Alec Baldwin

Alexander Rae Baldwin III, said Alec, is the second in a family of six children. His brothers Daniel, William and Stephen Baldwin embrace acting careers like him. Young Alec is studying law and political science at George Washington University. He then took drama lessons at New York University and was introduced to the Actor's Studio method under the tutelage of Lee Strasberg. He marked his television acting debut, playing recurring roles in The Doctors (1980-1982) and West Coast (1984-1985). At the same time, he performs regularly on stage on Broadway ( Serious money , La Mégère apprivoisée, etc.). Throughout his theatrical career, he won several awards: the Theater World Award in 1986 for Loot by Joe Orton and the Obie Award in 1990 for The Poisoned Kiss .


Alec Baldwin takes his first steps in cinema with Amos Kollek, who directs him in Forever, Lulu (1987). The following year, he imposed himself on the screen as a prolific supporting role. We see him as a mafioso, husband of Michelle Pfeiffer, in Veuve mais pas trop (1988), as an unfaithful companion of Melanie Griffith in Working girl (id.), As husband of Geena Davis in Beetlejuice (id.), As a radio producer in Talk radio (id.) and as a preacher cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis in Great balls of fire! (1989). In 1990, he accepted the role of CIA analyst Jack Ryan in Pursuit of Red October and for the first time found himself headlining a major production. Now on the road to success, Baldwin met in 1991, on the set of The Singer and the billionaire, actress Kim Basinger, whomremake of the film by Sam Peckinpah, signed Roger Donaldson.


Heroes of The Shadow (1994), the film adaptation of the famous comic book, and the thrillers Cold Vengeance (1996) and Like a thief (1999), the actor, accomplished sportsman, remains nonetheless a regular of the roles of villain and deeply unpleasant characters. Evidenced by his performances as a Machiavellian surgeon in Malice (1993), an unscrupulous henchman in La Jurée (1996), a troublesome lover in A couteaux tirés (1997) and ruthless NSA officer in Code Mercury ( 1998). In the 2000s, Alec Baldwin, affected by his divorce from Kim Basinger, became scarce on the screens, limiting himself to playing small roles like in Sequences and Consequences (2001) by David Mamet, Pluto Nash alongside Eddie Murphy, and Pearl Harbor, where he plays an American air force officer. He tried his hand at directing but without much success with Sexy devil (2004),


Two years later, he managed to land one of the leading roles in the American comedy series 30 Rock, which won him several acting awards at the Golden Globes and Emmys. He was then recalled to be part of the Scorsese team in Les Infiltrés (2006), then played under the leadership of Robert De Niro in Raisons d'Etat (2007). Baldwin is also returning to romantic comedy, notably through Not So Simple by Nancy Meyers, where he gives the answer to the immense Meryl Streep. At the age of 54, the actor is preparing for a new marriage and seems set to breathe new life into his film career. While continuing to wear the 30 Rock series, he played in 2012 - a very busy year for him - in To Rome with Love which marks his second collaboration with Woody Allen,


The actor finds a third time the director of Manhattan to play in Blue Jasmine in 2013, a drama which unanimously dedicates his playing partner Cate Blanchett of which he plays the incarcerated husband. Rebelote in 2014 with Still Alice which offers Julianne Moore her first Oscar while Alec Baldwin remains in the shadows. Regardless, he continues to walk his path and takes part in the choral drama Welcome Back before rubbing shoulders with Ethan Hunt in the awaited blockbuster Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.