Alec Baldwin.

Told brother Stephen Baldwin that doing Bio-Dome 1996 could be the single most career-ending decision he could make.

Declined two roles that later went to fellow actor Harrison Ford. First, he declined to reprise the role of Jack Ryan in Patriot Games 1992, then he turned down the lead role in The Fugitive 1993.

Willing to voice his own puppet in Team America: World Police 2004 but was turned down by producers Matt Stone and Trey Parker, because all of the other celebrities were voiced by impressionists in the film. The role went to impressionist Maurice LaMarche.

For two consecutive years, he played the screen husband of the Best Actress Oscar winner: Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine 2013 and Julianne Moore in Still Alice 2014.

As of September 11, 2011, for his role on 30 Rock 2006, he was named one of the Eight Actors Who Turn Television into Art, in a cover story of The New York Times Magazine.

Surpassed Steve Martin for hosting Saturday Night Live the most times 16 on September 24, 2011. Martin had hosted 14 times at the time. In 2010, the duo co-hosted The 82nd Annual Academy Awards 2010. As of February 2017, Baldwin holds the record for hosting Saturday Night Live with 17 episodes.

Worked at Studio 54 in the 1970s.

On February 11, 2010, he got into an argument on the phone with his daughter Ireland and threatened to take pills. When Ireland tried to call him back and could not reach him, she dialed 911. That same day, Alec was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital before being released just hours later.

In his memoir, Baldwin estimates that ex-wife Kim Basinger spent about $1.5 million over a seven-year period in her efforts to deny him parental access.

Replaced by Harrison Ford for the role of Jack Trainer in Working Girl 1988 and relegated to the smaller role of Mick Dugan. Since Melanie Griffith was not a big enough name to carry a film back then she ended up getting third billing despite having the main role, Fox demanded that the male lead be played by a box office star or they would not green-light the project. Producer Douglas Wick recalled that Mike Nichols had to call Alec and explain the situation, and Alec understood and was lovely about it, agreeing to do the other part and really nailing that character.

Turned down the chance to reprise the role of Jack Ryan in Patriot Games 1992 in order to play Stanley Kowalski in a revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway.

Counts Gary Oldman as one of his favorite actors.

Had done a skit on Saturday Night Live in December 2005 in which he spoofed himself delivering the same speech he did in Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 to a couple of Santa’s elves. Only some of the words were changed to apply to the elves rather than salesmen. He slipped though when saying the line, Always Be Cobbling; instead he said the original line, Always Be Closing. This made the other cast members break out in laughter on the live show.

Has a daughter with then ex-wife Kim Basinger, Ireland Eliesse Baldwin, also known as Ireland Baldwin, on October 23, 1995.

In 1996, he was acquitted of criminal battery against a paparazzi photographer. He is not the first Alexander Baldwin in the family to be acquitted of a criminal offense. In 1938, his grandfather Alexander Baldwin I, an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn, N.Y., was acquitted of bribery, but nonetheless was disbarred and never practiced law again.

Is only the third person in history to be nominated for both Best Supporting Actor from the Oscars, for The Cooler 2003, and Worst Supporting Actor from the Razzies, for The Cat in the Hat 2003, in the same year.

At George Washington University, Baldwin ran for president but lost by two votes.

Has seven children with wife Hilaria Baldwin: Carmen Gabriella born August 23, 2013, Rafael Thomas June 17, 2015, Leonardo Ángel Charles September 12, 2016, Romeo Alejandro David May 18, 2018, Eduardo Pau Lucas September 8, 2020, Lucia born by surrogate, March 20, 2021, and Ilaria Catalina Irena September 22, 2022.

On April 11, 2007, he caused a scandal by leaving an expletive-filled voicemail for his daughter, Ireland, calling her a thoughtless little pig, which later was revealed to the media.

One of six children of Carol M. Baldwin of Syracuse, New York, and the late Alexander R. Baldwin Jr., a social studies teacher and football coach at Massapequa High School, one of whose students was Brian Kilmeade. Alec’s siblings are William Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin, Daniel Baldwin, Jane Sasso, and Elizabeth Baldwin. Brother-in-law of Chynna Phillips, Kennya Baldwin, and Joanne Smith-Baldwin. Cousin of actor Joseph Baldwin.

Dated Lori Loughlin, Tatum O’Neal, Kristin Davis, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Lori Singer, and Holly Gagnier.

Baldwin wrote the series episode Tabloid 1998, which was based on his own experiences with tabloid reporters.

In 1979, he auditioned for the New York University Undergraduate Drama Program on a dare and was accepted. Studied at New York University’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts. Trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. Teaches a theater class at The Ross School in New York.

Was Cate Blanchett’s co-star in both the movies for which she won her Oscars: The Aviator 2004 and Blue Jasmine 2013.

Replaced Alan Rickman as the voice of Leonardo Leonardo in the 2000 cartoon based on Kevin Smith’s film Clerks 1994.

Named Last Tango in Paris 1972 as his all-time favorite film in a poll taken by the AFI.

On December 12, 1998, Alec Baldwin hosted Saturday Night Live and appeared in the double entendre-filled Schweddy Balls edition of the recurring skit The Delicious Dish, which spoofed National Public Radio NPR. In 2009, Baldwin became the on-air radio host of The New York Philharmonic This Week on the real NPR. In 2011, Baldwin became the host of his own public radio interview podcast show on WNYC, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin.

Was the first non-cast member of Saturday Night Live to play Donald Trump in an SNL sketch.

Education: George Washington University, Washington, D.C. majored in political science, New York University, New York City majored in drama; Bachelor of Arts, 1994.

Nominated for Broadway’s 1992 Tony Award as Best Actor Play for playing Stanley Kowalski in a revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, a performance he recreated in a television version of the same title, A Streetcar Named Desire 1995.

Has appeared in six films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Working Girl 1988, The Aviator 2004, The Departed 2006, BlacKkKlansman 2018, A Star Is Born 2018, and Tár 2022. The Departed won in the category.

Nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category for his role as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live 1975, but lost to Henry Winkler from Barry 2018.

Has impersonated Robert De Niro on Saturday Night Live a few times, and appeared in The Good Shepherd 2006, which is directed by De Niro.

Has appeared in films with all three of his successors in the role of Jack Ryan: Harrison Ford in Working Girl 1988, Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbor 2001, and Chris Pine in Rise of the Guardians 2012. He has also been played by Affleck on Saturday Night Live.

Reportedly, Baldwin originally wanted to be a lawyer before he was bitten by the acting bug.

A longtime outspoken liberal Democrat, he was rumored in 2011 to be weighing a run for mayor of New York City based on his announcement that he was retiring from acting. He later issued a denial on Late Show with David Letterman 1992 and explained that his intention had been to enter politics, but he decided against it and would be renewing his contract for 30 Rock 2006.

Has worked with all four actresses who played Bruce Wayne’s love interests in the Burton/Schumacher Batman films: Kim Basinger in The Getaway 1994, Michelle Pfeiffer in Married to the Mob 1988, Nicole Kidman in Malice 1993, and Elle Macpherson in The Edge 1997.

In his 2017 memoir, he wrote that he was the inspiration for the role of the prima donna actor in What Just Happened 2008. He was not pleased about it and was even more annoyed when Robert De Niro offered him the role. After he declined, Bruce Willis got the role.