Alec Baldwin

Born on April 3, 1958, in Amityville (New York), Alexander Rae Baldwin III comes from a Catholic family of Irish origin. His father was a high school teacher for 28 years, while his mother, a homemaker, took care of more than his six children, two girls (Beth and Jane) and four boys. They ended up dedicating themselves to acting, starting with him, the eldest, followed by Stephen Baldwin , Daniel Baldwin and William Baldwin .

While studying law at George Washington University, some classmates challenged him to try out for the drama group. They unexpectedly accepted him, so he caught the poison of the trade, and he ended up studying acting at New York University and at the famous Lee Strasberg Institute.
In the mid 80’s he made his Broadway debut in the play “Loot” by Joe Orton. He has never left the stage, and became a Tony Award nominee for his portrayal of Stanley Kowalski in a revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” a role he would later reprise in a small-screen version.

On television he made his debut with the series The Doctors , followed by many others such as California , Hotel and numerous telefilms. His first foray onto the big screen was in Forever, Lulu , a comedy with Hanna Schygulla . The role that made him internationally known was that of a specter who sees his old house invaded by new tenants in Tim Burton ‘s Bitelchús . He was also the mobster husband of Michelle Pfeiffer in Married Everybody , and the cheating boyfriend of Melanie Griffith in Arms of a Woman .

After supporting roles in Talking to Death and Big Fireball , he established himself as a star by starring alongside Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October , where he played CIA analyst Jack Ryan, created by Tom Clancy .

During the filming of Ella siempre dice si , he fell in love with his co-star, the explosive Kim Basinger , with whom he repeated in La huida (1994) , a remake of the classic in which both reprized the roles of Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw, another couple in love. Baldwin and Basinger married in 1993, had a daughter, and their union seemed pretty stable, considering the fleeting nature of Hollywood couples. But a decade later, love broke up, and after the divorce they staged a tough legal battle aired by the tabloids, for custody of their daughter. Recently, the actor became engaged to Hilaria Thomas, a Mallorca-born yoga teacher from Manhattan.

In movies, Baldwin did a little of everything, like the thrillers Malice , Duress of a Jury , the adventure drama The Challenge , or the war film Pearl Harbor . Possibly his best work, despite the brevity, was the unscrupulous executive who goes to the headquarters of a real estate company to announce drastic changes, in Glengarry Glen Ross (Success at any price) , where he had co-stars no less than Ed Harris , Jack Lemmon , Al Pacino , Kevin Spacey and Alan Arkin , among others. He also played minor but noteworthy roles inState and Main and Looking for Richard .

But he crashed as the protagonist of The Shadow , where he played the famous vigilante of pulp novels. He, too, made a poor decision in refusing to reprise as Jack Ryan, despite Paramount’s efforts, so the role went to Harrison Ford .

With the arrival of the 21st century, Baldwin knew how to regenerate himself as a secondary actor in very well-chosen titles, such as The Good Shepherd , The Departed or The Cooler , which gave him his only Oscar nomination. In any case, his popularity had waned when he was cast as arrogant TV executive Jack Donaghy in Rockefeller Plaza , opposite Tina Fey , out of the blue . He was hugely successful, in large part because the actor displayed an unexpected talent for comedy. He has won two Emmys and three Golden Globes with this work.

Despite the good acceptance of his work on the small screen, he has not abandoned the cinema. He embodies former rocker Dennis Dupree in the musical Rock of Ages with Tom Cruise .