ALEC BLADWIN STORIES

 

ALEC BLADWIN 

Alec Bladwin Story : 

   Alec Bladwin  (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor. In his early career

, Baldwin played both leading and supporting roles in a variety of films such as

 Talk radio ,The hunt of red october etc..

Personal life, activism, and other work

While Baldwin received much attention for his acting, his personal life was often fodder for the tabloids. In 2002 his tumultuous marriage to Basinger ended in divorce, and the two engaged in a bitter and highly public custody battle over their daughter; the experience inspired the book A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood and Divorce (2008), which he wrote with Mark Tabb. In addition, the outspoken and sometimes combatant Baldwin was involved in a number of confrontations with paparazzi and others. 

He also garnered press for his involvement in various liberal causes and philanthropies. Passionate about classical music, he was active in the New York Philharmonic, and in 2009 he became the official announcer of its weekly radio broadcasts. Beginning in 2011, he hosted a podcast, Here’s the Thing, on which he interviewed artists, entertainers, and other notable figures. 

In October 2013 the weekly talk show Up Late with Alec Baldwin debuted on the cable television channel MSNBC. After just five episodes, however, Baldwin was suspended for calling a paparazzo a homophobic slur. Shortly thereafter the show ended. In 2018 he hosted a weekly talk show, The Alec Baldwin Show, which aired on ABC. The memoir Nevertheless was published in 2017

Movies and Success

• Alec Baldwin is the oldest, and best-known, of the four Baldwin brothers in the acting business (the others are Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin and Daniel Baldwin). Alexander Rae Baldwin III was born on April 3, 1958 in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (Martineau) and Alexander Rae Baldwin Jr., a high school teacher and football coach at Massapequa High School. He is of Irish, as well as English, French, Scottish, and German, descent.

• Alec Baldwin burst onto the TV scene in the early 1980s with appearances on several series
•  The Doctors (1963) 
•  Knots Landing (1979), before scoring feature film roles in Forever, Lulu (1986), Beetlejuice (1988)
• Working Girl (1988), Married to the Mob (1988) 
•  Talk Radio (1988). In 1990, Baldwin appeared in the first on-screen adaptation of the "Jack Ryan" character created by mega-selling espionage author, Tom Clancy. The film, The Hunt for Red October (1990), was a box office and critical success, with Baldwin appearing alongside icy Sean Connery. Unfortunately, Baldwin fell out with Paramount Studios over future scripts for "Jack Ryan", and subsequent Ryan roles went to Harrison Ford.

Baldwin instead went to Broadway to perform "A Streetcar Named Desire", garnering a Tony nomination for his portrayal of "Stanley Kowalski" (he would reprise the role in a 1995 TV adaptation).

 Baldwin won over critics as a lowlife thief pursued by dogged cop Fred Ward in Miami Blues (1990)  met his future wife Kim Basinger while filming the Neil Simon comedy, The Marrying Man (1991), starred in the film adaptation of the play, Prelude to a Kiss (1992) (in which he starred off-Broadway), and made an indelible ten-minute cameo as a hard-nosed real estate executive laying down the law in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). He also made a similar tour-de-force monologue in the thriller, Malice (1993), as a doctor defending his practices, in which he stated, "Let me tell you something: I am God".

Demand for Baldwin's talents in the 1990s saw more scripts swiftly come his way, and he starred alongside his then-wife, Kim Basinger, in a remake of the Steve McQueen action flick, The Getaway (1994), brought to life the famous comic strip character, The Shadow (1994), and starred as an assistant district attorney in the civil rights drama, Ghosts of Mississippi (1996). Baldwin's distinctive vocal talents then saw him voice US-aired episodes of the highly popular UK children's show, Thomas & Friends (1984), plus later voice-only contributions to other animated/children's shows, including Clerks (2000), Cats & Dogs (2001), Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004).

In the early 2000s, Baldwin and Basinger endured an acrimonious break-up that quickly became tabloid fodder but, while his divorce was high-profile, Baldwin excelled in a number of lower-profile supporting roles in a variety of films, including State and Main (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001), The Cooler (2003) (for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor), The Aviator (2004), Along Came Polly (2004) and The Departed (2006). As he was excelling as a consummate character actor, Baldwin found a second career in television comedy. 

Already known for his comedic turns hosting Saturday Night Live (1975), he essayed an extended guest role on Will & Grace (1998) in 2005 before taking on what would arguably become his most famous role, that of network executive "Jack Donaghy", opposite Tina Fey in the highly-acclaimed sitcom, 30 Rock (2006). The role brought Baldwin two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, and an unprecedented six Screen Actors Guild Awards (not including cast wins).