in a few years to pursue a career in politics. read more...
Personal Life
Baldwin's marriage to Kim Basinger came to an end in 2000 when they officially separated. A year later, Basinger filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court. In March 2004, Baldwin read more...
Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an Emmy- and Academy Award-nominated, and Golden Globe Award-winning, American actor. He is the oldest and most famous of read more...