Alec Baldwin Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth & Biography

Alec Baldwin is an American actor known for a long career in film, television and theatre, from Beetlejuice to 30 Rock, in which he played the television executive Jack Donaghy. Born on April 3, 1958, in Amityville, New York, Baldwin, 68, is the eldest of the Baldwin brothers, all of whom became actors, and he has won three Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

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Who Is Alec Baldwin?

Alec Baldwin is an actor who has played leading men, villains, comedians and, on Saturday Night Live, a president, and he has done so with a voice and a presence that are instantly recognisable. He first reached a wide audience as Adam Maitland, the ghost in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (1988), and as Jack Ryan, the CIA analyst in The Hunt for Red October (1990), a role that made him a film leading man. He played Blake, the motivational speaker in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), a role that is remembered for a single, blistering speech, and he played a wide range of roles in films such as Working Girl, The Marrying Man, The Getaway, The Shadow and The Departed.

To a television audience, Baldwin is best known as Jack Donaghy, the confident, witty television executive in Tina Fey’s 30 Rock (2006-2013), a role that won him two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and three Golden Globes, and that showed his comic timing and his ability to play a man who is both charming and ruthless. He has also hosted Saturday Night Live many times, including playing Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, a performance that won him an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor. He is also a stage actor, a producer and a writer, and he has worked in theatre on and off Broadway.

Early Life & Background

Alexander Rae Baldwin III was born in Amityville, New York, the eldest of six children. His father, Alexander Rae Baldwin Jr., was a high-school history teacher and a football coach, and his mother, Carol Martineau Baldwin, was a homemaker who later became a breast cancer activist. His younger brothers, Daniel, William and Stephen Baldwin, also became actors, and his sisters, Elizabeth and Jane, also worked in the entertainment industry. Growing up in Massapequa, New York, Baldwin attended Alfred G. Berner High School and then George Washington University, where he studied political science and was active in student politics.

He left George Washington University to study at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he trained in acting, and he studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. He made his acting debut on stage, playing in the play Loot in Boston, and he appeared on television in the soap opera The Doctors (1980-1982) and in Knots Landing (1984-1985), in which he played Joshua Rush, a role that brought him to wide attention. He made his film debut in Forever, Lulu (1987) and went on to work in Beetlejuice and The Hunt for Red October, films that made him a star.

Career

Baldwin’s film career in the 1980s and 1990s included Beetlejuice, Working Girl, Married to the Mob, The Hunt for Red October, Glengarry Glen Ross, Malice and The Getaway. He played in The Cooler (2003), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and in The Departed (2006), It’s Complicated (2009) and Blue Jasmine (2013). He has also worked as a producer and as a narrator, and he has hosted the podcast Here’s the Thing.

In recent years, Baldwin has worked in 30 Rock, in Saturday Night Live, and in films such as Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), in which he played Alan Hunley, the director of the IMF, and in The Boss Baby (2017), in which he voiced the title character. In 2021, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died on the set of the film Rust, after a prop gun held by Baldwin discharged during a rehearsal. The incident was widely reported, and criminal charges against Baldwin were dismissed in 2024. Baldwin has been married to Hilaria Baldwin, a yoga instructor and author, since 2012, and they have seven children together. He was previously married to the actress Kim Basinger from 1993 to 2002, with whom he has a daughter, Ireland Baldwin.

Facts About Alec Baldwin

• He won two Emmy Awards for 30 Rock and an Emmy for playing Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.
• He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Cooler in 2004.
• He is the eldest of the Baldwin brothers, all of whom became actors.
• He played Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October (1990) and Jack Donaghy in 30 Rock.
• He has been married to Hilaria Baldwin since 2012, and they have seven children together.

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