Biography of Alec Baldwin

Commitments and fights off the screen

April 3, 1958 Alec Baldwin was born on 3 April 1958 in a very large family: he is the second of six children. Live a serene childhood in a suburb of Long Island, New York, developing a passion for acting right from the start: his debut just nine years in an amateur film titled "Frankenstein". Initially, however, choose not to follow the way of acting and graduated in political science at George Washington University, intending to attend law school. But the passion for the theatre and cinema have the upper hand, and enrolled at the Lee Strasberg acting course, at New York University. His passion is shared by three other brothers, Daniel, Stephen and William, with whom will form a kind of clan, known as the Baldwin brothers. His career began in television with the soap opera "The doctors" (1980-1982). But it is only the beginning of a successful career that saw him make his debut on the big screen with the movie "the uniform torn" (1986). From this point on, Alec Baldwin is directed by great directors such as Tim Burton who chose him in 1988 for the film "Beetle Juice-Faerie PARS", followed by "Talk Radio" Oliver Stone's "working girl" (1988), "A Merry Widow ... but not too" (1990), "Alice" (1990) by Woody Allen in which he starred alongside Mia Farrow, and in 1991 "Beautiful , blonde ... and always says Yes ". The latter film is particularly important, especially for his private life: on the set know Kim Basinger, with whom he began a love affair, crowned with marriage in 1993. In addition to movies, Alec Baldwin is very interested in the social and politics: becomes a activist of the Association "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ' (PETA) and engages in many organizations in support of theatrical activities. His interest in the political life of his country is such that even if the United States abandons declares election victory of George w. Bush. Apparently just that her activism, not shared by his wife, is one of the reasons leading to the founding of the incompatibility of character end of their marriage. The two remain together for seven years: in 2001 Kim Basinger asks for a divorce and get custody of their only daughter Ireland. The years of marriage are mixed bag from a business point of view. After some time off, Alec Baldwin returns to work with a small role in the movie "the sound of hatred" (1997); then finally back with a starring role in "Hollywood, California" (2000) and in the television film "judgment at Nuremberg". Divorce is a hard-fought battle between the two, focused mainly on the custody of the child. The battle is not without low blows, with alcoholism abuse allegations directed at the actor. In 2004 Alec finally gets joint custody of the child with rights of access, which is revoked for a brief period in 2007 following the disclosure of his telephone message containing an expletive. Despite the problems of his personal life manages to focus on work and runs a number of major films including: "Pearl Harbor" (2001), "The Aviator" (2004) by Martin Scorsese, "The Departed-the good and the bad" (2005) by Martin Scorsese, "The Good Shepherd-L'ombra del potere" (2006) by Robert De Niro. In 2006 joined the cast of the television series "30 Rock." Thanks to the role that it plays in this popular series gets the 2010 Golden Globe for best actor. But personal problems continue to trouble him so that in 2008 writes an autobiographical book "A promise to Ourselves" in which he tells of his custody battle, and is revealed to have spent large amounts of money for travel (he lives in New York and Kim Basinger in Hollywood) and to purchase a home close to ex-wife so she can be with her baby , for which he has decided to take a break from his career. In 2009 he announced his retirement from television scenes once you have concluded the contract with the television network NBS. Alec Baldwin says, however, that despite all these efforts, is forced to endure the terrible frustration of the suspension of its rights to the father after the affair of the message. He confesses to Playboy magazine that frustration was such that it led to thinking about suicide. Meanwhile, his career still has some satisfaction as the success of the comedy "it's complicated" (2009) by Nancy Meyers, in which he starred alongside Meryl Streep, appearing in truth a bit out of shape. The last film he is the protagonist's "The Bop Decameron" by Woody Allen.
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