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Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3 1958, in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA) is an American actor who is the oldest and best known of the "Baldwin brothers," with brothers Daniel, Stephen and William. He is of three quarters Irish and one quarter French descent.

When Baldwin was young, while searching for acting jobs, he had a job as a busboy at famous New York City disco Studio 54. He claims he had to quit the job because seeing all of the sex going on around him "was making me too horny."

Baldwin shot to stardom co-starring on the prime-time soaps The Doctors and Knots Landing before deciding to concentrate on his budding film career.

He was married to actress Kim Basinger from 1993 to 2002. They were the subject of much media attention for the bitter divorce and custody fight for their daughter and accusations that Baldwin was an abusive husband, which many believed hurt his career in addition to allegations of him having anger management problems.

Politics

Baldwin was widely criticized for his appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on December 11th, 1998, eight days before President Bill Clinton was impeached. In a skit that Baldwin later referred to as a "parody", he said that "if we were in another country, ... We would stone Henry Hyde to death and we would go to their homes and we’d kill their wives and their children. We would kill their families." Baldwin later apologized to Hyde for his remarks. NBC has promised never to re-air the show.

Baldwin, a liberal Democrat, has always had an active interest in politics and is frequently rumored to be a candidate for public office. He recently revealed in a British magazine interview that he plans to leave acting in a few years to pursue a career in politics. He recently has called Vice President Dick Cheney a "terrorist": following with "He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately. Who ever thought Harry Whittington would be the answer to America's prayers. Finally, someone who might get that lying, thieving Cheney into a courtroom to answer some direct questions." He later attempted to rectify the situation by saying "How about … a lying, thieving oil whore or a murderer of the U.S. Constitution . He and Bill O'Reilly have been in a number of conflicts, and O'Reilly criticized Baldwin because of his statements on Cheney.

Filmography

Forever, Lulu (1987)
She's Having a Baby
(1988)
Beetlejuice
(1988)
Married to the Mob
(1988)
Working Girl
(1988)
Talk Radio
(1988)
Great Balls of Fire!
(1989)
Tong Tana (1989) (documentary) (narrator of English version)
The Hunt for Red October
(1990)
Miami Blues
(1990)
Alice
(1990)
The Marrying Man (1991)
Prelude to a Kiss
(1992)
Glengarry Glen Ross
(1992)
Malice
(1993)
The Getaway
(1994)
The Shadow
(1994)
Two Bits (1995) (narrator)
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1996) (documentary)
The Juror
(1996)
Heaven's Prisoners
(1996)
Looking for Richard
(1996) (documentary)
The Edge
(1997)
Thick as Thieves (1998)
Mercury Rising
(1998)
The Confession (1999)
Notting Hill
(1999)
Scout's Honor (1999)
Outside Providence (1999)
The Acting Class (2000)
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
(2000)
State and Main
(2000)
The Devil and Daniel Webster
(2001) (set for release in 2006) (also director)
Pearl Harbor
(2001)
Cats & Dogs
(2001) (voice)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
(2001) (voice)
The Royal Tenenbaums
(2001) (narrator)
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
(2002) (Cameo)
The Cooler
(2003)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) (documentary)
The Cat in the Hat
(2003)
Brighter Days (2003) (short subject)
Along Came Polly
(2004)
Double Dare (2004) (documentary)
The Last Shot (2004)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
(2004) (voice)
The Aviator
(2004)
Mini's First Time (2005)
I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005) (documentary) (narrator)
Elizabethtown
(2005)
Fun with Dick and Jane
(2005)
Brooklyn Rules (2006)

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