Alec Baldwin

Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for his leading and supporting roles in a variety of genres, from comedy to drama, and has received numerous accolades including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and eight Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and Tony Award.

A member of the Baldwin family, Baldwin's film career began with a string of roles in 1988 in films such as ''Beetlejuice'', ''Working Girl'' and ''Married to the Mob'' before playing Jack Ryan in ''The Hunt for Red October'' (1990). He was Oscar-nominated for playing a casino manager in ''The Cooler'' (2003) and the BAFTA-nominated for playing a charming but devious ex-husband in ''It's Complicated'' (2010). He has acted in films such as ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1992), ''The Royal Tenenbaums'' (2001), ''Along Came Polly'' (2004), ''The Aviator'' (2004), ''The Departed'' (2006), and ''Blue Jasmine'' (2013) as well as two ''Mission: Impossible'' films ''Rogue Nation'' (2015) and ''Fallout'' (2018). He voiced the titular role in ''The Boss Baby'' film franchise.

From 2006 to 2013, Baldwin received critical acclaim starring alongside Tina Fey as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom ''30 Rock'', winning two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor in a comedy series, making him the male performer with the most SAG Awards in history. Baldwin has received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Donald Trump on the NBC sketch series ''Saturday Night Live'', a role that won him his third Primetime Emmy in 2017. He was nominated again in 2018 and 2021. In 2024, he starred in the Western film ''Rust'', which gained notoriety for a shooting incident in 2021, wherein cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally killed when a live round was discharged from a prop revolver that Baldwin was using.

Baldwin made his Broadway debut in ''Loot'' (1986). He portrayed Stanley Kowalski in the 1992 production of ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' for which he earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He returned to Broadway in ''Twentieth Century'' (2004) and ''Orphans'' (2013). He hosted the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010. He is also a columnist for ''The Huffington Post''. He was the host of ''Match Game'' from 2016 until 2021. Provided by Wikipedia