Alec Baldwin

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Alec Baldwin
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Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958)[1] is an American actor, comedian, and movie producer. He is the oldest and the most well-known of the Baldwin brothers, a family in movies and television. His career has brought him Academy Award, Emmy, and Golden Globe nominations. He has hosted Saturday Night Live several times, including as Donald Trump. He played the television executive Jack Donaghy in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock.

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Early life

Alec Baldwin was born in Amityville, New York and raised in Massapequa, New York.[2] He has three younger brothers, actors Daniel (born 1960), William (born 1963) and Stephen (born 1965).[2] He also has two sisters. They were all raised Roman Catholic.

2021 shooting incident

On October 21, 2021, Baldwin was filming on the set of Western movie Rust at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, when he fired a gun used as a prop, accidentally killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding movie director Joel Souza.[3][4][5][6] As to the scene, he was expected to fire the gun, which should have contained blanks. According to court records, Baldwin had been told the gun was safe to use.[7]

On January 19, 2023, Santa Fe's district attorney said that Baldwin would be charged with involuntary manslaughter;[8] The charges would filed at the end of January.[9]

In April 2023, the charges against Baldwin were dropped.[10]

On July 13, 2024, A judge dismisses the manslaughter trial against Alec Baldwin due to withholding of evidence, the trial had started on July 9.[11]

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Filmography

Film

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Television

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Documentaries

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