ALEC BALDWIN BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Alec Baldwin was born on April 3rd, 1958 in Massapequa in Long Island, New York with the birth name Alexander Rae Baldwin III to parents, Carolyn Newcomb and Alexander Baldwin jr.  He has three younger brothers and two sisters.  All four boys went on to pursue a career in the entertainment industry, however, Alec became the most successful.
 
He attended Alfred G. Berner High School where he was very involved in playing football and after high school he went to George Washington University and then decided to transfer to New York University to study acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
 
Alec first began his career in entertainment working as a stage actor making his Broadway debut in a production of, "Loot" (1988) followed by roles in such stage productions as, "Serious Money", "A Streetcar Named Desire" and later in his career he performed in the stage production of, "Macbeth" (1998).
 
Soon he began working on television shows beginning with the soap opera, "The Doctors" (1980-1982).  It did not take long for more television series roles to come his way such as, "Knot's Landing" (1984-1986).  He also did the voice over work for the children's television series, "Thomas and Friends" for all fifty two episodes.
 
As his career progressed he made appearances on such television series as, "Friends", "Will & Grace", "Nip/Tuck" and "30 Rock" for which he received two Emmy's, two Golden Globes and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. 
 
Along with a successful career as a television actor, Baldwin has also appeared in a number of films such as, "Forever, Lulu" (1987), "Beetlejuice" (1988), 'Working Girl" (1988), "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), "The Marrying Man" (1991), "The Getaway" (1994), "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992), "Prelude to a Kiss" (1992) and "The Shadow" (1994). 
 
Alec Baldwin has also co hosted the 82nd Academy Awards with Steve Martin and has hosted Saturday Night Live sixteen times total.  After working on a couple more films, mainly thrillers he decided to try working on some films as a character actor.
 
He starred in, "Pearl Harbor" (2001) and "The Cooler" (2003) for which he was once again honored with an Academy Award, Golden globe and Screen Actors nomination.  His career did not slow down either, as he continued to appear on the big screen in such feature films as, "The Aviator" (2004), "The Departed" (2006) and Mini's First Time" (2006).
 
Some of his latest film appearances have been on, "Suburban Girl" (2007), "It's Complicated' (2009) and soon to release in 2012, "Lucky Them".
 
Besides his voice over work narrating the, "Thomas and Friends" children's television series, Baldwin's voice has been used on a number of other projects such as, "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within", "The Spongbob Squarepants Movie" and "The Royal Tenebaums".
 
Baldwin has married only once to actress, Kim Bassinger whom he wed in 1993 and they had one child before divorcing in 2002.  He has received a number of compliments throughout his career such as being chosen by People's magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
 
Even though divorced from Bassinger, it was her who convinced him to become a vegetarian which he continues to honor today and is a huge advocate for animal rights.    

Filmography

2012 Lucky Them
2012 Rise of the Guardians
2012 Rock of Ages 
2012 Nero Fiddled
2012 AmeriQua
2011 SpongeBob SquarePants
2011 Hick
2006-2011 30 Rock 
2009 It's Complicated 
2009 Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City
2009 My Sister's Keeper
2008 Late Show with David Letterman
2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008 My Best Friend's Girl 
2008 Lymelife 
2007 World in Conflict
2007 Brooklyn Rules 
2007 Suburban Girl
2007 Saturday Night Live 
2007 Wind 
2006 The Good Shepherd 
2006 Running with Scissors 
2006 The Departed 
2006 Mini's First Time 
2006 Great Performances 
2005 Fun with Dick and Jane 
2005 Will & Grace
2005 The Simpsons
2005 Elizabethtown
2004 The Aviator
2004 Las Vegas
2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004 Nip/Tuck
2004 The Last Shot
2004 The Fairly OddParents
2004 Along Came Polly
2004 Thomas & Friends: Best of Gordon
2004 Shortcut to Happiness
1998-2003 Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
2003 Dreams & Giants
2003 The Cat in the Hat
2003 Second Nature
2003 Walking with Cavemen
2003 The Cooler
2002 The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002 Path to War
2002 Meet Your Meat 
2002 Friends
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums 
2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001 Cats & Dogs 
2001 Pearl Harbor 
2000-2001 Clerks
2001 Aki's Dream
2000 State and Main 
2000 Nuremberg
2000 Thomas and the Magic Railroad 
1999 Outside Providence 
1999 Scout's Honor 
1999 Notting Hill
1999 Thick as Thieves 
1999 The Confession
1999 The Democratic Promise
1998 Mercury Rising 
1997 The Edge
1996 Ghosts of Mississippi
1996 Heaven's Prisoners
1996 The Juror
1995 Two Bits
1995 A Streetcar Named Desire
1994 The Shadow 
1994 The Getaway 
1993 Malice
1993 The Larry Sanders Show
1992 Glengarry Glen Ross
1992 Prelude to a Kiss
1991 The Marrying Man
1990 Alice
1990 Miami Blues
1990 The Hunt for Red October 
1989 Great Balls of Fire! 
1988 Talk Radio
1988 Working Girl 
1988 Married to the Mob 
1983-1988 Cutter to Houston 
1988 Beetlejuice 
1988 She's Having a Baby 
1987 Forever, Lulu 
1987 The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1986 Dress Gray 
1984-1985 Knots Landing
1985 Love on the Run
1985 Hotel
1984 Sweet Revenge
1980-1982 The Doctors